Sweet potato apple salad

Chipotle Apple Sweet Potato Salad

Chipotle Apple Sweet Potato Salad — an easy fall favorite. This sweet & spicy salad is SO filling with apples, corn, roasted tomatoes, and chipotle.

This is my new favorite salad… and I don’t throw words like “favorite” or “best ever” around lightly. You may have noticed that I love roasted sweet potatoes in just about any salad (as evident here, here, and here) but this combination – with roasted tomatoes, roasted apples, corn, and a tangy/smoky chipotle dressing – was so good that I made it for dinner two nights in a row.

The first night, I made this as a lazy-girl dinner. Jack was out of town so for an easy “by myself” dinner I decided to roast the things (pictured above) that had just arrived in my Farmhouse Delivery box. I made a quick (yet super delicious!) dressing and tossed it all together with toasted pepitas for crunch.

The second night, I was so excited to recreate it for Jack because I just couldn’t get it out of my mind. Am I the only person who goes to bed dreaming of things like sweet potatoes and apples?

In my humble opinion, this is late-summer-early-fall produce perfection. Be sure to make this while you can still find a few cherry tomatoes in season!

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Autumn Crisp Apple Sweet Potato Salad

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The most delicious autumn apple sweet potato salad! This salad is quick and easy to throw together and is loaded with crisp apples, roasted sweet potatoes, dried cranberries, and sunflower seeds. The maple apple cider vinaigrette really takes the flavors over the top!

Hubby declared this his favorite salad.

The guy that doesn’t even like salads, found one that he didn’t like but loved.

And how could you not with peppery arugula as the base, tender cinnamon-scented roasted sweet potatoes, crisp apples, salted sunflower seeds, and creamy crumbled goat cheese? Apple sweet potato salad has a bit of everything, and it all ends up being one big party in your mouth.

Needless to say, there is a lot to love about this salad. On weekdays, I like to use cooked diced chicken to make a quick lunch salad that’s both hearty and filling. If you’ve got a rotisserie chicken in the refrigerator, it’ll work beautifully here.

What do you need to make apple sweet potato salad?

• Sweet potatoes: two medium-sized sweet potatoes that are diced into a ½ inch cubes is what you’ll need.
• Seasonings + oil: I toss the sweet potatoes in a splash of olive oil that’s been seasoned with ground cinnamon, a dash of cayenne pepper, salt, and pepper. These flavors work so well with the apples and maple syrup in the recipe.
• Fresh arugula: Peppery arugula adds the perfect flavor to tone down the sweet notes in this salad. You could also use baby kale here if you don’t like arugula.
• Apples: my apple of choice for this salad is a big Honeycrisp! Pink Lady’s or Fuji apples will also work here. And honestly, any kind of apple that you like to eat raw would do.
• Goat cheese: crumbled goat cheese adds a nice creamy note to this salad.
• Sunflower seeds: We’ve always got a bag of roasted sunflower seeds at home so that’s what I added, but pepitas, toasted pecans, or walnuts would also work!
• Dried cranberries: that are 50% less sweet are my choice here. Using unsweetened cranberries would also work. Raisins are another alternative, however, I do find that they make the salad quite a bit sweeter. If raisins are what you decide to use, I’d use a lot less than ½ a cup!

What goes in the apple cider vinaigrette?

• Oil: I like to use olive oil for this recipe air the flavors work really well with the salad. Oil plays a very crucial role in homemade vinaigrette’s so it’s important to use mild-flavored olive oil, one that doesn’t have too much personality as it might combat the other ingredients in the vinaigrette. You could use a filtered coconut (so it doesn’t taste like coconut) or avocado oil as well.
• Apple cider vinegar: I prefer to use this brand. I’ve tried this recipe with lemon juice in place of the apple cider as well as red wine vinegar and though it does work with both, ACV pairs really well with all the other ingredients.
• Maple syrup: A good quality maple syrup adds just the right amount of sweetness to the vinaigrette. Keep in mind that I use just 2 tablespoons in the dressing because the ingredients in the salad, like the apples and dried cranberries, add quite a bit of sweetness. You could even cut back a little if you usually don’t like sweeter salads!
• Mustard:Dijon mustard is the emulsifier in this recipe. It plays a two-part role. First, it helps flavor the vinaigrette. Secondly, it keeps it from separating. If you don’t like the taste of Dijon, you can swap it for honey mustard, I tested it and it works just fine here!
• Salt and pepper: just a pinch of each helps season the dressing and balance the other flavors.

How to make the best crisp apple sweet potato salad:

1. Roast the potatoes: toss the potatoes in olive oil, cinnamon, cayenne, salt and pepper and spread them out on a baking sheet and pop it in the oven. While the potatoes are roasting get the rest of your ingredients ready to go and make the dressing.
2. Make the dressing. Add the ingredients for the dressing in a mason jar and give it a quick shake until the ingredients combine.
3. Assemble the salad. Add the arugula to a large serving bowl, top with the roast sweet potatoes, diced apples, sunflower seeds, cranberries, and goat cheese. Drizzle in half of the dressing and toss to combine. Taste and adjust with additional dressing as desired.

FAQs about apple sweet potato salad:

1. Can I make the sweet potatoes in the air fryer? Yes, I’ve tested the potatoes in the air fryer, and they come out perfect. You’ll want to cook them at 400ºF for 10-12 minutes. Each air fryer is different, so I suggest keeping an eye on them once they pass the 8-minute mark. Mine took exactly 10 minutes.
2. I don’t have maple syrup; can I use something else? You could swap the maple syrup for honey or agave if you’d like. Keep in mind that the flavor of maple syrup works best with the other ingredients in this recipe. However, the subs I’ve mentioned will also work if that’s what you have on hand.
3. I don’t like goat cheese; can I use a substitute? You can swap the goat cheese for crumbled feta.
4. I don’t have apple cider vinegar; can I use a different vinegar? You can swap the apple cider vinegar for red wine vinegar in this recipe.

What can I serve with this sweet potato salad?

I usually just add cooked diced chicken directly to the salad here and it works great. You could also serve this with:

• Cheesy Wild Rice Chicken Fritters
• Garlic Butter Baked Chicken Breasts
• Roasted Herb Butter Spatchcock Chicken
• 1-Hour Whole Roasted Chicken
• Sheet Pan Za’atar Chicken and Potatoes
• Garlic Citrus Chicken with Brussels Sprouts

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Apple Potato Salad

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This potato salad recipe has apples in the mix for a bit of sweetness and a lot of crunch.

Did you know that potato salad isn’t only for summer BBQs? In fact, in Germany it’s popular to have potato salad (with sausages…yum!) on Christmas Eve.*

That may seem a bit strange. But ask yourself why it is that potato salad is so perfect for BBQs. It’s because potato salad is easy to make in large quantities, right? Large quantities that are full of deliciousness. So much deliciousness that I’d be happy to eat large quantities of it at every celebration, from summer to winter and all the months in between.

Lighter Potato Salad

But if we’re going to eat potato salad all year long, I think it’s necessary that we revise the ingredients a little bit to make it a tiny bit healthier (but still celebratory, of course!).

When I think about lightening potato salad, I usually think about the mayonnaise. I end up opting for low-fat mayonnaise, less mayonnaise, or no mayonnaise. But this time I was fixated on the carb loaded potatoes. I thought that one way to make potato salad a bit healthier might be to put less potatoes in it. But what to add instead?

Apple Potato Salad

I decided to try adding apples. Why? One of the things I like to add to potato salad is celery. Celery and apples taste amazing together. I was hoping that they would work here. I also added some cider vinegar to the dressing to tie that apple flavor in throughout.

The result? You’ve got to try it! The apples add a little bit of sweetness and a lot of crunch. And they just plain work. So much so that I swear I’m going to put apples in all of my potato salads, all year long, from now on. I used Jazz apples for mine, which are crisp with a good amount of sweetness. Feel free to use Gala or your favorite variety though.

Looking for more savory uses for apples? Check out these Stuffed Apples with Sausage.

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