Warm Quinoa Salad with Roasted Sweet Potatoes and Sage

3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
2 cups cubed sweet potatoes
1 cup quinoa
2 cups vegetable broth
2 cups fresh baby spinach, chopped or torn into small pieces
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
2 tablespoons chopped fresh sage
1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves
1/4 cup slices almonds

Directions
Step 1: Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. On a rimmed baking sheet, toss cubed sweet potatoes with one tablespoon of olive oil. Bake until potatoes are tender when pricked with a form, for about 15-20 minutes.

Step 2: Meanwhile, rinse quinoa in a fine mesh sieve. Bring vegetable broth to a boil in a medium saucepan or stockpot over medium-high heat. Add the quinoa cook until mixture returns to a boil. Cover, reduce heat to a simmer and cook over low heat for 8-10 minutes. Remove the lid and add spinach for the last 2 minutes of cooking. Remove pot from heat.

Step 3: Whisk red wine vinegar, oil, thyme sage and salt together rin a large bowl. Add quinoa mixture, almonds and toss combine. Garnish with additional herbs, if desired.

From Craft

Full recipe has 1550 calories , 66g faT, 200g carb, 30g fiber, 44g protein...
With only 1TBS of oil = 1315cal, 39g fat, no change in others.
With NO oil = 1200cal, 26g fat, no change.

JT update...
Made this 2/23/11 - Roughly followed the recipe ;)  Ended up with 4.5 cups of cooked quinoa, 3 cups of roasted sweet potatoes (which took MUCH longer to roast that the recipe indicates), and 5-6 cups of greens (spinach and arugula combined).  The quinoa came out a bit too wet at this ratio.  Used chicken broth instead of veggie broth (not recommended - the flavor is strong).  Didn't add a ton of dressing because of the dampness.  Used only 1TBS of dressing, extra vinegar, and dried herbs.  Overall, I liked this, it wasn't amazing, but it was good.  Perhaps next time I'll follow the recipe more closely.  The flavor/seasonings just weren't that stellar -- needs tweaking.  Made 8 servings out of the batch @ 225cal each.  I froze the leftovers in individual servings - will report back on the effectiveness.