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My favorite thing about this delicious salad (other than TURMERIC & SWEET POTATO) (!!!!) is how versatile it is! Create it as a side, top it off with your fave protein, or top it off with a little Vegan Turmeric Ginger Dressing and eat is as a meal itself.
Before we get started, I should be very clear that there isn’t actually real life pasta in this salad. Eek! Don’t hate me! The “pasta” is actually spiralized sweet potato, which is pretty much the best thing ever. And this is a health food blog so it’s ok, right??? If you’re feeling a healthy twist on real comfort food pasta, try out the Mushroom & Spinach Pasta Bake recipe! Guys, though. This sweet potato noodle/pasta situation. OMG.
I also have this crazy obsession with my spirazlizer. It makes food so curly and spiraly and oh soooooo pretty! Between that and my sweet potato obsession (sweet potato EVERYTHING in the fall, y’all!), good things are happening over here. Good, wonderful, heavenly Turmeric Sweet Potato Pasta Salad kinda things.
When I made this, I was feeling a little extra protein on this salad and added spicy ground turkey (literally ground turkey with a ton of my fave spices). BEST. DECISION. EVER. Apparently this salad also tastes amazing days after it’s made because I sent it off to work with Cody and he LOVED it!
This Turmeric Sweet Potato Pasta Salad is just one of those “go-to” recipes!
Ya know? So much flavor, so good, so healthy, so easy. Wins in all directions, people!
If you’re sweet potato obsessed (like me) in the fall and looking for more delicious side dishes and salads, be sure to check out the Roasted Sweet Potato Black Bean Salad and Roasted Beets and Sweet Potato Quinoa Salad recipes!
Here’s the easy recipe:
Turmeric Sweet Potato Pasta Salad
Ingredients
- 2 sweet potatoes
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- 1/2 tsp turmeric
- 3 cups spinach
- 1 cup chickpeas
- 1 Tbsp pistachios
Instructions
- Peel sweet potatoes and spiralize.
- Cook the sweet potato noodles by sautéing them in oil for about 5-6 minutes. Add a tablespoon or two of water to soften them if needed.
- Mix the noodles with turmeric, spinach chickpeas, and crushed pistachios.
Robyn says:
This salad is so beautiful! What a delicious way to enjoy sweet potatoes too! Yum!
Farrah says:
Hard not to enjoy salads that have everything I love in them! Thanks for this recipe! :]
Angela says:
This is so delicious! I love that it just has a few ingredients, but it is loaded with flavor!!
Andréa Janssen says:
I love sweet potatoes and they’re delicious in a salad. This variation with turmeric is so great!
Chef Dennis says:
I am sooo loving this Turmeric Sweet Potato Pasta Salad! Looks really yummy.
Alexandra says:
We love sweet potato – and this is such a delicious and creative way to enjoy it!
Sue says:
Delicious! I can never have too much spiralized sweet potato!
Linda says:
I’ve always enjoyed a light and delicious salad like this, especially when you have spiralized veggies. This combo can’t be any better and I can’t wait to have this.
Estelle Forrest says:
What a creative way to use sweet potatoes. I’m definitely going to give this one a try
Emily Flint says:
This salad has so much flavor with little ingredients, delicious!
Felicia says:
Would you please share what spices you added to the ground turkey?
Christine McMichael replied:
Hi, Felicia! There isn’t ground turkey in this recipe. Did you mean to comment on a different recipe?
Sarah replied:
Hi Christine, you said in the post that you served spicy ground turkey on top and used your favorite spices. Can you share what spices you used?
Christine McMichael replied:
Hi, Sarah! It was most likely some combination of salt/pepper, chili powder, crushed red pepper, and garlic 🙂 Enjoy!
Margaret @ Veggie Primer says:
Yum! I’ve been meaning to get a spiralizer and you’ve given me a very good reason to stop procrastinating! This recipe looks delicious!
Christine McMichael replied:
I LOVE my spiralizer! It’s so much fun. Enjoy! 🙂
Malcolm says:
Look up what they say about Turmeric and the need for Black Pepper with it to make it available to the body.
Christine McMichael replied:
Thanks for the tip, Malcolm!
Danielle says:
I swear you know how to make everything look incredibly delicious. This salad doesn’t even look like a salad in the traditional sense. You made it look like an awesome pasta dish with lettuce pieces. Oooooh I may never look at a salad the same way again!
Danielle | http://www.FollowMyGut.com <3
Christine McMichael replied:
Thank you, Danielle! Haha that’s basically what I was doing for…lots of “pasta” with a side of lettuce! My kinda salad 😉 Enjoy!