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Roasted Sweet Potato Salad with Lentils & Goats Cheese - Grainfree, Glutenfree, Sugarfree & Vegetarian

Roasted Sweet Potato, Lentil & Goats Cheese Salad

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Course Appetisers, Main Dish, Salads & Sides
Cuisine Gluten-Free, Grain-Free, Refined Sugar-Free, Vegetarian
Servings 2 people

Ingredients
  

  • 2 large sweet potatoes
  • 1.5 tbsps coconut oil
  • 200 g pre-cooked beluga or puy lentils
  • 2 shallots
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 50 g fresh rocket (arugula)
  • 1/2 pomegranate (de-seeded)
  • 20 pistachio nuts (shelled and crushed)
  • soft goats cheese
  • drizzle oilve oil (to serve)
  • salt & pepper

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 180C (350F).
  • Peel & chop the sweet potatoes into wedges.
  • Roast in the oven with 1 tbsp of the coconut oil and salt and pepper for about 45 mins until they are soft in the middle and crispy on the outside.
  • Meanwhile, peel and slice the shallots and the garlic cloves.
  • Heat the remaining coconut oil in the frying pan and fry the shallots and garlic until they are softened and browning.
  • Add the lentils and cook for a few minutes to heat through. Season well with salt and pepper.

Prepare the Salad

  • Start by adding the rocket to the serving plate.
  • Top with the lentil, onion and garlic mixture and add the sweet potato wedges.
  • Crumble the goats cheese and sprinkle over the top along with the pomegranate seeds and crushed pistachios.
  • Season well with black pepper and drizzle with olive oil.
  • Serve warm.