Receta Sweet Potato and Black Bean Mexican Salad
Sweet Potato and Black Bean Mexican Salad
Sweet Potato and Black Bean Mexican Salad-this fresh and healthy salad is a favorite at our house! It is easy to make and beautiful to serve!
I didn’t want to let you guys down, so we made the salad again and I took photos for the blog! So today I am sharing our Sweet Potato and Black Bean Mexican Salad! Yay!
Whenever I am feeling lazy and not in the mood to cook, which has been a lot lately, I ask Josh if he wants Mexican salads for dinner. Luckily, he always says yes! We both love this simple salad and it is super easy to make. It is our favorite quick and easy meal!
Like I said, there isn’t a real recipe, everything is pretty self explanatory. I top chopped Romaine lettuce with all of my favorite Mexican toppings: roasted sweet potatoes, black beans, red cabbage, avocado, corn, tomatoes, green onion, and cilantro. The salad is loaded with flavor so I usually don’t use a dressing. I usually squeeze fresh lime juice over the salad and call it good. Sometimes I will add salsa or fresh pico de gallo or make my Creamy Avocado Dressing for an extra boost of flavor!
Josh and Caleb like to eat their salads with tortilla chips. This salad is very flexible so feel free to add your favorite toppings! The more the merrier!
I hope you like our Sweet Potato and Black Bean Mexican Salad as much as we do! I could seriously eat it every day! It is that good! Enjoy!
Sweet Potato and Black Bean Mexican Salad
Yield: Serves 4
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 35 minutes
Total Time: 50 minutes
This fresh and simple Mexican salad is a favorite at our house! It is one of our "go to" quick and easy meals!
Ingredients:
- 2 large sweet potatoes, peeled and chopped
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- Romaine lettuce, chopped
- 1 (15 oz) black beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 large tomato, chopped
- 1 cup corn (fresh, frozen, or canned-rinsed and drained)
- 1 large avocado, sliced
- 1 cup chopped purple cabbage
- 1/2 cup chopped cilantro
- 1/4 cup chopped green onion
- Limes-for juicing over salad
- Salsa or pico de gallo, if desired
- Creamy Avocado Dressing, if desired
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Place the chopped sweet potatoes on a large baking sheet. Drizzle with olive oil and toss. Season with salt and black pepper, to taste. Place sheet in the oven and roast for 20 minutes. Using a spatula, toss the sweet potatoes. Roast for an additional 15 minutes or until the sweet potatoes are tender. Remove from oven and set aside.
2. Place chopped lettuce in a large bowl. Top lettuce with roasted sweet potatoes, black beans, tomatoes, corn, avocado, purple cabbage, cilantro, and green onion. Squeeze fresh lime juice over the salad. Serve with salsa, pico de gallo or Creamy Avocado Dressing, if desired.
Note-I like to roast or grill the corn for the salad. This salad is very flexible. Feel free to add your favorite Mexican toppings to the mix. Don't use the avocado dressing if you need the salad to be vegan.