This paleo grilled sweet potato salad is tossed with cauliflower rice and a creamy, curried almond butter vinaigrette for a healthy, Paleo & Vegan-friendly side dish for the Summer!
PIN Grilled Sweet Potato Salad
Baby Showers bring May flowers!
The saying might be a little bit different than that, but you know what I mean.
AND, today I get to take part in my first ever Virtual Baby Shower for Michelle from Healthy Recipe Ecstasy! WOO HOO.
Do ya’ll know Michelle? She creates recipes that kick ya in the taste buds with both HEALTH and NUM at the same time. I mean, check out these Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies with Dark Chocolate Chunks. I want 100 BITES O’ THOSE.
I am assuming that is equivalent to a dozen eggless chocolate chip cookies. I feel like that is a proper portion size. You agree?
Good. I’ll keep you.
This lovely lady just had a wee little man, and we got a whole GAGGLE of wonderful ladies to make a bunch of baby-shower friendly food fer yer facial holes. We got appetizers, desserts, (hello paleo magic cookie bars!) side dishes, salads.
You want it? WE GOT IT.
My mission? A sweet potato salad.
And, my peeps, I am seriously SO EXCITED TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU.
This may or not be that sweet potato salad that they should have invented padlock Tupperware for.
You know, because you put it inside the fridge in said Tupperware so that you can be the BEST WIFE EVER, and have a healthy and nourishing bowl of dinner deliciousness for your hubby when he gets back from work.
And then he gets home. And you welcome him with a big hug in attempt to draw attention away from the fact that you made him a piece of toast. Also to distract him as you wipe off the smear of the CREAMIEST EVER almond butter vinaigrette from your face.
It’s like the raw summer roll salad and curry sweet potato almond butter dip IN SIDE DISH FORM.
Clearly I am still working on this whole “die to self and put Hubskerdoodle’s taste-bud needs above your own.”
I might work on it. I’m still thinking about it.
BUT, really, have you ever TRIED grilled sweet potatoes? It takes that natural sweetness that the name obviously states they have, and adds this smoky layer of lighty-crisp but so-creamy-how-does-it-even-happen-YUM.
How to grill sweet potatoes
Cooking sweet potatoes on the grill is very quick and easy! All you have to do is heat your grill to HIGH and toss your sweet potatoes in coconut oil. Then, place them on the heated grill and cook them for 2-4 minutes per side, flipping once. You want some good grill marks to happen!
That’s it!
Aside from this grilled sweet potato salad, it’s sunny out. Which means I want to grill everything in sight.
I would even grill my face.
But, my rapping skills are too under-par for that. You understand.
In other news. Cauliflower. Are you upset at how much I have been throwing it at your computah screen? Are we at that point where we can still be friends even through my moments of food-obsessions and gimme-it-every-day-any-way?
Cauliflower Alfredo. Roasted Cauliflower. I NEED IT.
And now, cauliflower rice. In a grilled sweet potato salad recipe . Mixed up with the most ree-deee-kulously ah-may-zing Homemade Almond Butter Coconut vinaigrette with JUST the rice amount of curry kick in the patootie to balance out the subtly sweet raisins and crunchy toasty-roasty almonds.
And yes, the vinaigrette does look EERILY similar to the curry coconut cashew cream sauce that we spread ALL OVAH the paleo pizza a weeks ago. Actually…..
EXACTLY the same except it’s made of almond butter, not cashew butter. And spread on cauliflower pizza, not cauliflower rice.
But, it was RLY RLY RLY good and I knew that you wouldn’t judge me for sticking with something that is already proven to be YUM.
I know you.
Anyway. This salad? It’s got SOUL.
Whatever that means.
Just don’t ask The Hubonana about it.
Let’s just say, he noticed the almond butter wipe-age.
There’s still toast bitterness.
Ingredients
For the salad:
- 2 Large sweet potatoes peeled and sliced about 1/4 thick (500g)
- 2 Tbsp Coconut oil melted and divided
- 4 Cups Cauliflower cut into bite sized pieces (about 1 small head)
- Salt
- 1/2 Cup Cilantro roughly chopped
- 1/4 Cup Slivered Almonds toasted *
- 1/4 Cup Golden raisins
For the dressing:
- 1/4 Cup Coconut oil melted
- 1/4 Cup Almond Butter
- 1 Tbsp Apple Cider vinegar
- 1 tsp Agave or honey for Paleo option, leave out for whole30
- 1 tsp Curry powder
- 2-3 tsp Sriracha to taste
- pinch of salt
Instructions
- Preheat your grill to high heat and toss the sliced sweet potatoes with 1 Tbsp of the coconut oil in a large bowl.
- Place the potatoes on the grill and cook until they get nice grill marks and begin to go fork tender. Flip and repeat on the other side. This takes about 2-4 minutes per side. Remove from the grill and place into a large bowl, covering to keep warm.
- While the potatoes cook, place the cauliflower into a large food processor and break down until it begins to look like rice,
- Heat the remaining 1 Tbsp of coconut oil in a large pan over medium heat and place the cauliflower rice in. Cover and cover for 5-10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the cauliflower feels tender. Then uncover the pan and cook an additional 5-10 minutes, or until the cauliflower is golden brown.
- Whisk all of the dressing ingredients together in a medium bowl, adjusting the sriracha to taste. Set aside.
- Add half the cauliflower rice into the bowl with the potatoes. Then, pour in the dressing and mix well. Add in the remaining cauliflower rice, the chopped cilantro, toasted almonds and the golden raisins. Stir well to ensure the dressing is evenly distributed, and adjust salt to taste.
- DEVOUR.
Tips & Notes:
Nutrition Info:
Recipes written and produced on Food Faith Fitness are for informational purposes only.
FOR THIS RECIPE, I RECOMMEND:
WEIGHT WATCHERS POINTS PER SERVING: FREESTYLE POINTS: 10 POINTS+: 7. OLD POINTS: 5
(per 1/8 of the recipe)
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Sierra Bowland says
This looks delicious! I will have to whip it up for my family holiday party. How many sweet potatoes does the recipe call for? I am confused if the two is referring to the inches or the amount?
Taylor Kiser says
Sorry – I did some site maintenance and some recipes went wonky! It’s all fixed now! 🙂
Sierra Bowland says
Thank you so much! 🙂
Bunny says
Mmm, looks and sounds delish, BUT, could I use already+made almond butter? Thank you!
Taylor Kiser says
I am not sure what you mean by “already made?” I used already made store bought almond butter!
Bunny says
Thank you so much for your quick reply! Your gorgeous, mouth-watering photo is a MustTry!!
yify says
I really loved reading your blog. I also found your posts very interesting. In fact after reading, I had to go show it to my friend and he ejoyed it as well!
Taylor Kiser says
Thank you!
Emily says
I think I would officially deem cauliflower the most versatile veggie out there; smoothies, salads, a base for sauces, and so much more. And grilled sweet potatoes??? YASSS girl. That sounds amazing.
Taylor Kiser says
You would LOVEEEEE it! We are obsessed!!
Aimee says
Yum, times 10 Taylor! This looks amazing and recently I’ve been eating the same salad for lunch oh, for the past 3 weeks. Time for a change and this could be it since it only comes in around 27o-something calories. Oh, and I’m sure my husband will like it too, ha!
Taylor Kiser says
Haha! My husband LOVED this salad! You gotta try it!