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Downshiftology gives sweet potato salad a maple-mustard finish

Lisa Bryan pairs roasted sweet potatoes and lentils with a creamy tahini dressing, alongside a new one-pan chicken Dijon dinner.

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Downshiftology Story of November 2, 2026Trari Newsroom

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Warming Sweet Potato Salad

Lisa Bryan calls the dressing the star, and the bowl gives it plenty to work with: roasted sweet potatoes, green lentils, dried cranberries, red onion, parsley and cilantro. In "Warming Sweet Potato Salad," maple mustard tahini dressing supplies the sweet-savory finish without dairy.

It is the most-watched of Downshiftology's two new uploads, reaching roughly 27,000 views. The short recipe moves from seasoning and roasting the potatoes to boiling lentils and assembling the bowl. Viewers are already considering variations: one asks about using an air fryer, another wonders whether pumpkin could replace sweet potato, and someone who has made it reports having eaten almost the whole batch themselves.

The other addition, "The Dinner I Can't Stop Thinking About | Chicken Dijon," takes mustard in a different direction. Golden chicken breasts simmer in a creamy sauce for a French-inspired, one-pan dinner. Both new recipes are the channel's strongest daily draws, with October's Mississippi pot roast also bringing viewers to its from-scratch seasoning and pepperoncini-rich slow-cooker method.

Downshiftology added about 386,000 views over the week while its subscriber count stayed unchanged. Daily viewing is currently comfortably above its usual level, though the week's total was modest among nearby food channels. Ian Fujimoto and The Plant Slant both added subscribers; James Hoffmann, like Downshiftology, held steady. For Lisa's kitchen, the fresh additions offer two quite different uses for mustard: a silky chicken sauce and a tahini dressing poured over a bowl of roasted vegetables and lentils.

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What viewers say

I love this sweet potato salad. I actually made it yesterday. I’ve pretty much ate it by myself.😂
@990LoJoSee it on YouTube
Is an air fryer ok to use instead of an oven?
@AnnaD-80See it on YouTube
I don’t particularly like sweet potato would this work with pumpkin?
@joeyk5See it on YouTube

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Maple mustard sounds so yummy
@Mayimbe0215See it on YouTube
I looove this recipe so much! That tahini sauce 😋 Together with your herb baked chicken breasts, it's an irresistible combo
@naveerakhan9622See it on YouTube

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