Citrus-Sweet Potato Salad

This breakfast salad is one part left-overs, one part citrusy-goodness, and one part flawless sunny side up egg. Take last night’s roasted sweet potatoes and create something new in the morning by combining with organic baby spinach, and zesty orange-balsamic vinaigrette, and a surprise twist: granny smith apples.

These flavors sing together. Put an egg on it, and you’ve got all the protein (and brain-boosting choline) and beta-carotene rich veggie power you’ll need to get your day started on the right foot.

MIND diet foods: Leafy greens, other vegetables, olive oil


Citrus-Kissed Sweet Potato Hash Salad
 
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Recipe type: Breakfast, Salad
Cuisine: Californian
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Ingredients
  • 1 large organic sweet potato, 10-12" (mine was 1 lb 4 oz)
  • ½ large red onion, diced
  • ⅓ cup (approx) olive oil, divided into 1 tbsp, 4 tbsp, 1-2 tsp
  • ½ tsp cumin
  • 1 orange, zest and juice (2 tbsp orange juice, 1 tsp orange zest. You may have extra)
  • ½ tsp balsamic vinegar
  • 1 green apple
  • 5 oz pre-washed organic baby spinach (about 6-8 cups loosely packed)
  • 4 eggs
  • 8 sprigs Italian parsley
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 450.
  2. While the oven is preheating, wash and dry all produce, and prep the hash.
  3. Remove any eyes from the sweet potato leaving as much skin intact as possible.
  4. Dice the sweet potato (makes about 4 cups) and red onion (makes about 1 cup), then combine in a large bowl with 1 tbsp olive oil, cumin, salt and pepper.
  5. On a large baking sheet, arrange in a single layer and roast for 25 minutes, turning about halfway through.
  6. While the potatoes roast, make the dressing. Whisk together 4 tbsp olive oil, orange juice, orange zest, balsamic vinegar, and salt and pepper to taste.
  7. Slice green apple into thin slices or cubes (makes about 1 cup) and toss with a little bit of orange juice to keep from browning.
  8. In a large bowl, combine baby spinach, parsley, and dressing to coat.
  9. Fold in the apples.
  10. Heat 1-2 tsp olive oil in a pan on low heat.
  11. Divide dressed salad in 4 bowls.
  12. Slowly crack eggs into the frying pan to reduce egg white spreading and heat over low heat until whites become opaque (3-4 minutes). Season with salt to taste.
  13. Divide hash on top of the 4 salads, and top each with an egg.
  14. Garnish with any extra parsley or orange zest, if desired
Notes
If 40-45 minutes sounds like a long time to wait for breakfast, I hear you. I think this dish works best as a way to use left-over roasted sweet potatoes. You can even make the dressing a day ahead. That makes this dish more of a 5-to-10 minute assembly meal. Makes 4 servings of 1-2 cups each.

 

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