Roasted Sweet Potato, Apple & Spinach Salad

Ingredients:

• 5 oz baby spinach
• 4 ounces goat cheese, crumbled
• 1 pink lady apple, cut into matchsticks
• 1-2 sweet potatoes, cubed, roasted
• 1½ cups candied pecans, optional

Orange Vinaigrette:

• 2 Tbsp vinegar (white wine vinegar, apple cider vinegar, champagne vinegar, or rice vinegar will all work)
• 1 orange, zested & juiced
• 2 tsp honey
• 1 Tbsp Dijon mustard
• ⅓ cup extra-virgin olive oil
• 1 small shallot, minced
• salt & pepper, to taste

Instructions:

• Preheat oven to 425°F. Chop sweet potatoes into cubes, season with a pinch salt and roast for 30 minutes, tossing occasionally.
• Cut apple into matchsticks. Combine vinaigrette ingredients in a mason jar and chill.
• In a large serving bowl, toss the spinach, goat cheese, apple sticks, and candied pecans, if any.
• Pull sweet potatoes and allow to cool for 4 minutes.
• Mix the salad with dressing and top with roasted potatoes, serve immediately.