Recipe and source notes

Sweet Potato Salad

8 servings Source yield

Ingredients

  • 4 cups cooked sweet potatoes, diced
  • 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
  • 1 teaspoon grated lime peel
  • 1 1/2 cups celery, diced
  • 1/4 pound green beans, trimmed, cut into 1 ½ inch pieces and blanched
  • 1 bunch watercress, stems removed
  • 6 ounces toasted pecans, broken
  • 2 scallions, sliced thin
  • 1/2 cup non-fat plain yogurt
  • 2 tablespoons low-fat mayonnaise
  • 2 tablespoons honey

Make it step by step

  1. Combine sweet potatoes, celery, green beans, watercress and scallions. Toss gently.
  2. Combine yogurt, mayonnaise, honey, lime juice and peel. Stir to blend. Pour over salad and coat thoroughly. Bring to room temperature 30 minutes before serving. Just before serving, add toasted pecans. Yield: 8 cups.

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Adapted from Foodista by Anonymous, under CC BY 3.0. Formatting adapted; listed quantities and instructions are retained from the source.

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