Stuffed sweet potatoes never looked so delicious with 3 different variations to spice up your weeknight meals!
Now…onto the taters. We all have that one vegetable that we could NEVER get sick of. Mine? SWEET POTATOES. Every time I’m in the grocery store, I swing by and grab a sweet potato even if the recipe I’m making doesn’t call for it. You never know when you’re going to have a sweet potato fry craving! Seriously, I’m in love with a vegetable (sorry Mark, you’ll have to share me).
Another great thing about this majestic root vegetable is that there are so many different ways to prepare it. YOU CAN…
- Spiralize it into NOODLES
- Grate it into a HASH
- Chop it into FRIES
- Mash them up into MASHED potatoes
- oooorrr bake them and STUFF them with all of your favorite toppings (WINNER)
Baked potato bar was my all time favorite hot lunch in high school. Everyone got a spud and then you could make it your own by adding veggies, meat, cheese, and everything in between. PEOPLE, all you have to do is wash up your sweet potatoes, oil them, salt & pepper them, and then throw them in the oven to bake for about an hour.
Then? TOPPINGS!
Breakfast
- Bacon
- Avocado
- Green Onion
- Maple Syrup
- Fried Egg
Classic
- Dill Greek Yogurt
- Cheddar Cheese
- Green Onion
- Bacon Bits
Southwestern
- Black Beans
- Corn
- Red Onion
- Guacamole
- Lime Juice
Stuffed Sweet Potatoes – 3 Ways!
Step your baked potato game up a bit by adding stuffed sweet potatoes to the menu. They are a great source of vitamin B AND potassium. And? They taste pretty good too!
Ingredients
- 4 sweet potatoes, washed
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
- First, wash your sweet potatoes.
- Next, drizzle a 1/2 tablespoon of oil over each sweet potato. Make sure to coat the whole spud.
- After you oil the potatoes, season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Then, wrap each sweet potato in tin foil and poke holes (with a fork or knife) all around the potato. Lastly, throw them in the oven and cook them at 425ºF for 45-60 minutes.
- When the potatoes are done, make sure they are cooked all the way through by poking them with a fork. If there is no resistance, they are done!
- Top with your favorite toppings and ENJOY!
Tips & Notes
- Nutrition facts do not include toppings
Héhé, j’adore le dessin à l’arrière des écoliers dans la classe bourrée et à craquer (par contre, y’a un « e » à la fin de « Royale » ?)
It’s good to see someone thknniig it through.
I stuff sweet potatoes for breakfast ALL the time, except with a protein powder filling, nut butter, fruit, cereal, and other superfood goodies! 🙂 BEST. DISH. EVER.
What is that sauce in the little bowl .. in the Egg and Bacon and sweet tator picture??? Thank you =) THESE look SOOO yummy.. thanks for the inspiration !
Maple syrup!! So good.
thank you =) ..
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My favourite vegetable is broccoli (I know love it when people start telling me stories that imagine if you had to eat broccoli, and I interrupt them saying, yum, I love broccoli -> the shock and disgust on their face usually makes me laugh out loud). Boyfriend’s are sweet potatoes (which I love along with pumpkin), but your confession (“Every time I’m in the grocery store, I swing by and grab a sweet potato”) made me laugh, because every time we are in the store we don’t only grab one, but at least 3 since we usually eat 1 oven baked sweet potato every night while watching series/movies. (And Boyfriend is kinda possessive of the sweet potatoes, whenever I want to cook/bake with them he’s not happy about having to give up one or two of his stash ;-D
Due to this we haven’t experimented much with baking/using sweet potatoes in other ways (though I can’t wait to try them as spiralized noodles and rice).
When I baked them like you (poking holes with a fork through the tinfoil, I noticed that the fork pushed tiny parts of aluminium into the sweet potato that we would have eaten if I didn’t look for it, eek! So be careful with that. Since then I don’t poke through the tin foil.
I think I prefer the most the 3rd, Southwestern black bean, guacamole version 🙂
Hi Stella.. I always microwave mine.. is there a taste difference oven baked & microwave ?? Its just hard for me to wait a hour sometimes.. =)
HI Lee, yes the taste is very different. When you make it in the microwave you are cooking/steaming it, while in the oven it is baked/roasted. The sweet potatoes are much sweeter and somewhat caramellized, which I just love!! It’s like the ultimate healthy dessert, and it’s a joke that it’s a vegetable! 😀
Thank you , I will try it that way for a change.. =)
Oops! Forgot the ratings. Love these recipes – the SW is my fav!
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You must try the low and slow baking method – wrap In aluminum foil – no hole poking necessary – bake at 350 for 1-1/2 hours. The flavor is immense! Not to mention, the skin just melts in your mouth as well. And I have never been a fan of sweet potato skin. I love baking/smoking them on the grill as well – love that smoky flavor.
That sounds AMAZING!! Will totally have to try that next time 🙂
Um, these all look delicous! How will I pick which one to make first?
This may be a dumb question, but…. do you poke holes in the sweet potato before you wrap in foil or after? =)
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Not dumb at all! Do it after 🙂 So that the air can escape the foil.
Oh sweet potatoes are my favorite! The BEST!!! I like to grill them and top them with anything and everything…Drippy eggs are one of my favorites though…Have a great weekend!
Gimme the Southwestern version all da way!!! I’m even excited for Mark to meet Davida, and I’ve never met her either! 😉 But I already know she’s awesome!!!