I was thumbing through Party Vegan for Halloween foods and I was thrilled to find this salad that was not only delicious, but gluten-free as well. It was perfect for our Halloween party. I recommend making the rice ahead of time since it needs to cool in the fridge. It also would hurt to chop up the veggies and cook the sweet potatoes ahead of time, too, so you save yourself a headache of trying to get all done right away. I doubled the recipe, but I’ll list the original recipe amounts below. Also, the original recipe suggests serving the salad on a bed of shredded lettuce, but I opted to serve it in a bowl, sans lettuce.
INGREDIENTS:
1 large sweet potato, peeled and cut into 1/2″ dice
1/4 C + 1 Tbs olive oil
Salt and pepper
2 medium carrots, shredded
1 medium orange bell pepper, finely chopped
1/4 C minced onion
2 Tbs fresh parsley
15-oz can garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed
3 C cold cooked black rice
3 Tbs lemon juice
1 tsp garlic, minced
1/2 tsp dry mustard
DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 425. Spread the sweet potatoes on a lightly greased baking sheet; drizzle with 1 Tbs of olive oil. Season with salt and pepper and roast for 15 minutes. I recommend turning them once halfway through, otherwise, they’ll get too browned on one side.
In a large bowl, combine the carrots, bell pepper, onion, parsley, and garbanzo beans.
In a small bowl, whisk together the remaining olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, mustard, 1/2 tsp salt, and 1/4 tsp black pepper.
The recipe only says to combine the cooled sweet potatoes and rice together, but doesn’t indicate when to mix them in with the rest. But I think I’m a pretty smart cookie and combined everything and tossed it all with the dressing. Enjoy!
- 1 large sweet potato, peeled and cut into ½" dice
- ¼ C + 1 Tbs olive oil
- Salt and pepper
- 2 medium carrots, shredded
- 1 medium orange bell pepper, finely chopped
- ¼ C minced onion
- 2 Tbs fresh parsley
- 15-oz can garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed
- 3 C cold cooked black rice
- 3 Tbs lemon juice
- 1 tsp garlic, minced
- ½ tsp dry mustard
- Preheat oven to 425.
- Spread the sweet potatoes on a lightly greased baking sheet; drizzle with 1 Tbs of olive oil. Season with salt and pepper and roast for 15 minutes. I recommend turning them once halfway through, otherwise, they'll get too browned on one side.
- In a large bowl, combine the carrots, bell pepper, onion, parsley, and garbanzo beans.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the remaining olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, mustard, ½ tsp salt, and ¼ tsp black pepper.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the remaining olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, mustard, ½ tsp salt, and ¼ tsp black pepper.
- The recipe only says to combine the cooled sweet potatoes and rice together, but doesn't indicate when to mix them in with the rest. But I think I'm a pretty smart cookie and combined everything and tossed it all with the dressing. Enjoy!
