This sweet potato goats cheese and couscous salad is delicious. It's packed with protein, dietary fibre and makes a great quick healthy lunch.
Hey there Folks!
After having an amazing week last week eating pretty much what we liked on holiday in Glencoe. I thought we’d better get back to our healthy during the week 80/20 eating routine.
This sweet potato goats cheese and couscous salad fits that requirement perfectly!
I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with indulging once in a while.
After all, that’s what my whole blog is based on. The 80/20 rule.
It wasn’t that we ate badly last week either, just probably a little too much.
You know how it is with holidays!
Anyway, back to this delicious sweet potato goats cheese and couscous salad......
This salad is pretty quick and easy to make.
The really light olive oil and lemon juice marinade gives it a perfectly balanced light and fresh "zingy" taste.
I couldn't decide whether it should go into salads, either into the lunch category or dinner category of the recipes index.
Seeing as its pretty light to carry, easily transportable, I enjoy it as a packed lunch. So, it went into the lunch salads category!
For This Sweet Potato Goats Cheese Salad You May Need……
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Equipment
- Saucepans
- Pyrex mixing glass bowl
- Large mixing bowl
- Kitchen scale
- Measuring jug
- Chopping board
- Kitchen knives
- Measuring spoons
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Sweet Potato Goats Cheese and Couscous Salad Recipe
This sweet potato salad makes an excellent packed lunch. Keep it in the fridge and squeeze a lemon wedge over it when you're ready to eat!
I’d love to hear what you think of my recipe in the comments below and please do rate my recipe 5* if you like it! 🙂
Sweet Potato, Goats Cheese and Couscous Salad Recipe
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Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 medium sized sweet potatoes
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- Freshly ground pepper
- 50 g couscous
- 200 ml vegetable stock
- 100 g baby spinach leaves , washed
- 2 tablespoon sunflower seeds
- 100 g soft goats cheese , cubed
- 2 lemon wedges
Instructions
- Cut the potatoes in half, put them in a pan and cover them with cold water. Bring the water to the boil, then turn the heat down and allow the potatoes to simmer for 15 – 20 minutes. Then remove the potatoes, allow them to cool so they can be handled, peel them and cut them into cubes.
- In a bowl mix together the olive oil, lemon juice and some freshly ground pepper. Then add the potato cubes and coat them gently in the marinade. Put aside whilst you cook the couscous.
- Place the couscous in a saucepan with the vegetable stock and heat gently allowing the couscous to absorb all of the liquid. About 8 - 10 minutes.
- In a large bowl place the spinach leaves, sunflower seeds, marinated potato cubes with any remaining marinade and the cooked couscous and gently mix everything together.
- Divide the salad between 2 plates, sprinkle over the cubed goats cheese and serve with the lemon wedges.
Susie @ SuzLyfe
So fresh and so clean clean! I can't wait to see all the rest of the photos! I feel like sweet potatoes are the gift that just keep on giving. And who doesn't love couscous? And spinach? And goat cheese (in small doses) will always be a fave of mine. I kinda want to add some dried cranberries to this! But that might make it a bit more wintery. So instead I think peas and lemon 😀
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Thanks Susie. I agree, dried cranberries would definitely give it a sweeter taste, so a nice texture. 🙂
Sometimes I like to add a few black olives, just to give it a bit more of a summery feel. If it wasn't currently snowing again outside I might just do that. 😆
Meg Bollenback
Love this! So clean and simple, but it looks absolutely delicious. Can't wait to see your photos when you're done!
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
It is just so simple isn't it Meg? 😀 And yes it is absolutely delicious too, thank you.
Yep, just working on those photographs now. Gone have the days where you would just take photographs and post them no matter how they looked, it's amazing how much time I spent in lightroom now. But I do enjoy it! 🙂
Shashi at RunninSrilankan
I love that you used that lemony marinade as the "dressing" for this salad - Neil - this sounds fantastic!
I just took a gander over to IG and woa - y'alls eats on y'alls trip look so dang mouthwatering! I gotta agree - life is about balance - but, when food is good, and your on vacay - well....you can always get back to that balanced life when your vacay is over right?!
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
I'm so glad you like it Shashi, I just wanted to keep it as simple and clean as possible.
Glad you liked the food photographs from our Glencoe trip too. I thought they came out pretty well, despite being done on my mobile! 🙂
Yep, we are definitely back onto our balanced life now the vacation is over. And right back at the gym, and oh how I'm aching!! 😉
GiGi Eats
I LOVE salads with chunks of LOVEEEE in them...... 🙂
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Ha ha me too GiGi! 🙂