Hello Lovelies, are you into salad in winter or is this something you only enjoy in summer? I really love salads all year round, in winter I love more hearty salads with the addition of seasonal veggies. My favorites include all the root veggies like beets, carrots but also parsnip or salads with cabbage, fennel, and of course with oranges, like in this recipe here. I really like the combination with warm and roasted veggies out of the oven, they make any winter salad just perfect.

For todays recipe I made potato wedges, coated with sesame and baked golden brown in the oven. Mixed with fresh baby spinach (but I think rocket or kale would be such a good match as well), crispy chickpeas and juicy cocktail tomatoes. Served with a vinaigrette from shalots, fresh basil and white balsamic.

Salad with sesame potatoes, tomatoes and chickpeas

Kopie Von Kartoffelsalat

Potatoes:

500 gr potatoes
1 garlic glove
2 Tbsp olive oil
3 Tbsp sesame (white or black)
salt
pepper
paprika

salad:

100 gr cocktail tomatoes
100 gr baby spinach or rocket
100 gr chickpeas (cooked)
1 Tbsp sesame oil
cress
fresh basil

dressing:

1 shallot
3-4 twigs fresh basil
2 Tbsp white balsamic
2 Tbsp olive oil
1 Tbsp lemon juice
1 Tbsp maple syrup
salt
pepper

Preheat the oven to 200 degree C
Wash the potatoes and cut them in wedges - add to a bowl
Chop the garlic add to the bowl with oil and spices
Lay on a baking tray with parchment paper and sprinkle with the sesame
Bake for ca. 30 minutes, turn them half way

Salad:

Wash and cut the tomatoes in half
In a pan, roast the chickpeas in sesame oil (ca. 5-10 minutes) and season them with salt, pepper, paprika and chili if you like a bit of spice

Dressing:

For the dressing, chop the shallot and add it to a jar with the other ingredients
Mix with an immersion blender
Add the spinach or rocket into a big bowl, add the tomatoes, chickpeas and the potatoes (you can add them luke warm or cold, what you prefer)
Add the dressing, some cress and fresh basil

You can also roast the chickpeas in the oven, but roasting them in the pan is a bit quicker, so I went for this option. The kids had the leftover potatoes as fries - so they are also perfect and delicious without the salad of course.

Salad with sesame potatoes, tomatoes and chickpeas

Do you have a favorite winter salad? I would love to know. I really love the variety of salads you can make with all the seasonal winter veggies and fruits and even though im secretly longing for summer, I'm also curious about more combinations and can't wait to explore more winter salads.

Love Verena

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Salad with sesame potatoes, tomatoes and chickpeas