Stuffed Sweet Potatoes With Butter Beans

These stuffed sweet potatoes with butter beans and a creamy avocado cilantro dressing are an easy and delicious lunch or dinner recipe! They are filled with plant-based goodness and protein, and topped with a tasty sauce and will quickly become an easy go-to recipe (with minimal effort!).

Prep time: 10 minutes

Cook time: 30 minutes

Servings: 4 stuffed sweet potato halves

Ingredients

• 2 sweet potatoes
• Olive oil (see notes for oil-free)
• 3/4 tsp paprika, divided
• Salt & pepper
• 1 can of butter beans (400mL)
• 3 tbsp nutritional yeast
• 1 1/2 tbsp soy sauce
• 3/4 tsp maple syrup
• 1 1/2 cups of spinach
• 12-15 cherry tomatoes
• Hemp seeds (optional)

Avocado Cilantro Dressing

• 1 avocado
• Large handful of fresh cilantro
• 1/2 lemon (about 1 1/2 tbsp lemon juice)
• 1 clove of garlic (or 1/2 tsp garlic powder)
• Pinch of salt
• 6 tbsp water

Equipment

• Lined baking sheet
• Blender

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 400F.
2. Cut sweet potatoes in half lengthwise, brush the top of each sweet potato half with a bit of olive oil, then sprinkle with 1/2 tsp of paprika and a pinch of salt and pepper. Add face down to a lined baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes.
3. Drain and rinse the can of butter beans, then add them to a bowl and season with nutritional yeast, soy sauce, 1/4 tsp paprika and maple syrup. Mix well to coat the beans evenly, then add to the baking sheet with the sweet potatoes after they’ve been in the oven for 10 minutes. Bake for another 15-20 minutes, until the sweet potato flesh is softened and the butter beans are golden and slightly crispy.
4. Prepare the avocado cilantro dressing by adding an avocado, fresh cilantro, lemon juice, a clove of garlic, salt and water to a blender and blending until smooth and creamy. If needed, add 1-2 extra tbsp of water to reach the desired consistency for the dressing.
5. Roughly chop spinach and halve the cherry tomatoes.
6. Once the sweet potatoes and butter beans are out of the oven, plate up the sweet potato with chopped spinach, the beans, cherry tomatoes, a generous drizzle of dressing and a sprinkle of hemp seeds. Enjoy!

Notes

*For an oil-free version, omit the olive oil when roasting the sweet potatoes.

*Butter beans can be hard to find at the grocery store. Feel free to swap them with chickpeas or cannellini beans in this recipe!