A salad will always be an excellent decision for a balanced, colorful and delicious diet and this time I want to present you an exquisite version based on sweet potato , feta cheese and garlic chips that also keep colorful tomatoes and an excellent mix of lettuces with quinoa to further promote the feeling of satiety and the contributions of fiber with the highest level of textures, flavors, vitamins and minerals highly necessary for the optimal performance of the organism.
A perfectly warm salad
The temperature is very important in relation to food and for the climates or seasons of autumn and winters they are perfect in their warm or temperate form, in this way you will be helping to counteract the effects of the weather while providing the necessary nutrients for a healthy diet. .
In addition to offering you an unsurpassed mix of freshness and many textures so that the experience is of gourmet quality. The option of getting the quinoa and the sweet potato (sweet potato) already cooked is outstanding (achieving an excellent saving of time) although with due care not to overcook them because it would lose the crunchiness that we want so much for the quinoa and the sweet potato. .
Additionally to them we have the flavors and oils provided by the garlic chips and the freshness and unctuousness of the feta cheese . In short, an unsurpassed mixture that you can prepare next.
Sweet Potato, Feta Cheese and Garlic Chips Salad
Ingredients needed for about 4 servings of this sweet potato salad
- 2 medium-sized sweet potatoes
- 125 grams of quinoa
- 6 cloves of garlic
- 250 grams of cherry tomatoes
- 125 grams of feta cheese
- 250 grams of a mixture of your choice of various lettuces (sprouts may be included)
- A handful of poppy seeds
- Olive oil
- Vinegar (preferably from Jerez)
- Salt and pepper to taste
How to Make Sweet Potato, Feta, and Garlic Quinoa Chips
A recipe that will only need 45 minutes of your time distributed in 15 minutes for its preparation and 30 minutes for cooking, with simple ingredients to acquire and with minimal difficulty, capable of providing you with results of an excellent gastronomic level without any inconvenience.
- You start by preparing the quinoa and sweet potato in case you do not have them already prepared. The important thing is to maintain and follow the precise indications on the packaging, otherwise you must rinse the quinoa very well with water and brown it on fire and dry, then cook the necessary time so that the grain is perfectly whole, achieving a total drainage.
- You wash the sweet potatoes, peel them and cut them into bite-size cubes, then roast them in the oven at 200 ° C previously painted with olive oil until you consider that they are tender. You can also choose to do it in the microwave or roast them in their entire form and then peel and cut them.
- In a saucepan with a splash of olive oil, fry the garlic slices finely, trying not to exceed the temperature of 160 ° C, then drain them on absorbent paper and check that they maintain the desired toast (they should be crispy like chips) and finish by sautéing the cherry tomatoes cut in half and seasoned.
- The time has come to assemble the salad and for this you must have a large enough source and mix the lettuce with the quinoa, then the tomatoes and the diced sweet potato plus the crumbled feta cheese. Garnish with salt, pepper, poppy seeds and a perfect vinaigrette made with olive oil and sherry vinegar to finish with garlic chips to taste.
With what to accompany the salad of quinoa, sweet potato and feta cheese
Thanks to the excellent mix of ingredients, this salad is perfect to meet the nutritional needs of a dinner on its own and in an effective way, but it is also nutritious and satiating with great lightness for your digestion. It is also the perfect companion for a meat or fish dish as well as for vegetarian-style spoon dishes such as a cream of leeks, pear and apple with saffron to provide the necessary vegetable proteins , but avoiding fat intake very well. harmful.
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