Sweet potato, peach and bacon salad

Recently, we offered a spring nutrition reset to our clients.    There was a choice of 5 different resets.  One of them followed the Auto Immune Protocol, which eliminates gluten, dairy including eggs, nightshades, certain seeds and nuts, processed foods, added sugars or sugar substitutes and of course alcohol.  While you have to read recipes and labels and there are many foods that are eliminated, there are so many recipes online that it was fairly simple to get creative.

I like this recipe because you can take in on the go.  It tastes great warm, at room temperature and also cold, so it’s a perfect go to to make over the weekend and have throughout the week as a side, as a main dish or as a snack!

Ingredients:

Roasted Sweet Potatoes & Onion
7 cups sweet potato- chopped

1 medium vidalia onion
3 T olive oil
1 t garlic powder
1 t coarse sea salt
Salad
Roasted sweet potatoes & onion
3 medium peaches – peeled & chopped
3 pieces bacon
1 T fresh mint – chopped
1 T fresh oregano – chopped

2 spring onions – greens only – chopped

Salad Dressing
Juice of one lemon
1 1/2 T bacon fat
1/2 T olive oil
1/2 t sea salt
Directions:
Roast sweet potatoes:
– preheat oven to 400F
– chop sweet potatoes into bite sized pieces – 4 medium potatoes made 7 cups chopped (6-8 cups would be fine)
– chop one medium vidalia onion (or other mild yellow onion)
– place onion and sweet potato on a cookie sheet, sprinkle with garlic powder and sea salt, drizzle olive oil and then rub the seasonings and oil into the potatoes
– bake for 20-25 minutes until tender
Prep salad ingredients:
– chop herbs – finely
– cook bacon in a skillet over medium heat and reserve the fat
– peel and chop the peaches into bite sized pieces – add any juice to the bowl
– make salad dressing – mix dressing ingredients once the bacon fat has cooled a bit
Put it all together:
– once the sweet potatoes are cooked, allow them to cool a few minutes and then toss all ingredients together.
– salad can be served immediately, served at room temp, or chilled and served later.

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