Pinenut and Caper Aioli + Sweet Potato Chips as featured on The Wellness Warrior

I was delighted to recently receive an email from Jess over at The Wellness Warrior asking me to feature as part of Foodie Friday.   If you aren’t familiar with Jess and her blog then you should definitely take the time to venture over and check out this health and wellbeing guru’s tips for living a perfectly balanced life.

As featured please enjoy this raw pine nut aioli with capers.  I know we have been enjoying it smothered over everything!!!!!  

Pinenut and Caper Aioli with Oven Baked Sweet Potato Chips 

Pinenut and Caper Aioli

Makes approx 1 ½ cups

1 cup pine nuts soaked in cold filtered water for 1 hour

3 Tbs cold pressed olive oil

3 Tbs lemon juice

1Tbs water

1 clove of garlic

1 Tbs capers, drained

¼ tsp sea salt

Place all the ingredients in a vitamix or other high powered blender and whiz until smooth.

Adjust the taste to your liking.

Oven Baked Sweet Potato Chips

I – 2 large sweet potatoes (depending on how many you have to feed)

Olive oil to coat

Sea salt and cracked black pepper to coat

Preheat oven to 225 degrees celcius

Peel the sweet potato and cut into long chip like pieces or flat discs if you prefer

Place the chips in a bowl and coat with olive oil

Spread the chips out on a baking sheet lined with foil

Bake in the oven for 15 mins, remove and turn over baking for another 15 mins or until crispy and browned