The past few weeks I’ve been on a sweet potato salad kick. This week marks my 3rd week in a row making one. Last week I mentioned finding this recipe on Mark Bittman’s website, that it sounded delicious, and that I would make it in a couple of weeks. Well, I couldn’t wait–I made it this week.
In this salad, unlike the others I made, the sweet potatoes are relegated to a supporting role. However, it doesn’t mean the salad is any less delicious. In addition to the sweet potatoes and quinoa the salad has: avocado, toasted pepitas, red onion, red bell pepper, yellow bell pepper (my addition). It’s all dressed in a lime vinaigrette, spiced with chili powder, and flavored with cilantro. It’s a great vegan recipe, packs a punch, and is immensely satisfying.
Although I found the recipe online, it’s also in How to Cook Everything Vegetarian. I think you should all run out and make this as soon as possible.
You can find the recipe HERE. I want to try the original version and then try the suggested millet. YUM!
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What a gorgeous quinoa dish with all those colorful veggies! Looks great!
This looks fantastic- it’s so colorful!!
I love a good quinoa salad almost as much as I love a good millet salad~ will have to give this a try sometime.
This looks so good and sounds delicious. I have the cookbook but invariably discover the recipes in it from checking out other blogs.
I love how colourful and healthy the salad is. We have been on a sweet potato kick this year too.
So many of my favorite things together in one bowl! Beautiful!
That looks wonderful! I’m always looking for recipes that use quinoa.
this looks right up my ally. beautiful!
Interesting looking dish. Delicious, but interesting.
This looks delicious! I am a fan of the sweet orange veges both in salds and roasted, so this is right up my alley.
That’s so beautiful! Both versions sound great.
Clearly I need to buy some sweet potatoes, because that salad is calling my name.
What, you didn’t hear that?
What a fantastic salad! I love the avocado!
Oh deliciousness! I love the flavors and colors in this salad. so pretty!
To echo everyone else, those colors are so eye-catching! I didn’t think that sweet potatoes and avocadoes would really go together, but this dish proves me wrong.
I LOVE this kind of salad. And looking through it, I think I have everything to make it. Hmmm?
Absolutely delicious and the colours of the veggies make this so appertizing!
I love how colorful this dish looks! I’ve not been adventurous enough to try quinoa yet but I’m intrigued by the dish because I do love a lot of the other ingredients!
I do not think I could ever get sick of quinoa especially during summer as a quick and easy meal. I am so happy to see advocados to because they make me ubber happy.
Awesome job!
No lie, I have a measured cup of quinoa sitting on the counter. I have a plan now- thank you.
This looks really good! I love Bittman’s How to Cook Everything Vegetarian. There are so many great sounding things. – I’m going to remember to try this one.
Indeed I made it today and used that cup of quinoa. I changed it quite a bit but used a majority of the idea. I will post it if the little bit that is left doesnt get gobbled up first. My Mom loved it so much that she said we ought to have it at Thanksgiving. I have not sold my kids on salad yet. I am trying.