Harvest Salad
Sides, Mains
Crisp apples, savory goat cheese, crunchy pecans and tart cranberries mix with sweet potatoes and roasted chicken for this hearty fall bounty.
Servings: 6
Time: 45 min
Ingredients
Salad
- 4-6 cups shredded kale
- 1 sliced large honeycrisp apple
- 4 oz goat cheese
- 1/2 cups chopped pecans
- 1/2 cups dried cranberries
Balsamic Vinaigrette
- 1/3 cups balsamic vinegar
- 1/2 cups avocado or olive oil
- 2 tbsp honey
- 1 tbsp dijon
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
Sweet Potatoes
- 1 large sweet potato, about 3 cups, diced into cubes or thin slices
- 2 tbsp avocado or olive oil
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
Chicken
- 3 small breasts chicken
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 1 tsp chili powder
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
Process
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Start by preheating your oven to 425F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. Toss together sweet potato with avocado oil, salt, and pepper. Bake for 20 minutes.
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Mix together seasoning for chicken, then sprinkle it on the breasts.
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After 20 minutes, take sweet potatoes out of the oven, toss, and then add the chicken to the same pan as the sweet potatoes. Bake both for another 16-18 minutes or until chicken reaches 165F.
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While baking, prepare vinaigrette by mixing all ingredients together.
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Add vinaigrette to kale and toss until full coated. Let sit at least 15 minutes. Use your hands to massage the kale, to make the leaves more tender.
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Layer on sliced apples, cooked chicken, sweet potatoes, goat cheese, pecans, and cranberries.
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Toss to coat.
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