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Home » Recipes » Dinner » Roasted Vegetable Salad with Goat Cheese

Roasted Vegetable Salad with Goat Cheese

By Taesha Butler July 23, 2014 (Updated January 13, 2022) 1 Comment

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5 from 2 votes

I served this Roasted Vegetable Salad with Goat Cheese as our main dish at dinner, and it was a hit! Healthy, delicious and an absolute saver!

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What can you do with an eggplant?

“I have this eggplant Ken wanted to get at the farmer’s market and I have no idea what to do with it, ” I whined to my mother during our cross-country phone call on Friday morning.

I was eyeballing the eggplant that was looking less and less vibrant each passing day in my produce basket. It had been there for over a week and, as someone who isn’t the world’s biggest eggplant enthusiast, I had no idea what to make with it that might remotely be appealing. 

“Oh, I know! Roast it with some root vegetables, add some goat cheese, and make a salad out of it,” my mother replies, not missing a beat. Like most great questions in life, my mother held the answer to The Great Eggplant Dilemma of 2014.  

Roasted Vegetable Salad

I thought back to some roasted rainbow carrots I had from the following week and how delicious they had turned out (when an almost 3 year old leaves the dinner table crying because there are no more roasted rainbow carrots to eat, you know a recipe is a hit).

I could modify that to work with the eggplant. After researching what herbs pair well with eggplant, I knew the fate of my purple nightshade basket dweller. 

Serving salad with goat cheese

I served this salad with goat cheese as our main dish at dinner. At the end of the meal (with the salad plate completely empty), my husband declared that it was his new favorite recipe of mine.

After 11 years together, I feel like the weight of that declaration speaks for itself as to how this recipe turned out.  

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5 from 2 votes

Roasted Vegetable Salad with Goat Cheese

I served this Roasted Vegetable Salad with Goat Cheese as our main dish at dinner, and it was a hit! Healthy, delicious and an absolute saver!
Course: Salad
Cuisine: American
Keyword: eggplant salad recipe, roasted vegetable salad recipe, vegetable salad with goat cheese
Calories:
Author: Taesha Butler

Ingredients 

  • 1 medium eggplant, washed and cut into chunks
  • 2 medium sweet potatoes, washed, peeled, and cut into chunks (or 1 large)
  • 1 pound carrots, washed and sliced (I used rainbow because, frankly, they are pretty)
  • 1/4 coconut oil, melted
  • 2 tablespoons fresh basil, minced
  • 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, minced
  • 3-4 cloves garlic, minced
  • sea salt, to taste
  • 1 small head butter lettuce, washed & dried and chopped
  • 4 ounces goat cheese

Instructions 

  • Preheat oven to 450 F degrees.
  • Combine all ingredients, except for the lettuce and goat cheese, in a large mixing bowl. Stir well until all of the vegetables are well coated with coconut oil, garlic, salt and herbs.
  • Pour the vegetable mixture onto a large cookie sheet (you may want to use two if your cookie sheets are small) and spread it out so there is only a single layer of vegetables.  Put in the oven and roast 25-30 minutes (or until potatoes are cooked through), turning the vegetables with a spatula after 15 minutes.
  • While the vegetables cook, arrange the lettuce on plate(s). 
  • Once done cooking, remove the vegetables from the oven and allow to cool for 10-15 minutes.  
  • Distribute roasted vegetables over the bed of butter lettuce and top with goat cheese.

Notes

You may serve this salad with goat cheese as your main dish at dinner or a side – it is that good!

The nutritional information is provided as an estimate only and may vary based on the product type, servings and other factors. If you are following a diet, please consult with a professional nutritionist or your doctor. Stay healthy!

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  1. Helena

    July 17, 2021 at 12:46 pm

    5 stars
    There are not many combos that work so well with the goat cheese. Fantastic recipe!

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