Roasted Sweet Potato And Green Bean Salad [Bulkbites.com]

• Servings: 1
• Time: 40 minutes

Sweet potatoes are like energy powerhouse for weight lifers and bodybuilders, roast this root vegetable and toss with other ingredients to create a fantastic salad that complement almost any source of protein. This salad is a perfect starter recipe for any meal; it is rich in fiber, low in fat and high in complex carbohydrate. I use to add beans and yogurt to this salad to make it rich in protein. Add walnuts to fortify good fatty acids, it also provides the crunch factor to this salad. Overall this salad is very fulfilling and satisfying, includes this salad to your meal plan and develops strength for weight lifting.

Nutrition

• calories: 275
• protein: 8
• carbs: 46
• fat: 9
• saturated fat: 0.99
• polyunsaturated fat: 3.09
• monounsaturated fat: 4.05
• cholesterol: 1
• sodium: 22
• potassium: 583
• dietary fiber: 6.67
• sugars: 9.36
• vitamin a: 39
• vitamin c: 29
• calcium: 106
• iron: 2
• magnesium: 0
• complex carbs: 29.97
• other fats: 0.87

Ingredients

• 1 small, large, medium Sweet potato, raw
• 1 beans Beans, snap, green, raw
• 1 cup, sliced Onions, raw
• 1 tbsp Nuts, walnuts, black, dried
• 1 tsp Oil, olive, salad or cooking
• 1 dash Salt, table
• 1 tbsp, ground Spices, pepper, black
• 1 tsp Spices, garlic powder
• 10 gram Yogurt, Greek, plain, nonfat
• 1 fl oz Lemon juice, raw
• 1 cup shredded Lettuce, iceberg (includes crisphead types), raw

Instructions

• Peel and cut the sweet potatoes in one inch chunks.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degree F and prepare the baking tray by spraying oil to it.
• Season the sweet potatoes and onions with salt, pepper and oil.
• Place in the baking tray and roast for 20 minutes or until sweet potato is tender and soft.
• Remove the tray from the oven and add green beans and walnuts to it and roast again for 5 minutes or until green beans are tender.
• Meanwhile prepare the dressing by whisking together Greek yogurt, garlic powder, lemon juice, salt and pepper.
• Serve roasted sweet potato and vegetables on lettuce bed and top with Greek yogurt dressing. Serve warm.