Stirring Up Healthy Recipes

Fall Harvest Salad

Fall Harvest Salad with apples, sweet potato, grille chicken and balsamic viniagrette

Fall Harvest Salad

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Keyword: apples, chicken, fall-time recipe, lunch, protein rich, salads, sweet potato
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Servings: 3
Calories: 595kcal

Equipment

  • Stove

Ingredients

For the Salad

  • 6 cups salad greens spring mix
  • 1 honeycrisp apple chopped
  • 4 oz gorganzola cheese crumbled
  • ½ cup pecans chopped
  • ½ cup dried cranberries low-sugar
  • 1 sweet potato large
  • 2 TBSP olive oil divided
  • 1 tsp salt divided
  • 1 tsp pepper divided
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • ½ tsp garlic powder
  • 1 tsp chili powder optional
  • 8 oz chicken breast butterflied

Instructions

  • Preheat your oven to 400℉ and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
  • Toss together sweet potato with avocado oil, salt, and pepper. Bake for 20 minutes.
  • Mix together seasoning for chicken, then sprinkle it on the breasts.
  • After 20 minutes, take sweet potatoes out of the oven, toss, and then add the chicken to the same pan as the sweet potatoes. Bake both for another 16-18 minutes or until chicken reaches 165F.
  • While baking, prepare the vinaigrette by mixing all ingredients together. Add vinaigrette to the spring mix (or lettuce of your choosing) and toss till fully coated.
  • Layer on sliced apples, cooked chicken, sweet potatoes, gorgonzola cheese, pecans, and cranberries.

Nutrition

Calories: 595kcal | Carbohydrates: 47g | Protein: 28g | Fat: 35g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 17g | Cholesterol: 77mg | Sodium: 1373mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 25g | Iron: 2mg