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Veggie packed Sweet Potatoes

65 mins
8 ingredients
$1.48 / person
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Veggie packed Sweet Potatoes

Ingredients

Serves = 4

2 medium sweet potatoes, washed

1 medium brown onion, diced

1 capsicum, diced

1 can of black beans, no added salt

½ cup of frozen corn kernels

½ packet reduced salt taco seasoning

½ cup of reduced fat cheese, grated

2 tsp Extra virgin olive oil + Olive oil spray

It’s this easy

  • Preheat oven to 220°C, and line baking tray with baking paper
  • Pierce sweet potato with a fork all over. Spray sweet potato with olive oil. Place in the oven to cook for one hour
  • While the sweet potato is cooking, heat a medium fry pan over a moderate heat. Add olive oil and sauté onion and capsicum for 5 minutes
  • Add beans, corn, and taco seasoning to fry pan. Add 2 tablespoons of water and stir until mixed through
  • Once the sweet potato is cooked, cut in half lengthways and scoop out half of the sweet potato and add it to the bean and vegetable mix, stir until just combined
  • Cut each sweet potato half, in half again (you should now have 4 pieces of sweet potato). Scoop the vegetable mix onto each of the sweet potatoes evenly
  • Sprinkle with cheese
  • (Optional) place the sweet potatoes under the grill, until the cheese is melted (roughly 5 minutes)
  • Serve. (Optional) - add your preferred toppings e.g. Greek yogurt, avocado, jalapenos, coriander etc.

Tweaks

  • You can cook the sweet potato in the microwave instead. Pierce the sweet potato with a fork and place in a microwave proof bowl. Microwave for approx. 15-20 mins, until the sweet potato is cooked through.

Notes

Nutrition Information (per serve)

  • Energy (1096 kJ)
  • Protein (11.5g)
  • Total Fat (8g)
  • Saturated Fat (3.3g)
  • Carbohydrate (31g); Starch (15.1g) Sugars (16.3g), Added sugar (0.5g), Free sugars (0.5g)
  • Dietary Fibre (9.3g)
  • Sodium (466mg)
  • Calcium (198mg)
  • Iron (2.1mg)

Allergies

Contains: Dairy, FODMAPs.
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