Sweet Potato Black Bean Salad

From: spicygrits

On Jun 19, 2007

I brought this for a Father's Day group picnic and it was a major hit. So many requests for the recipe too! I did add some white stevia extract because I was not sure my papaya was ripe enough. This is a keeper Oh and I garnished it with organic blue corn tortilla chips--beautiful!

From: Grace50

On Feb 19, 2007

I loved this salad, great flavors. Didn't have garlic oil, so I substitued walnut oil and a clove of garlic. I also didn't add the watercress, since I'm not a big fan of watercress I didn't miss it. I cut the recipe in half and it turned out fine. I wasn't sure if the combination of flavors would be good, I made it based on other reviews, I was not disappointed, it is going in my regular rotation of recipes.

From: Miss Annie

On Mar 6, 2006

I loved this recipe!! It is beautiful, healthy, and so full of wonderful taste sensations. Everyone of the ingredients was important (imho) for taste and for color. I cut this recipe in half, with no problems, so the salad didn't sit long enough for the watercress to get soggy. I can recommend this salad if you want something different, and something wonderful. Thanks so much for posting such a lovely recipe.

From: justcallmetoni

On Jan 1, 2006

This is one of those dishes that make you want that sixth star. I prepared a double batch for a New Year midnight buffet and it was a huge hit. While we had an all-star all-Zaar menu, this was the one dish that had the guests telling others it was a must try. Made a double batch but needed to stretch it a bit so I used 3 pounds of sweet potatoes. In addition, I used one half of a large papaya. Cubed it had almost the same volume as the sweet potato so that seemed to be quite enough. The name of this salad really doesn't do justice to all the other flavors that the watercress and papaya bring to this dish. The peppers, mcuh to my surprise, were really rather unimportant and as a time saver one could use canned. (I roasted 2 red, 1 green and 1 yellow pepper for my batch.) The dressing was simple but that meant it supported rather than from overshadowed the flavors of the salad. A certain keeper. Thanks Roosie!