Bella's Moroccan-Spiced Sweet Potato Salad

INGREDIENTS

• 1 teaspoon grated orange zest
• 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 12 kalamata olives, cut in half
• 1/2 teaspoon paprika
• 1/4 cup finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger, or 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
• 1 cup finely diced yellow onion
• 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
• 1 pound orange-fleshed sweet potatoes, such as garnet yams, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
• 1/4 cup freshly squeezed orange juice, preferably blood orange juice
• 1/4 cup almonds or shelled pistachios, toasted and coarsely chopped
• Sea salt
• 2 teaspoons Grade B maple syrup
• 1/2 cup water