Roasted Sweet Potato Salad

(from shawn’s recipe box)

Source: Ann McInerney, Bethesda, Maryland, Southern Living, OCTOBER 2006

Prep time: 30 minutes
Cook time: 45 minutes
Serves 7 people

Categories: Salads

Ingredients

  • * 1 1/2 pounds sweet potatoes
  • * 2 large onions
  • * 2 garlic cloves, crushed
  • * 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • * 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • * 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • * 1 (6-oz.) bag baby spinach
  • * Warm Bacon Dressing
  • * Garnish: cooked, crumbled bacon

Directions

  1. Peel sweet potatoes, and cut into 1-inch cubes. Cut onions into quarters, and cut each quarter in half.

  2. Toss together sweet potatoes, onions, crushed garlic, and 2 Tbsp. olive oil; place on a lightly greased aluminum foil-lined 15- x 11-inch jelly-roll pan. Sprinkle evenly with salt and pepper.

  3. Bake, stirring occasionally, at 400° for 45 minutes or until tender and lightly brown. Serve over spinach, and drizzle with Warm Bacon Dressing. Garnish, if desired.

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