Baked sweet potato with quinoa chickpea salad and kale dressing
Bake a bunch of sweet potatoes, prepare a bunch of different add-ins (or only one - you choose) and let everyone fill their own! Easy peasy lemon squeeze!
Baked sweet potato with quinoa chickpea salad and kale sauce
4 portioner
Ingredients
4 sweet potatoes
2 tsp rapeseed oil
Quinoa and chickpea salad
1 dl white quinoa, uncooked
1 package (about 230 grams drained weight) pre cooked chickpeas
2 handfuls of mixed leafy greens
1 handful of fresh herbs
100 grams red cabbage, finely sliced
flakey salt and freshly ground black pepper
Kale dressing
100 grams frozen kale, thawed
1 dl / 0.8 cups almonds, soaked for 1 hour
1/2 garlic clove
1/2 dl / 0.2 cups water
1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
flakey salt and freshly ground black pepper
For serving
Almond yoghurt, or your favourite plant based yoghurt
fresh oregano
Za’atar (a middle eastern spice mix made of sesame seeds, sumac and dried herbs)
How to
Pre heat the oven to 175°C / 350°F.
Scrub the potatoes. Brush with oil and put on a baking tray. Cut a cross on top of all the potatoes. Bake in the middle of the oven for about 45-60 minutes, until the potatoes are really soft. Remove from oven.
Cook the quinoa according to instructions on the packaging. Let cool. Rinse and drain the chickpeas. Toss the ingredients for the salad together. Salt and pepper to taste.
Mix all the ingredients for the dressing. Salt and pepper to taste.
Squeeze the potatoes so they open in the middle. Serve the sweet potatoes stuffed with salad, drizzled with kale dressing, almond yoghurt and Za’atar. Garnish with fresh oregano!