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Sweet potato salad all dressed up on a plate with avocados, cooked wild rice, sweet potatoes, apples,onions and cranberries

Sweet Potato Salad

This Sweet Potato Salad is super nutritious , filling and loaded with textures! We love a good hearty salad recipe like this in the cold weather, so this is one you MUST try! Sweet Potatoes, greens, black rice, avocados, apples, and a sweet cranberry vinaigrette. SO GOOD!

Course holidays, Main Course, Salad, vegetarian
Cuisine American, Mediterranean
Keyword How to cook sweet potatoes
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Servings 4 people
Calories 430 kcal
Author Mahy

Ingredients

Air Fryer Sweet Potatoes

  • 2 sweet potatoes
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt and pepper
  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • 1/2 teaspoon oregano
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil

Cranberry Salad Dressing

  • 1/4 cup cranberry sauce
  • 1 1/2 Tablespoons apple cider vinegar
  • 1 teaspon dijon mustard
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt and pepper
  • 1 Tablespoon balsamic syrup
  • 1-2 tablespoons dried cranberries
  • 1 Tabelspoons cranberry juice optional
  • 1/4 cup olive oil

Assemble the Salad

  • 1 cup wild black rice cooked
  • 3 cups Arugula
  • 1 red onion sliced
  • 1 apple sliced
  • 2 Avocados sliced
  • 1 tablespoons dried cranberries optional
  • 3 tabelsppons walnuts optional

Instructions

  1. You'll start by cooking wild black rice. We love this for the salad recipe, however you can skip it or use black beans. The wild rice adds a wonderful filling and hearty texture to the salad.
    A hand holding a cup of wild black rice showing it and preparing it to cook

  2. While the rice is cooking you'll start to Air fry the sweet potatoes. Follow the instructions on that post for all the details and step by step.

    A hand holding one sweet potato fries over the cooked fries in the air fryer showing how crisp it is

  3. The salad dressing we love here is a sweet tangy cranberry dressing. You can use this salad dressing on other salads as well.

    Ingredients for sweet potato salad dressing in a wooden board including a bowl of cranberry sauce, a bowl of mustard, some vinegar in a bowl, some balsamic vinegar in a bowl, some olive oil, and dried cranberries in a bowl
  4. To make the dressing, you'll add all ingredients above into a bowl and whisk together until you have a smooth dressing.
    A bowl with the finished salad dressing and a hand holding a spoon to show the consistency of the salad dressing
  5. Assemble the Salad
  6. To make the salad, you'll start by spreading the greens at the bottom of your salad plate. We prefer the peppery arugula as it contrasts the sweetness of sweet potatoes so well.
    The cooked wild rice in a pan being added over the plate of arugula
  7. The cooked rice is then layered over the arugula on the plate.
  8. Then you'll go ahead with the cooked sweet potatoes, sliced apples, sliced onions and avocados.
    A hand drizzling the cranberry sauce over the sweet potato salad
  9. Drizzle a generous amount of cranberry dressing over the salad and finish with some dried cranberries.
    Sweet potato salad all dressed up on a plate with avocados, cooked wild rice, sweet potatoes, apples,onions and cranberries
  10. The salad is now ready to serve.

Recipe Video

Recipe Notes

Sweet Potato Salad Tips

  1. The quickest and best way we found to cook Sweet potatoes is in the Air Fryer.
  2. Be sure to let the sweet potatoes cool before tossing it in the salad so it doesn't wilt the greens. 
  3. Similarly with the wild rice, it's an optional ingredient. If you're using it, likewise make sure you cool it off before adding to the salad. 
  4. Make the dressing up to 14 days in advance, as it stays tasty in the fridge. You'll use this salad dressing on many other salads.
  5. You can swap salad ingredients, add more or less ot your taste. 
  6. Add some protein to this salad to make it a full meal if you'd like.
  7. To brighten this salad, make it a Greek or Mediterranean one. Use Greek Salad Dressing adding Feta cheese, pomegranate and nuts. 
  8. You can also make this salad similar to the Roasted Butternut Squash, and layer it over arugula.
  9. Yams, purple sweet potatoes or any type would work in this recipe.
Nutrition Facts
Sweet Potato Salad
Amount Per Serving
Calories 430 Calories from Fat 324
% Daily Value*
Fat 36g55%
Saturated Fat 5g31%
Polyunsaturated Fat 4g
Monounsaturated Fat 25g
Sodium 298mg13%
Potassium 1044mg30%
Carbohydrates 39g13%
Fiber 13g54%
Sugar 23g26%
Protein 5g10%
Vitamin A 16817IU336%
Vitamin C 19mg23%
Calcium 87mg9%
Iron 2mg11%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.