Sweetgreen is a fast-casual restaurant known for their vibrant salads and healthy bowls, and their dedication to sustainability and healthy eating have won them an avid following while shaping the food industry overall.
This easy harvest bowl copycat brings all of the flavors and textures of Sweetgreen directly into your own kitchen. Enjoy earthy kale, warm wild rice, roasted sweet potatoes, crunchy apples, creamy goat cheese and nutty almonds combined to form an irresistibly delicious meal!
Kale
Copycat of Sweetgreen’s healthy fast-casual restaurant Sweetgreen, this kale salad boasts warm wild rice, roasted sweet potatoes, apples, goat cheese, and creamy balsamic dressing for maximum fall flavor! A perfect mix for an enjoyable fall meal!
This plant-based meal offers plenty of protein from chicken or chickpeas, fiber from kale and apples, vitamin A from sweet potatoes, potassium from wild rice and even goat cheese! Plus there’s calcium too – great way to complete a balanced meal.
Wild Rice
Warm wild rice provides a satisfying and comforting texture in this harvest bowl, while providing protein, fiber, B vitamins, potassium and magnesium for overall nutritional benefits.
This sweet and savory recipe is an easy way to incorporate umami, the fifth taste, into your diet. Umami joins sweet, salty, bitter and sour as being among its five recognizable forms of flavor.
Whisk the balsamic vinaigrette ingredients together in a mason jar until everything has combined, which allows for easy emulsification between oil and vinegar.
Chicken
Sweetgreen is a highly sought-after healthy salad restaurant, known for their fresh ingredients and nutrient dense power bowls. Their Harvest Bowl is one of their signature salads – easy enough for home preparation!
Roasted chicken and sweet potatoes are both prepared using umami seasoning – one of the five basic tastes, alongside sweet, salty, sour, bitter – to enhance flavor. Umami gives dishes an irresistibly savory, meaty broth-like aroma and taste that sets it apart.
My umami seasoning blend is made up of onion powder, garlic powder, paprika, cumin and kosher salt; however, you can buy premade umami seasoning from most stores.
Roasted Sweet Potatoes
Sweetgreen is a healthful salad chain known for offering vibrant and nutrient-dense bowls. Their Harvest Bowl is one of their most beloved offerings – featuring massaged kale seasoned with balsamic vinegar, warm wild rice, sweet roasted sweet potatoes, Gala apple slices, toasted almonds and creamy goat cheese all mixed with an irresistibly tasty homemade balsamic vinaigrette dressing!
Roasted sweet potatoes add a subtle sweet note that pairs nicely with tart, savory flavors in this dish. Furthermore, sweet potatoes provide umami–an additional taste which balances out salty, sweet, bitter, and sour tastes–making this an essential component of the menu.
Apples
Sweetgreen is a food company dedicated to sustainability and community involvement, believing food can be used as a powerful tool in leading healthier lifestyles. Their harvest bowl provides ample nutrient-rich ingredients such as kale, wild rice, roasted sweet potato slices, apple slices, goat cheese and more!
This salad offers the perfect balance of sweet and savory flavors and crunchy and creamy textures, and may help regulate immune responses and protect against asthma. Plus, it contains quercetin which may regulate immune reactions.
Goat Cheese
Sweetgreen Harvest Bowls have quickly become one of the most beloved meals, beloved by millions. Not only are they delicious and comforting; but also highly versatile and convenient!
Goat cheese is an extremely versatile food that can be used both sweet and savory dishes. Additionally, goat milk contains less lactose than cow milk.
Make this Harvest Bowl at home using wild rice, massaged kale with balsamic dressing, roasted sweet potatoes and chicken, toasted pecans, apples, and creamy goat cheese. This hearty salad can be prepared up to two days ahead by keeping separately stored in your refrigerator.
Almonds
Sweetgreen is a healthy fast-casual restaurant chain that prides itself on using locally sourced and high quality ingredients in its dishes, like their Harvest Bowl salad with chicken, roasted sweet potatoes, apples, warm wild rice, creamy goat cheese and crunchy toasted almonds.
Copycat of one of their most beloved dishes! Make this tasty lunch or meal prep dish right at home for delicious results. Enjoy!
Creamy Balsamic Dressing
Made with only three simple ingredients, this homemade creamy balsamic dressing is absolutely irresistible! Mayo adds velvety smooth texture while Italian seasoning adds bold flavor. Dijon mustard serves as an effective emulsifier that prevents oil and vinegar from segregating in the dressing.
Honey or maple syrup provides the necessary sweetness to offset the acidity of vinegar while garlic adds depth of flavor.
Combine all the ingredients in a mason jar or another sealed container (e.g. a mason jar) with lid. Either shake vigorously, or whisk vigorously in a bowl until everything has come together smoothly and emulsified, before placing in the fridge and using as needed.