Stef’s Secret Sweetgreen Harvest Bowl Dupe (incl. balsamic dressing)

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When Ronnie and I left our high-rise Chicago lifestyle for St. Charles, one of the things I was most excited about was all the money I’d save not going to Sweetgreen for a Harvest Bowl (*add avocado, hold the brown rice), every day. Simultaneously, I was devastated. After a few months, I knew I had only one choice: recreate my favorite salad. The salad is pretty straight forward, the challenge was how to re-create the dressing. Thankfully, my culinarily inclined mother came to the rescue and I think we got pretty damn close.

For those of you in tears, because you too are moving away from your local Sweetgreen, I hope this recipe eases your pain.

This recipe is for 1 person and 1 salad. That said, I will typically make about 6 Sweet Potatoes and a few chicken breasts each week and then store in my fridge so that I can just grab and go whenever I want to combine this delish concoction. Also worth noting, I do not make mine with brown rice and I usually add avocado.

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Ingredients

• Kale, chopped (as much as your little heart desires)

• 1/4 Cup Goat Cheese, crumbled

• 1/2 Honey Crisp Apple

• Handful of Almonds, chopped

• 1/2 Avocado, cubed

• 1/4 Cup Sweet Potatoes, quartered, sliced, and roasted

  • FYI: I will typically make about 6 Sweet Potatoes (to use over the course of the week) using the instructions below.

• 1/4 Cup Chicken, roasted and quartered

  • FYI: I usually make about 4 large chicken breasts (to use over the course of the week) using these ingredients (explained below).

    • 1 teaspoon salt, (use seasoned salt, Adobo or chicken salt for extra flavour)

    • 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

    • 1/2 teaspoon onion powder

    • 1/4 teaspoon cracked black pepper, to taste

• 1 Cup of Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing (or whatever amount is right for your taste!):

  • 1/2 Cup of Olive Oil

  • 1/2 Cup of Balsamic

  • 2 Tbs of Dijon Mustard

  • 1 Tbs of Honey or Agave

Instructions

• Sweet Potatoes:

  • Preheat oven to 400F.

  • Chop up your Sweet Potatoes, for me, I slice the whole potato into quarters (long ways) and then I slice up the quarters so each actual slice is about the size and thinness of a US half-dollar.

  • Once you’ve got that fresh chop, get out a baking sheet and coat it with some olive oil, put your freshly chopped half-dollar-sized slices on top, drizzle with Olive Oil, and add any Salt and Pepper to your taste preference.

  • Roast in the oven for about 15 minutes, then pull out and turn over the potatoes (it’s imperfect, but I swear it makes them better), then put back in for another 15 minutes or until fork-tender. Cook time will vary based on how big your chunks are.

  • Let them cool for about 15 minutes before adding to your Salad so they aren’t piping hot.

• Chicken:

  • Preheat oven to 425F.

  • Using a meat mallet or rolling pin, pound each chicken breast to <1in at the thickest part. Make sure your fillets are all the same thickness to ensure even cooking.

  • Combine Salt, Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, and Black Pepper in a medium bowl.

  • Toss chicken in the seasoning bowl.

  • Transfer chicken to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and drizzle with the Olive Oil.

  • Bake chicken for 16-18 minutes, or until internal temperature is 165F and/or it looks golden brown with crisp edges.

  • Remove pan from oven and let rest for 5 minutes so you don’t burn your hands off when you slice and serve.

  • Once cooled, chop up your Chicken, for me, I slice the whole breast into three (long ways) and then I slice up the thirds into little bite-sized chunks. Yummy.

• Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing:

  • Combine Olive Oil, Balsamic, Dijon Mustard, and Honey/Agave in a small bowl until it looks creamy and delish.

• Salad:

  • Combine Kale, Honey Crisp Apple, Goat Cheese, Almonds, Roasted Sweet Potatoes, Roasted Chicken and Avocado in a Large Bowl.

  • Pour your Balsamic Vinegar Dressing over your salad to your heart’s content and save any that you don’t want to use right away :)

Enjoy!!! And let me know how good you think the dupe is :)