Salad:
- 1 large sweet potato, peeled or scrubbed and cut into bite-sized chunks
- 1 yellow or red capsicum, thickly sliced
- 1 courgette, thickly sliced
- 1TBSP of olive oil
- 1 tsp of ground cumin
- 1 tsp of turmeric
- Freshly ground black pepper and salt to taste
- 1 avocado, thinly sliced
- 3-4 spring onions, thinly sliced
- 1 tin of organic black beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 cup of spinach leaves
- 1 cup of kale leaves
- 1 cup of fresh watercress
- 1/2 cup of almonds, raw or slightly roasted
Dressing:
- 2 TBSP of lemon juice
- 2-3 TBSP of unfiltered apple cider vinegar
- 1/4 of cup of cold-pressed olive oil
- 2 tsp of Dijon mustard
- 1 garlic, crushed
- 1 tsp of grated ginger
- Good quality salt and black pepper to taste
- 2 big handfuls of fresh parsley
Method:
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and line your baking tray with baking paper.
- Wash and cut your sweet potato, capsicum and courgette.
- In a small bowl mix your olive oil, ground cumin, turmeric, black pepper and salt together.
- Coat your vegetables well in this mixture and place on your baking tray. Drizzle vegetables with any leftover sauce and bake for 40 minutes or until vegetables are cooked. Optional: turn your vegetables after 20 minutes with a vegetable to roast evenly on both sides.
- In the meantime, prepare your spinach leaves, kale and watercress and place in a large bowl. Add your chopped avocado, spring onions and rinsed and drained black beans.
- In a smaller bowl or jar mix all the ingredients for your dressing together, wash and chop parsley leaves and set aside.
- Once your vegetables are cooked, add them to your salad bowl.
- Top with parsley leaves and raw or unroasted almonds and drizzle your salad sauce on top. Enjoy!