RECIPES
Guacamole-Loaded Sweet Potato
by Livestrong_Recipes | Oct 20, 2018
Photo Credit: Yovana Mendoza
- PREP
- 10 m
- COOK
- 35 m
- TOTAL
- 45 m
Sweet potatoes are complex carbohydrates that pack a ton of vitamins and minerals, including beta-carotene, vitamin C and potassium. Yovana Mendoza, better known as Rawvana, shared a way to use these nutritious tubers as an amazingly filling base for healthy toppings in this guacamole-loaded sweet potato.
INGREDIENTS
SERVES 2
- 1 sweetpotato , raw sweet potato
- 1/2 cup romaine lettuce
- 1 fruit without skin and seed Avocados, raw, California
- 2 medium whole tomato
- 1/4 medium red onion
- 1 tbsp fresh cilantro
- 1/2 yields lime juice
- 3 tbsp Tahini Sesame Paste
- 2 tbsp Lemon Juice
DIRECTIONS
1
Wash your sweet potatoes and pierce holes in them with a fork.
2
Preheat the oven to 400F and roast your sweet potatoes for 25 to 45 minutes (depending on thickness).
3
In a medium-sized bowl, mash together avocado, tomatoes, onion, cilantro, lime juice and sale to taste.
4
In a small bowl or mason jar, whisk together tahini and lemon juice.
5
Once sweet potatoes have cooled, place on a bed of lettuce.
6
Cut sweet potato open down the middle, stuff with guacamole and drizzle with tahini dressing.
