A flavorful pasta salad featuring seasonal ingredients like sweet potatoes, chicken sausage, apples, and arugula, enhanced with a maple syrup dressing. This dish is versatile, delicious hot or cold, and perfect for meal prep.
1. Preheat your oven to 425°F.
2. Cube sweet potatoes and add them onto a baking sheet with olive oil and salt to taste. Roast for 30 minutes or until fully cooked. Set aside.
3. Cook pasta according to package instructions. Drain and set aside.
4. In a large skillet, cook chicken sausage according to package instructions and then dice into 1/4-inch rounds.
5. In a large bowl, add pasta, arugula, chicken sausage, sweet potatoes, green and red apples, red onion, walnuts, and feta.
6. Make the dressing by combining olive oil, maple syrup, dijon mustard, apple cider vinegar, salt, dried oregano, dried basil, and garlic powder in a small bowl and whisk well until emulsified.
7. Pour the dressing over the pasta salad and toss to combine well.
