Baked Sweet Potatoes with a Five Star Feta Salad

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 200°C (400°F).

Step 2

Wash the potatoes and rub a coat of olive oil and salt on the skin.

Step 3

Next, put them on a baking tray and layer of foil. Off they go in the oven. Depending on the size of the potato they’ll be ready somewhere between 45 and 60 mins. You can tell when the skin becomes loose (just prod them) and your fork glides easily into the potato. If the potatoes are massive then slice them length-ways before cooking to save time.

Step 4

This way of cooking the potatoes is our favourite overall, but if time is of the essence then we’ve listed a couple of alternatives in the blog post.

Step 5

While they’re cooking, cut or crumble the feta cheese, cut olives, cherry tomatoes, peel and dice the onion and mix it all up in a salad bowl.

Step 6

Juice the lemon, grate the garlic, chop the fresh basil.

Step 7

Put the basil, cumin, cayenne pepper, ground pepper, grated garlic, olive oil and lemon juice in a cup and stir well.

Step 8

Add the contents of the cup to the salad bowl and stir well.

Step 9

When the potatoes are ready (cut them open if they’re not already) pop them on a plate and layer the salad mix on top.

Step 10

Finally, add an optional dollop of Greek yogurt or natural plain yogurt.

Step 11

Enjoy!