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Moroccan Lentil and Sweet Potato Salad with Creamy Parsley-Tahini Dressing

Ali Segersten (author)
MOROCCAN LENTIL SWEET POTATO SALAD PARSLEY TAHINI DRESSING-1
MOROCCAN LENTIL SWEET POTATO SALAD PARSLEY TAHINI DRESSING-2

This main dish salad makes a great meal prep recipe for the weekend! You can create salad jars by layering the dressing, lentils, sweet potatoes, and salad in wide mouth quart jars. Keep them in the fridge so they're ready to take with you to school or work during the week.

Ingredients

Lentils

1 cups black beluga lentils
½ teaspoons ground cumin
2 cloves garlic peeled
¼ teaspoons sea salt
4 cups water

Sweet Potatoes

2 medium sweet potatoes peeled and cubed
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 teaspoons paprika
½ teaspoons ground coriander
¼ teaspoons ground cumin
¼ teaspoons turmeric powder
¼ teaspoons ground cardamom
¼ teaspoons cayenne pepper
¼ teaspoons sea salt

Salad

1 large heads romaine lettuce chopped
1 small English cucumbers sliced
½ small red onions sliced

Dressing

1 cups parsley
1 cloves garlic peeled
¼ cups sesame tahini
¼ cups extra virgin olive oil
3 tablespoons water
3 tablespoons lemon juice
½ teaspoons sea salt
4.8 6 reviews

Ano…

Dec 7, 2024

This was pretty good. The sweet potatoes were delicious on their own. I think I’d use the lentils, sweet potatoes and dressing in a rice bowl instead.

Jul…

Nov 29, 2024

This was so so so good! I added tofu, and everything tasted perfect together. Yum!

Chr…

May 26, 2024

This is a wonderful salad. Really loved it and the dressing was the best.

And…

Jun 24, 2023

Unbelievably delicious! Everything goes well together, the dressing is so good, and it is beautiful. Thank you Ali.

Lau…

May 25, 2023

Super yummy - LOVE the dressing. My husband doesn’t like sweet potatoes, but even he really enjoyed it!

Rac…

May 24, 2023

Delicious. Love the dressing. Added feta and will also add olives next time.