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Colorful-Tahini85

Colorful Tahini

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes

Servings

Ingredients

  • 2 medium acorn squash
  • ¼ cup tahini
  • Freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
  • Optional: crushed ginger
  • 2 medium beets
  • ½ cup tahini
  • 1 teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • ½ teaspoon kosher salt
  • 500 grams spinach
  • Extra-virgin olive oil
  • ¼ cup tahini
  • ½ teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • ½ teaspoon kosher salt
  • ¼ cup tahini
  • Freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • 2 teaspoons silan date honey

Instructions

  • Acorn squash tahini
  • Preheat oven to 300° F.
  • Cut acorn squash in half and clean out the seedy, stringy insides with a spoon. 
  • Roast squashes in the oven until quite soft.
  • Peel off the skin and mash squash with a fork in a bowl.
  • Add raw tahini, a few drops of lemon juice, ginger, and salt. Mix.
  • Beet tahini
  • Preheat oven to 480° F.
  • Wrap beets in foil and roast in the oven for an hour, until soft.
  • Cut off the skin and process in food processor until smooth.
  • Add raw tahini, lemon juice, and salt. Mix.
  • Spinach tahini
  • Pre-heat a medium saucepan with a small amount of olive oil.
  • Add spinach. When spinach is cooked down, allow to drain in a colander.
  • Blend spinach in a food processor. Add raw tahini, lemon juice, and salt.
  • Silan tahini (sweet paste)
  • Add a few drops of lemon juice to tahini.
  • Mix in small amounts with silan until desired texture.