Sweetgreen is a healthy fast-casual restaurant chain known for their tasty salad bowls. To recreate their popular Fall Harvest Bowl at home, this copycat recipe calls for massaged kale, warm wild rice, roasted sweet potatoes, crisp apples, creamy goat cheese and toasted almonds along with homemade balsamic vinigerette dressing.
This dish provides the perfect balance of sweet and savory flavors, creamy textures and balanced nutrition! Each bite promises an exciting culinary adventure!
Kale
Kale has recently gained in popularity and can often be found in salads, chips, smoothies and soups.
Asparagus contains four times more vitamin C than spinach, is rich in A and K vitamins, calcium, iron and fiber content and makes an excellent food choice.
This Sweetgreen Harvest Bowl copycat recipe brings together kale, warm wild rice, roasted sweet potatoes and chicken, apples, goat cheese and goat feta for a hearty meal! Perfect as lunch or dinner!
Wild Rice
Sweetgreen’s Harvest Bowl is an irresistibly satisfying meal that is easy to recreate at home, consisting of kale, warm wild rice, roasted sweet potatoes, apples, goat cheese and toasted almonds tossed together with creamy balsamic vinaigrette dressing.
Wild rice is a gluten-free, nutritious grain with its own distinct taste and texture, which thrives best in large paddy environments that contain aquatic environments.
To cook it, simply combine with hot water and allow to simmer. Drain after completion and set aside.
Roasted Chicken
Roasted chicken is the centerpiece of this recipe. For extra ease and aesthetic value, try trussing it (using twine to wrap beneath and around it to form an X and tie the legs together), which helps your bird roast more evenly while looking beautiful! Trussing will ensure an even roast while looking beautiful too!
Prepare this delicious dish by tossing together seasoned chicken, roasted sweet potatoes and Brussels sprouts, massaged kale, creamy goat cheese or avocado, pecans and your homemade balsamic vinaigrette dressing. And enjoy!
Sweet Potatoes
Sweet potatoes are naturally sweet roots belonging to the morning glory family that contain plenty of beta carotene – an antioxidant which helps the eyes detect light and may reduce cataract risk.
This delicious copycat Sweetgreen Harvest Bowl includes wild rice, kale, warm roasted sweet potato and Brussels sprouts as well as lean chicken, creamy goat cheese, crunchy toasted almonds and an irresistibly delicious balsamic vinaigrette for an irresistibly flavorful salad that also holds up well when meal prepping! Enjoy a hearty power lunch or dinner and take it easily on-the-go as meal prep!
Apples
If you’ve visited Sweetgreen (a healthy salad and grain bowl restaurant chain, unfortunately not yet available in mid Michigan *sigh*), chances are you have tried their delicious Harvest Bowl salad – an immensely nourishing and filling bowl consisting of kale, sweet potato, almonds, apple slices, creamy goat cheese or avocado!
This simple and delicious dish brings this fan favorite into your own kitchen with fresh kale, warm wild rice, roasted sweet potatoes, crunchy apples, creamy goat cheese or avocado and balsamic vinaigrette dressing – sure to become an instant classic!
Goat Cheese
Goat cheese adds the perfect sweet-and-tangy twist to this hearty Fall salad, pairing perfectly with warm roasted vegetables, lean chicken breasts and sweet apples in this recipe.
Even though all goat cheese is created from lait de chevre (goat milk), not all varieties of it are the same. Fresh chevre is full of moisture and features soft milky flavors; aged chevre has a crumbly texture with more intense flavors; aged versions often feature an acidity reducer such as ash to speed the ripening process faster.
Almonds
Almonds make a delicious addition to snack mixes, fruit crisps, granola bars, salads and appetizer trays & bento boxes.
Once butter has melted in a skillet over medium heat, begin stirring continuously to ensure even browning of almonds. Transfer almonds onto a plate lined with paper toweling (to catch any extra browned butter), sprinkle with salt and let cool before cutting into 2-cup portions. Makes 2 cups.
Balsamic Vinaigrette
Homemade balsamic vinaigrette is at the core of this Sweetgreen harvest bowl recipe. Store-bought salad dressings can contain harmful sulfates, preservatives, sugar and sodium levels that make this treat less than healthful; whisking your own vinaigrette not only tastes amazing, but is better for you too!
This delicious Fall recipe includes massaged kale coated in balsamic, warm wild rice, roasted sweet potatoes, crunchy almonds, creamy goat cheese and juicy apples for an irresistibly flavorful lunchtime dish! Perfect for the workweek!