This colourful, nutrient-packed combination of superfoods is the perfect way to eat the rainbow and nourish your body with fresh seasonal produce. Did we mention it tastes like spring in a bowl? Our lunch boxes have gone through the most delicious and nutritious upgrade!
Serves 2
Salad ingredients:
2 cups mesclun or other mixed leaf salad
¾ cup of watercress
¾ cup chickpeas
1 large sweet potato
½ red onion
Pinch of smoked paprika
Pinch of salt
Salad dressing ingredients:
¼ cup mayonnaise
1.5 tbsp balsamic or coconut balsamic
1 tsp fresh lime juice
1 tsp Dijon mustard
1 tsp Australian Honey Infused with Lemon Myrtle
3 Bush Tomatoes
¼ tsp garlic powder
¼ tsp Gubinge (Kakadu plum) powder
Pinch of smoked paprika
Pink salt to taste
Method:
Start with sweet potato prep and baking. While these are baking, prepare other ingredients.
Preheat the oven to 170° (fan forced). Dice sweet potatoes roughly into 1” cubes, spread out on a large baking tray or two, avoid layering the pieces, spacing out is important. Drizzle Australian Olive Oil Infused with Lemon Myrtle & Pepperberry and a little salt and a sprinkle of smoked paprika on the potatoes. Cook for 20 minutes, then pull out of the oven, turn and mix with a spatula. Place back in the oven for another 10-15 minutes or until crisp on the outside and soft on the inside.
Tip. Baking extra sweet potato is a great idea as you can use it for a second salad the next day.
Prepare salad dressing
Note: The salad dressing serves 2-3 so you may have some extra which is great if you prepare extra sweet potato for tomorrow's salad.
Cut Bush Tomatoes in thin slices, combine ingredients for salad dressing in a small bowl and mix well with a fork.
Prepare other ingredients
Finely slice red onion, chop watercress; you might want to trim the bottom part of the storks, however you can use all the watercress (stem, leaf and flower). Add to a large bowl then add in mixed leaf salad, chickpeas and combine ingredients. Add salad dressing and sweet potato, toss and combine a few more times and serve.