Roasted Sweet Potato Dip

Yield: 3 cups (serving size: 1 tablespoon)

Ingredients

• 3  cups  chopped peeled sweet potato (about 1 pound)
• 2 1/2  cups  chopped onion
• 1 1/2  cups  chopped carrot
• 1  tablespoon  olive oil
• 1/4  cup  tahini (sesame-seed paste)
• 1/4  teaspoon  salt
• 1/8  teaspoon  pepper
• Breadsticks (optional)

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350°.

Combine first 4 ingredients in a large bowl. Place sweet potato mixture on a jelly-roll pan; bake at 350° for 1 hour or until sweet potatoes are tender.

Combine sweet potato mixture, tahini, salt, and pepper in a food processor, and process until smooth. Serve with breadsticks, if desired.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

24 (38% from fat)

Fat:

1g (sat 0.1g,mono 0.5g,poly 0.3g)

Protein:

0.5g

Carbohydrate:

3.4g

Fiber:

0.6g

Cholesterol:

0.0mg

Iron:

0.2mg

Sodium:

16mg

Calcium:

10mg