Chili Roasted Sweet Potato Salad with Black Beans, Avocados and Cilantro Lime Vinaigrette

If you are looking for some extra plant proteins for your diet this salad is a great place to start. Black beans and avocados are full of healthy fats, fibers and proteins. The sweet potatoes are of vitamins making this a very healthy meal. The flavors of the chili powder sweet potatoes and the cilantro lime vinaigrette are a prefect pair that make this filling, vegan salad tasty and fancy.

Ingredients:

For the roasted sweet potatoes and salad:
2 sweet potatoes peeled and chopped to 1 inch cubes
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
1 tsp chili powder
1 tbs olive oil
1 avocado chopped
2 roma tomatoes chopped
1/8 cup green onion chopped
1 can black beans drained and rinsed

For the cilantro lime dressing:
1 cup cilantro
1 large lime juice freshly squeezed
2 tbs olive oil
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1 tsp honey
1 tbs white wine vinegar

Cooking/baking instructions for the sweet potatoes and salad:

Preheat your oven to 375 degrees. Place your chopped sweet potatoes on a baking sheet and drizzle over 1 tbs of olive oil. Then sprinkle over 1 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper and 1 tsp chili powder. Mix all the ingredients together well so that each potato chunk is cover. Put into the oven at 375 degrees for 40 minutes. Meanwhile chop you tomato, avocado and green onion. Drain and rinse your black beans. When sweet potatoes are done take them out and let them cool on a paper towel for a few minutes while you make your dressing.

Cilantro lime vinaigrette instructions.

Using a blender or a food processor add your cilantro, lime juice, salt, pepper, honey and white white vinegar. Start to blend and slowly add in your olive oil. when the cilantro is minced and dressing and blended well it is finished.

Add you roasted sweet potatoes, tomatoes, green onion, black beans and avocado to a bowl and drizzle half of the dressing on top leaving the rest for people to add individually. then it is ready to serve.

Yields: 4 servings