Stuffed Sweet Potatoes | Healthy & Delicious | City Foodie Farm

black beans

🥗Healthier: lentils

💰Cheaper: canned chickpeas

Lentils are lower in calories and chickpeas are often less expensive.

cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: cottage cheese

Nutritional yeast is dairy-free and lower in fat.

avocado

🥗Healthier: smashed peas

💰Cheaper: sour cream

Smashed peas provide a creamy texture with fewer calories.

red bell pepper

🥗Healthier: yellow bell pepper

💰Cheaper: green bell pepper

Green bell peppers are usually less expensive and still nutritious.

Wash the sweet potatoes.

Roll the sweet potatoes in sunflower oil and poke them with a fork.

Prepare quinoa by rinsing it and cooking it in a 2:1 water-to-quinoa ratio with a fourth of a teaspoon of salt.

Once the quinoa starts boiling, reduce the heat, cover, and let it cook.

Drizzle olive oil in a pot and sauté onions with a little salt and pepper.

Add red peppers to the onions and continue sautéing.

Add diced garlic and tomatoes to the mixture.

Stir in half a teaspoon of chili powder and half a teaspoon of cumin, adjusting to taste.

Add frozen corn to the sautéed vegetables, using a handful or what you have left over.

Rinse the canned black beans and add them to the pot, continuing to sauté.

Squeeze lime juice into the mixture and add chopped cilantro.

Add chopped kale, ensuring to use only the leafy parts without stems.

Remove the sweet potatoes from the oven, cut them in half, and let them sit briefly.

Mix the cooked quinoa into the vegetable mixture, adjusting the ratio visually as needed.

Taste the mixture and adjust seasoning with lime juice, salt, pepper, cumin, or chili powder as necessary.

Stuff the sweet potato halves with the vegetable and quinoa mixture.

Top each stuffed sweet potato with grated cheddar cheese.

Return the stuffed sweet potatoes to the oven for a few minutes to melt the cheese.

Garnish the finished dish with chopped cilantro and diced tomatoes.

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