This recipe of Roasted Sweet Potato & Orange Salad offers a perfect balance of flavors: tender, caramelized roasted sweet potatoes paired with the bright, tangy burst of citrus. Each bite combines the earthy sweetness of the potatoes, the refreshing zest of oranges, the bitterness of the arugula and the saltiness of the feta.
This recipe for roasted sweet potato salad is a wonderful and flavorful salad and can be build it out into a fulfilling meal.
Key Ingredients in This Recipe
You’ll find the complete list of ingredients and exact quantities in the recipe below.
- Sweet potatoes
- Orange – or grapefruit of lemon or a combination.
- Pine nuts – or another type of nut, like pecans, walnuts or almonds.
- Spinach & arugula
- Feta cheese – or goat cheese
- Dressing – made from olive oil, white wine vinegar, mustard, orange juice, honey, salt & pepper.
How to Make Roasted Sweet Potato & Orange Salad
Step 1 – Roast the pine nuts in the oven. Place the raw pine nuts on a baking sheet and place the baking sheet in the oven. Turn the oven on to 350 degrees F. By the time the oven is at 350 degrees, the pine nuts are roasted.
Alternatively, you can roast them in a skillet. Place the pine nuts in a dry skillet, turn the heat to medium-low and cook them, stirring occasionally, until they’re golden-brown. The total toasting time will take about 3 to 5 minutes.
This baking sheets looks worn out, well I use it only to roast nuts and for that it is perfect.
Step 2 – Roast the sweet potatoes. Peel the sweet potato, cut them in cubes of about 1/2-3/4 inch. Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt & pepper. Make sure all cubes are coated and place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake in an oven of 425 degrees F for about 30-40 minutes or until the cubes are fork tender. Allow to cool a little.
Step 3 – Section the oranges by remove the skin and pith, then cut between the segments to create wedges. These wedges are also called supremes. Check out this post to see how.
Step 4 – Prepare the dressing by mixing orange juice, olive oil, mustard, vinegar, honey, salt & pepper.
Step 5 – Place spinach and arugula in a bowl and add sweet potato cubes, orange sections, pine nuts, feta (crumbled). Add the dressing at the very last moment and mix.
Other Salads with Citrus to Try
- Arugula Pear Orange and Pecorino Salad
- Quinoa Chickpea Salad with Grapefruit
- Citrus Salad with Balsamic Vinegar
Roasted Sweet Potato & Orange Salad
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons pine nuts
- 12 ounces sweet potato cut in cubes
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- salt & pepper
- 2 oranges cut in sections
- 1 ounce spinach
- 1 ounce arugula
- 3 ounces feta cheese crumbled
Dressing
- 1.5 tablespoons orange juice
- 1/2 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/2 tablespoon mustard
- 1/2 tablespoon vinegar rice, white wine, apple cider
- 1/2 tablespoon honey
- salt & pepper
Instructions
- Place the raw pine nuts on a baking sheet and place the baking sheet in the oven. Turn the oven on to 350 degrees F. By the time the oven is at 350 degrees, the pine nuts are roasted. (NOTE 1)
- Peel the sweet potato, cut them in cubes of about 1/2-3/4 inch. Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt & pepper. Make sure all cubes are coated and place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake in an oven of 425 degrees F for about 30-40 minutes or until the cubes are fork tender. Allow to cool a little.
- Section the oranges. See NOTE 2.
- Prepare the dressing by mixing orange juice, olive oil, mustard, vinegar, honey, salt & pepper.
- Place spinach and arugula in a bowl and add sweet potato cubes, orange sections, pine nuts, feta (crumbled). Add the dressing at the very last moment and mix.
Notes
- You can also roast the pine nuts in a skillet. Place them in a dry skillet, turn the heat to medium-low and cook them, stirring occasionally, until they’re golden-brown. The total toasting time will take about 3 to 5 minutes.
- Section the oranges by remove the skin and pith, then cut between the segments to create wedges. These wedges are also called supremes. Check out this post to see how.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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