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#WFD – Seared Beef, Sweet Potato and Lentil Salad

Tip the salad onto a serving platter, then sprinkle with the feta cheese.

POLOKWANE – Searing meat caramelizes the sugars and browns the proteins present in meat, resulting in more appealing color and flavor.

What’s for Dinner says KNORR’s Balsamic and Pineapple Vinaigrette adds a tangy flavour burst to this substantial salad of roasted sweet potatoes, earthy lentils, red onion, baby spinach and strips of sirloin steak.

Ingredients

Method

  • Preheat oven to 180 °C.
  • Cut the peeled sweet potatoes into 2 cm chunks, and then place in an oven dish.
  • Sprinkle the sweet potatoes with half the chilli flakes, season with salt and pepper, then drizzle with 30ml of the olive oil. Roast in the oven for about 20 minutes, or until the sweet potato is tender.
  • Trim any excess fat off the steaks, then season with salt, pepper and the remaining chilli flakes.
  • Cook the steak in a searing hot pan for 2 minutes per side until browned, remove from the pan, then set aside to rest for 5 minutes. (Cook the steak for longer if you prefer it to be well done).
  • Once the steak has rested, slice it into thin strips.
  • Place the lentils, parsley, cherry tomatoes, red onion, baby spinach, sliced steak and roasted sweet potatoes into a bowl, then add the salad dressing and toss well.
  • Tip the salad onto a serving platter, then sprinkle with the feta cheese.

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Raeesa Sempe

Raeesa Sempe is a Caxton Award-winning Digital Editor with nine years’ experience in the industry. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Media Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand and started her journey as a community journalist for the Polokwane Review in 2015. She then became the online journalist for the Review in 2016 where she excelled in solidifying the Review’s digital footprint through Facebook lives, content creation and marketing campaigns. Raeesa then moved on to become the News Editor of the Bonus Review in 2019 and scooped up the Editorial Employee of the Year award in the same year. She is the current Digital Editor of the Polokwane Review-Observer, a position she takes pride in. Raeesa is married with one child and enjoys spending time with friends, listening to music and baking – when she has the time. “I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon." – Tom Stoppard

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