Honestly, I would never have thought to use pesto as a salad dressing but it really works well. Especially on a warm salad like this one. The other day I found pesto in the fridge and I decided to put it together with this dish. The combined ingredients gave the meal a mouth watering and moreish flavour that I just loved. It was so tasty that I had to share the recipe with you.
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Serves 4
Equipment
- Sharp knife
- Chopping board
- Vegetable peeler
- Baking tray
- Salad/mixing bowl
- Tablespoon
- Salad folks
Ingredients
- Sweet potato x 800g
- Red pepper x 1
- Cherry tomatoes x 40
- Olive oil
- Salt and pepper to your tastes
- Crab x 4 tins
- Rocket x 4 handfuls
- Pesto x 1 recipe 4 – 8 tablespoons
Method
- Preheat the to 200°C or gas mark 6 and put the baking tray in at the same time.
- Peel and cut the sweet potato into 1 inch or bite size pieces.
- Cut the top from the red pepper and remove the core and the stalk.
- Slice and dice the flesh.
- Cut the cherry tomatoes in half.
- Place all of these ingredients into the baking tray.
- Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle over the salt and pepper to your tastes.
- Toss these ingredients together.
- Put the tray into the oven and cook for about 25 – 30 minutes or until the sweet pototoes are golden brown around the edges.
- When the sweet potato is golden brown remove the tray from the oven.
- Place all the ingredients into the salad/mixing bowl.
- Add in the tinned crab, rocket and pesto.
- Then carefully toss all this ingredients together.
- Finally serve and enjoy.
Crab and Sweet Potato Pesto Salad was a delicious meal that I enjoyed. My husband Howard and son Ted aren’t to keen on some of the ingredients in this dinner. So I made this dish for myself. It was easy to prepare and cook. It made a lovely lunch but it would make a really great dinner as well. Also you could double up the ingredients and make this as a cold salad for the next day. However you decide to eat this meal, as always, please enjoy. Thank you xxx
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