Whole sweet potatoes baked until soft, slit lengthwise and opened like a boat, and stuffed with hot spiced beans, vegetables and sauce, or with sautéed spinach with garlic and feta cheese.
💡Put things in the oven only once it's reached temperature, after the heating light has gone off: an oven that hasn't reached temperature changes baking times, and the bake burns outside or stays underbaked.
2
Prick the cauliflower with a fork in several places.
3
Arrange the cauliflower in a baking dish.
Baking pan
4
Roast the cauliflower in a hot oven (200°C / 390°F) 45–50 minutes, until the sweet potatoes are tender.
⚙ Oven roastingOvenBaking pan
To assemble
5
In a pan, heat the beans, salt and black pepper, stirring, until the beans are hot.
StoveFrying pan
6
Cut the sweet potatoes lengthwise and gently open them.
Knife
💡Test with a knife: the sweet potato is ready when the blade slides to the center without resistance; a firm sweet potato won't open into a boat.
7
Fill the sweet potatoes with the beans and top.
166calories
5 gprotein
29 gcarbs
0 gfat
● protein 15%● carbs 83%● fat 2%
Per serving (173 g), of 4 servings
For the Roasted Vegetables · To assemble ·
A button hides that part of the recipe, in print too. Another click brings it back. The choice is kept for this recipe.
Oven· 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Toaster oven (Fits one small pan; good for small batches) · Air fryer (Small batches only, no runny batters) · Pot (Only for covered stews on the stovetop, no browning on top)
Stove· 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
Frying pan· Also works: Wok (None)· 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Pot (High sides, slow evaporation and weak browning)
Baking pan· Also works: Glass / ovenproof baking dish (None) · Disposable pan (None)
Knife· Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)
By the steps, as the recipe is built now: another version or addition can change the list.
Possible additions: Spiced beans · Sautéed spinach · Olive oil for the spinach · Garlic for the spinach · Feta cheese on top · Reheating in the oven after filling (minutes) (5) · Cumin · Smoked paprika · Corn · Avocado · Sour cream · Cilantro · Fresh oregano on top · Walnuts · Honey on top · Thyme on top
Frying the spinach (minutes): 3
The words for the filled ones when reheating: the stuffed sweet potatoes
Sign it's heated through: the filling heats through
