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Roast Sweet Potato Salad with Pomegranate and Tomato

Easy Dinners, Fuss Free Entertaining, Salads & Sides First Published: September 19, 2021 | Last Updated: August 13, 2022

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Roast Sweet Potato Salad with pomegranate, cherry tomatoes, creamy butter beans and a simple sherry vinaigrette. Perfect for lunch or as a side for grilled meat or fish.

Sweet Potato Salad

With chunks of golden roasted sweet potato, sweet pomegranate and tomato, creamy butter beans and fresh herbs, this salad is absolutely packed with flavour.

I love adding roast sweet potato to salads to give them a bit more bite. Roasting the sweet potatoes makes them deliciously caramelised on the outside with a soft and juicy middle.

Bowl of roast sweet potato salad with pomegranate and tomato.

Roasted Sweet Potato

Not only are they super versatile and delicious in so many different recipes but sweet potatoes are super healthy too. Sweet potatoes are full of fibre, beta carotene (which is converted to vitamin A), vitamin C (great for fighting colds) and potassium.

I like to refer to sweet potatoes as a ‘Beauty Food’ since adding beta carotene to your diet has been shown to give your skin a beautiful glow and fight the free radicals that cause skin ageing. Vitamin C also promotes collagen production and can help clear blemishes.

In this recipe, the sweet potatoes are simply roasted with a drizzle of olive oil and some salt and pepper. The trick to great roasted sweet potato is to keep the chunks all the same size so they cook evenly.

White bowl containing chunks of roast sweet potato, halved cherry tomatoes, pomegranate seeds, sliced red onion, butter beans and fresh herbs.

Ingredients

  • Sweet Potato – The trick when roasting sweet potatoes is to keep the pieces uniform in size so they roast evenly.
  • Pomegranate Seeds – you can buy a pre=prepared package of seeds or do it yourself
  • Cherry Tomatoes
  • Butter Beans (Lima Beans)
  • Red Onion
  • Mint, Parsley, Coriander/Cilantro – only fresh herbs are suitable for this recipe. If you’re a coriander hater you can leave it out and add extra parsley and mint.
  • Sherry Vinegar – you can substitute rice wine vinegar. White wine vinegar would work in a real pinch, but I’d recommend using only half the amount due to the stronger acidity.
  • Olive Oil
  • Lemon juice – freshly squeezed
  • Salt and Pepper

Served as per the recipe this roast sweet potato salad is vegan and gluten free.

Sweet potato, pomegranate, butter beans and tomato

Serving Suggestions

Hearty and filling thanks to the sweet potato and butter beans, this sweet potato salad makes a great meal on it’s own. I love it as a weekday lunch – it is easy to transport and can be made ahead. If you are preparing the salad in advance, I would recommend keeping the dressing separate and mixing when ready to serve.

Roast Sweet Potato Salad is also an excellent side for grilled meat or fish – my all time favourite way to serve this sweet potato salad is with juicy tuna steaks. It is delicious with grilled halloumi too.

One pan seared tuna steak on a bed of roast sweet potato salad.

I hope you like this recipe as much as I do! Please leave a comment or tag me on Instagram @carrieskitchen_ if you make it!

More easy salad recipes:

  • BLT Pasta Salad
  • The Best Chopped Salad
  • Kale and Pomegranate Salad
  • Halloumi and Bulgur Wheat Salad
  • Mediterranean White Bean Salad
  • Halloumi Tomato Salad

Roast Sweet Potato Salad with Pomegranate and Tomato

Carrie Carvalho
Roast Sweet Potato Salad with pomegranate, cherry tomatoes, creamy butter beans and a simple sherry vinaigrette. Perfect for lunch or as a side for grilled meat or fish.
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Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 35 minutes mins
Total Time 45 minutes mins
Course Main Course, Salad
Cuisine Mediterranean
Servings 4 servings
Calories 385 kcal

Equipment

  • baking tray
  • Sharp Knife
  • Large Mixing Bowl
  • Small Bowl or Jug
  • vegetable peeler

Ingredients
 
 

  • 1 large sweet potato
  • 200 gram cherry tomatoes halved
  • 400 gram tin of butter beans drained and rinsed
  • 1 red onion sliced
  • 100 gram pomegranate seeds
  • 2 tbsp chopped fresh mint
  • 1 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
  • 1 tbsp chopped fresh coriander/cilantro
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • salt & pepper

Sherry Vinaigrette

  • 4 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 tbsp sherry vinegar
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice
  • salt & pepper to taste

Instructions
 

  • Preheat your oven to 220°c/200 fan/425F/Gas 7
  • Peel and dice the sweet potato into uniform, bite-sized chunks. Drizzle with olive oil and a generous pinch of salt and pepper and toss to coat.
  • Arrange the sweet potato chunks on a large baking sheet in a single layer. Cook in the preheated oven for 25-30 minutes, tossing at the 15 minute mark, until golden and beginning to crisp around the edges.
  • To make the dressing, add all the ingredients to a small jug or jar and mix or shake well to combine. Add salt and pepper to taste.
  • To assemble the salad, add the roast sweet potato, pomegranate, tomato, onion, butter beans, onion and fresh herbs to a large bowl. Toss to combine.
  • Drizzle the dressing over the salad, starting with 3 tablespoons. Toss together then taste and add more dressing as required. You may not need to use it all.

Nutrition

Calories: 385kcalCarbohydrates: 40gProtein: 10gFat: 22gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 15gSodium: 37mgPotassium: 899mgFiber: 10gSugar: 11gVitamin A: 6827IUVitamin C: 22mgCalcium: 53mgIron: 3mg
Keyword pomegranate, salad, sweet potato
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    1. Marita says

      September 21, 2021 at 8:41 am

      5 stars
      Yum, this looks delicious. I love your combination of flavours. I am impartial to any salad which uses fresh pomegranates. I think I will try this for lunch this week and will report back.

      Reply
    2. Corina Blum says

      September 21, 2021 at 9:32 am

      5 stars
      This looks delicious! I love the colours and flavours in it – I’d happily eat it as a main meal.

      Reply
    3. Lesley says

      September 21, 2021 at 11:43 am

      5 stars
      Love the flavours in this salad, the herbs bring a real freshness to the dish and the pomegranate seeds a lovely fruity burst. Delicious!

      Reply
    4. Jo says

      September 21, 2021 at 2:57 pm

      5 stars
      This looks delicious and it is my personal mission to use more sherry vinegar, since it is so underrated!! Thanks so much for posting this recipe.

      Reply
    5. Janice says

      September 21, 2021 at 3:01 pm

      5 stars
      I’ve never made a salad with sweet potatoes before, but I really love this recipe. So many delicous flavours and different textures.

      Reply
    6. Choclett says

      September 22, 2021 at 5:22 pm

      5 stars
      That looks so colourful and delicious. And quite hearty too. It would do me for a meal for sure.

      Reply
    7. Cat | Curly's Cooking says

      September 26, 2021 at 10:20 pm

      5 stars
      This looks so colourful and packed with flavour. Definitely not a boring salad!

      Reply
    8. Rebecca - Glutarama says

      September 27, 2021 at 3:25 pm

      5 stars
      What a beautiful vibrant coloured salad. I love saldas like this that are bursting with lots of ingredients. Beats the tomato, lettuce and cucumber any day.

      Reply
    9. Chloe says

      September 27, 2021 at 3:35 pm

      5 stars
      Oh wow, this looks just stunning! I can’t wait to try!

      Reply
    10. Helen at Casa Costello says

      September 27, 2021 at 7:16 pm

      5 stars
      Wonderful colours! I adore Sweet Potato – such a versatile ingredient yet so tasty.

      Reply
    11. Sarah says

      December 10, 2021 at 1:44 pm

      5 stars
      Looks so delicious! And it is so easy to make. I made it yesterday and I also added some cucumber and raddish. Was super yummy.

      Reply
      • Carrie Carvalho says

        December 11, 2021 at 6:19 pm

        So glad you enjoyed it! Cucumber and radish sound like perfect additions.

        Reply

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