Chicken, Sweet Potato And Cherry Salad

• FOR THE VINAIGRETTE:
• 2/3 cups Tart Cherry Juice
• 1 teaspoon Dijon Mustard
• 1/2 teaspoons Minced Garlic
• 2 Tablespoons Red Wine Vinegar
• 1/4 teaspoons Stevia
• 1 teaspoon Fresh Thyme (or 1/2 This Amount If Using Dried)
• 1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
• FOR THE SALAD:
• 1 pound Chicken Breast, Skinless, Boneless
• 1/4 teaspoons Salt
• 1/4 teaspoons Pepper
• 8 ounces, weight Sweet Potatoes, Peeled, Diced Into Bite Size Pieces
• 1 teaspoon Olive Oil
• Salt And Pepper, to taste
• 8 cups Mixed Greens
• 1/4 cups Slivered Almonds
• 1/3 cups Dried Tart Cherries
• 1/4 cups Goat Cheese

1. For the Cherry Balsamic Vinaigrette:
2. In a measuring cup, add tart cherry juice, mustard, garlic, red wine vinegar, stevia and fresh thyme; whisk together until combined. While whisking add olive oil. Makes 1 cup.
3. For the salad:
4. Spray a 9 x 13 baking dish with cooking spray, add chicken and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Pour 1/4 cup of the dressing over the chicken and let it marinate in the refrigerator for 1 hour. Reserve the remaining dressing for topping on the salad.
5. Preheat oven to 375 F.
6. Line a rimmed baking sheet with aluminium foil and spray foil with cooking spray or you can use parchment paper; set aside.
7. Add sweet potatoes into a bowl. Drizzle olive oil over potatoes and sprinkle with salt and pepper; mix together. Spread potatoes onto the prepared baking sheet. Place pan in the oven and bake potatoes for 15 minutes. Then flip and cook potatoes another 10-15 minutes, or until fork tender. When you add the potatoes into the oven, add the chicken as well. Bake the chicken for 30-35 minutes or until no longer pink.
8. Remove the potatoes and the chicken from the oven when each is done. Let chicken cool for a couple of minutes, then cut it into bite size pieces.
9. Evenly divide between 4 plates the mixed greens, sweet potatoes, chicken, slivered almonds, dried cherries and goat cheese. Serve salads topped with remaining cherry balsamic vinaigrette.

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Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/salads/chicken-sweet-potato-and-cherry-salad/ (may not work)