Virtual Vegan Potluck- Agave, thyme and cumin roasted rainbow carrot salad with toasted pine nuts and argular + red lentil dip
36November 1, 2012 by alexanderwillowharvey
The perfect salad for a freezing cold autumn pot luck, happy world vegan day and enjoy theVVPL!
Roasted Carrot salad:
6-8 carrots, all different colours, washed and sliced into batons, don’t peel them
1tsp ground cumin
Olive oil
5 tbsps. agave
1 tsp. of fresh thyme leaves
Pinch of salt
a sprinkle of red and black pepper
handful of fresh angular
2tbsp toasted pine nuts
Red lentil dip:
1 tbsps. pinenuts
1/2 cup of cooked red lentils
1/2 of diced onion
1 tbsp. cumin
1 tbsp. of tomato paste
2 tbsp. lemon juice
Pinch of salt
Black and red pepper
Method:
Preheat you oven too 400f. Line your carrots out on a baking tray and drizzle with the olive oil and agave, sprinkle with the thyme, cumin, salt n peppers, and roast for 20 minutes.
For the red lentil dip, fry off the onions and pine nuts in a skillet till browned, add in the cumin then stir through the tomato paste salt and black pepper. Add the lentils; stir through before allowing cooling and blitzing in a food processor. If taking this too a pot luck for real, double it and toss the angular through the cooled carrots and garnish with fresh thyme leaves and lemon wedges. Enjoy the potluck! 
Wow! This looks amazing. I just want to reach in there with a fork.
thanks! but its too late my sister ate all that was left!
this sounds delicious! and I love multi-coloured carrots! thanks for sharing
me too! i keep meaning to grow them, along with rainbow chard.
Such a gorgeous, colorful salad! : )
thanks
Your recipe rocks my tastebuds!
Ooh yes! I so want to make it today! Looks spectacular too! 
MMMM!
I am excited to make that red lentil dip! You whole blog is rife (and ripe!) with goodness.
thanks!
I love anything with carrots. I eat so many carrots, my skin has a slight yellow tinge…
I will definitely be trying this recipe. Thank you!
i ate nothing but carrots when i was younger, nice to know im not the only carrot lover!
Ok that salad has made me super hungry!! You’ve got all my fave ingredients in there
your tofu salad recipe makes me super hungry!
Bookmarking this salad, looks delicious, especially the lentil dip. Yum.
Delish! Lovely combination of ingredients! Thank you for joining the Potluck!!
no problem! hope there will be many more to jion in the future!
Just making my way through the VVP & wanted to say hey
hey! hope you enjoyed the vvp, i know i did.
This salad is gorgeous!
That is one fine-looking salad! Gorgeous picture too!
i love your website, and all my friends do to!
This looks so tasty! I love recipes for salads that aren’t just your basic raw lettuce and veggie salads. While those are good, I love changing it up every once in a while!
This looks both refreshing and filling! YUM!
Wow. Now this is a salad! I’ve always wanted to use rainbow carrots in something, and now I know what that something is!
That salad rocks! Thanks for a great share
xoxo
Great recipe!
love the flavours
Such a beautiful salad! Too bad your sister all ready finished it off, I was about to ask for an invite
Yum yum yum!! Shouldn’t have looked at this when I was hungry!
Wow- Agave and cumin together? Brilliance!
Nice looking salad you got there…and lentil dip, the perfect topping.
Wow, that dip!
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