Category: Sides

Dill Week: Dill Roasted Sweet Potatoes

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It’s the final day of Dill Week, and so I’ve decided to post about one of my favourite things to eat: sweet potatoes. I absolutely looove roasted sweet potatoes, and adding dill just pushes them over the top. These potatoes are great as a side dish, in a roasted veggie bowl, or just on their own. I’ve been guilty of eating a lot of them right off of the pan. But hey, they’re really good! As you can tell, this recipe is sort of a big dill (hahaha), so let’s get into it!

Dill Roasted Sweet Potatoes

Serves: 2

Total Time: 35-45 minutes

Ingredients:

  • 1 medium sweet potato, cut into small, 1 inch cubes
  • 1 1/2 tbs olive oil
  • 1 heaping tablespoon fresh dill, chopped
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

  1. Preheat your oven to 400 degrees Farenheit
  2. Toss the sweet potatoes with the olive oil, dill, salt and pepper in a bowl.
  3. Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper and spread out the sweet potatoes on it.
  4. Roast the potatoes for about 25-30 minutes, until they are soft on the inside, but are starting to brown a little bit in the outside. Crispy sweet potatoes are my favourite, so I try and leave them in for the full 30 minutes.

5. Enjoy!

Hint hint wink wink nudge nudge: These potatoes go super well with the dill tzatziki recipe I made early this week;)

Hopefully you guys enjoyed the first week of herb month! I’ve definitely developed a love for dill over the course of the week. Starting Monday I’ll be posting about parsley!

Yours Truly,

MyDayIsBooked;)

Dill Week: Hungarian Dill and Cucumber Salad

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Hi!! To continue on with Dill Week, I have a great recipe for a Dill and Cucumber Salad, which I adapted from a Hungarian cookbook:) It traditionally uses sour cream, but I created a lighter version with Greek yogurt. Hungarian food is very homey and fresh-tasting, and I feel like this salad embodies that. The dill really comes through, and the dressing just enhances everything.

To slice the cucumbers really thin, you can use a mandalin if you have one, or you can just use a knife. My cheese grater has one side where you can move the cucumber up and down and it slices thinly. I sliced the onion by hand, and split up the layers so that when I was done I got thin strips. Hope you enjoy this dill-ightful recipe! (Sorry for the bad puns this week😂)

Hungarian Dill and Cucumber Salad

Serves: 2

Total Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients:

  • 1/2-3/4 of a large cucumber, sliced thinly
  • 1/4 of a medium onion, sliced thinly
  • 2 tbs of fresh dill, chopped
  • 1/2 cup non fat Greek yogurt
  • 1/4 cup white vinegar
  • 1 tsp maple syrup
  • 1/2 tsp paprika
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

  1. Toss the cucumber, onion, and dill in a medium sized bowl.
  2. Whisk together the yogurt, vinegar, maple syrup, paprika, salt and pepper together in a separate bowl. Pour over the cucumber and onion and mix together until everything is coated.
  3. Enjoy!

Have a great weekend everyone! My final dill post will come out soon;)

Yours Truly,

MyDayIsBooked❤️❤️

Orange Kale Salad

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Hi guys;) For lunch today I made a delicious Orange Kale salad. I feel like salads really get a really bad rep, because most of them aren’t very exciting. When I first started eating healthy, all I made was salads, and they were really boring and not very tasty. This kale salad, though, is what a salad should be: fresh, light and delicious!

I know that I’ve posted a lot of recipes this month, and that’s mainly because I’m in a book drought right now and I don’t know what to read next. I’m re-reading the Divergent series. If anyone has any book recommendations for me, please let me know! Anyways, here’s the recipe for my Orange Kale Salad.

Orange Kale Salad

Serves: 2 people as a main and 4 people as a side

Total Time: 15 minutes

Ingredients:

  • 3 cups chopped kale
  • 1 Orange, cut into small chunks
  • 1 Carrot; use a vegetable peeler to create carrot ribbons
  • 1 cup cooked quinoa
  • 1 can of white beans, drained and rinsed

For the dressing:

  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 1/4 cup orange juice
  • 1 tsp dijon mustard
  • 1 tsp maple syrup
  • Salt and pepper to taste

 

Directions:

  1. Toss all of the salad ingredients in a bowl.
  2. In a smaller bowl, whisk the dressing ingredients together.
  3. Add the dressing to the salad and mix well.
  4. Enjoy!

Hope you like this quick and delicious salad! Keep your eyes open for my April Bullet Journal Set- Up coming later this week!

Yours Truly,

MyDayIsBooked;))