Roasted Delicata Squash Rings, Roasted Potato Rounds with Hummus and Arugula Salad

Roasted Delicata Squash Rings, Roasted Potato Rounds with Hummus and Arugula Salad

ingredients:

 

• 2-3 delicata squash, scrubbed, cut into 1/2 inch rings, seeded
• 3 baking potatoes, scrubbed, cut into 1/2 inch rounds
• olive oil, some to drizzle, and some for dressing
• salt & pepper, to taste
• 4 cups arugula, washed and spun dry
• mustard vinaigrette (recipe below)
• garlic lemon hummus (recipe below)
• your favorite hot sauce

 

steps:

1. preheat oven to 425* and line two sheet pans with parchment paper 

2. place potato rings evenly on one sheet pan and drizzle with olive oil and turn each potato slice over once salt and pepper to taste and place in 425* oven for about 20-25 minutes or until bottom of rounds are nicely browned, once browned, turn potato rounds again to brown both sides evenly - once both sides are browned nicely, remove from oven and set aside

3. after potatoes have been placed in the oven, repeat the same process with squash rings

4. in a mixing bowl, toss greens lightly with mustard vinaigrette

5. plate greens, add potatoes, squash, hummus (extra hot sauce please) and serve

Mustard Vinaigrette

  

ingredients:

• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
• 2 shallots, minced
• 1 heaping tbsp original Maille dijon mustard
• one ice cube
• salt & pepper to taste

steps:

1. place vinegar in a jar with a lid

2. add salt & pepper, let salt dissolve in vinegar for a moment

3. add olive oil, shallots, Maille mustard, and ice cube

4. place lid on jar and shake until vinaigrette emulsifies 

 

 

Lemony Garlicky  Hummus

 

 ingredients:

• 2 cups chickpeas, washed, soaked over night, and cooked until tender
• 1/4-1/3 cup tahini
• 2 lemons, juiced (zest one before juicing and set lemon zest aside)
• 8-10 cloves garlic, peeled
• water as needed (olive oil can be substituted for  higher calorie hummus)
• salt & white pepper to taste 

steps:

1. add garlic cloves to a running food processor fitted with an S blade

2. once garlic is very finely minced, add tahini and a tbsp of lemon juice and process just until tahini is smooth

3. add cooked and drained chickpeas, salt and pepper and the rest of the lemon juice, and lemon zest

4. process until smooth, adding water or olive oil until hummus is smooth and creamy