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Sweet potato salad

Yana, babushkacooking.com
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 2

Ingredients
  

  • 1 small sweet potato (rinsed, peeled, and cut in cubes) If you are in a hurry, cut it in smaller cubes to cook faster
  • 1 tsp butter
  • 1 tsp olive oil
  • 2 handfuls arugula
  • 1 medium radish
  • 1 oz feta
  • olive oil for drizzling
  • salt, freshly ground black pepper, ground cinnamon

Instructions
 

  • Pre-heat the butter and oil in a pan over medium heat.
  • Add the sweet potatoes and give them a good stir to make sure the oil and butter is on all sides.
  • Sprinkle with salt, freshly ground black pepper, and cinnamon.
  • Give it another stir and sprinkle with a little bit more cinnamon.
  • Cook until soft, this should take about 10 minutes depending on the size of the sweet potatoes. Find the biggest piece and pierce it with a knife. It will glide in easily when cooked thoroughly. I usually eat a few just to make sure :)
  • While the sweet potatoes are cooking, add two handfuls of your greens to a medium bowl. I like using a glass bowl because this salad looks beautiful on the table. Crumble feta over the salad with your hands.
  • Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Keep in mind that feta already has a salty, briny taste to it so you won’t need much salt.
  • Next, cut the ends of a radish to get rid of the greenish root part and the top “tail”. I like to use a vegetable peeler to peel off a uniform disk but you can use a mandolin or a regular knife. If you use a vegetable peeler like I do, start at the top (inner white part facing you) and while pushing on the peeler, bring it down and around it out to the side at the end to have a clean cut. Add radish disks to the salad.
  • When the sweet potatoes are cooked, first move them onto a paper towel lined plate and then add sweet potatoes to the salad. If it doesn’t look like there’s any excess grease, you may skip this step.
  • Mix and serve!