Spiced Vegan Tahini Potato Salad

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Power Potato Salad - it's rather healthy!

Recipe Type: Salads

Cuisine: American / Fusion

Author: Caroline Artiss

Prep time: 20 mins

Cook time: 40 mins

Total time: 1 hour

Serves: 4

Try something different from your plain potato salad. This recipe is dairy free and still tastes creamy! Packed full of vitamins and minerals too to keep your stamina up!

Ingredients

  • Small bag of baby spinach leaves

  • 1 kg new potatoes

  • 1 tsp paprika

  • 2 tsp ground cumin

  • ½ tsp turmeric

  • 1 tsp ground coriander

  • 3 sticks of celery chopped

  • 1 red onion chopped

  • Handful of pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds

  • Handful of basil

 

  • Dressing

  • 1 tbsp Tahini paste

  • 2 tbsp olive oil

  • 1 clove garlic chopped finely

  • 1 tsp Dijon mustard

  • Juice of 1 lemon

  • Salt/ pepper

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to gas 5 / 190 c

  2. Put all the seeds on a tray and pop into the oven for 10 minutes so they are roasted. Leave to one side.

  3. Cut the new potatoes in half depending on size

  4. Put them all in a large bowl and then add the paprika, cumin, turmeric, coriander, salt and pepper

  5. Give them a good mix then spread onto a baking tray

  6. Drizzle with olive and pop into the oven for 40 minutes or until they are cooked and turning crispy

  7. Whilst they re cooking you can make the dressing and get all the other vegetables ready

  8. To make the dressing, simply mix together the tahini, lemon juice, olive oil, and garlic

  9. If you have a blender put all the ingredients in and whiz until smooth

  10. Put the potatoes into a large bowl while they are still hot; add the dressing, spinach, seeds, celery and red onion

  11. Mix all together and serve warm.