Cinnamon Sweet Potato Salad

This ain't your grandma’s potato salad (although we’re sure that tastes amazing too). Sweet potato and cinnamon, roasted baby carrots, tangy greek yoghurt along with sweet and spicy pepitas and crunchy chickpeas take your potato salad to the next level.

Ingredients

Approx 1 kg sweet potato, peeled and cut into cubes

Bunch of dutch baby carrots

1 red onion, sliced

Olive oil

2 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp ground ginger

⅓ cup tahini

3 tbsp Greek yoghurt

½ lemon, juiced

1 clove garlic, crushed

2 cans chickpeas, drained and rinsed

Parsley, roughly chopped

Sage

Rosemary

1 tbsp orange juice

¼ tsp allspice

¼ tsp cayenne pepper

PRODUCTS

1 tbsp The Wholefood Pantry Brown Rice Syrup

1 cup The Wholefood Pantry Pepitas

3 tbsp The Wholefood Pantry Coconut Sugar

Pinch The Wholefood Pantry Pink Himalayan Crystal Salt

Method

1. Preheat your oven to 220C.

2. Mix together orange juice and brown rice syrup. Slice carrots in half lengthwise, place on a baking tray lined with baking paper and drizzle over orange mixture.

3. Place pumpkin and onion on another baking tray. Drizzle over olive oil, cinnamon, and ginger then toss to combine.

4. Place both trays in the oven and roast for 25 minutes until caramelized and soft.

5. To make sweet and spicy pepitas, combine pepitas, coconut sugar, allspice, cayenne pepper and salt, then spread the mixture on a baking tray lined with baking paper, place in the oven for 10 minutes, until slightly golden, then allow to cool.

6. Mix together tahini, greek yoghurt, lemon juice, garlic and salt to make a tangy sauce.

7. To serve, combine sweet potato, carrot, onion, carrot, chickpeas and herbs and toss gently. Scatter over pepitas and spoon over sauce.