Toppings for sweet potatoes?

@bold_rabbit is onto something. I have topped them with spaghetti sauce. My wife is GF and does that all the time. But, it turns out that I like them best with just a little butter.

Also dal. If you are looking for easy, some of the shelf stable pouches are pretty good, especially Trader Joe's. (via my spouse)

Added sauteed greens to any of the ones I've listed, either on the potato or on the side is good, too.

bold_rabbit wrote: »

Chili or any bean soup (black bean, lentil vegetable, etc).

Exactly this. Delicious. I usually like it to be spicy too (even if not chili), but that depends on liking for spicy, of course.

If we’re just talking topping a baked Sweet Potato, I’m another one for black beans or kidney beans, usually cooked with red onion and peppers - probably some Mexican style seasoning. Using the baked Sweet Potato in lieu of a taco shell, basically, I suppose.

Also sometimes with wilted spinach (lots and lots of black pepper!) and a little feta or goats cheese and raw red onion. Or a poached egg on top of the spinach, maybe a little grating of Edam too.

Cottage Cheese mixed with chopped cherry tomatoes, spring onions, cucumber, fresh coriander and Tabasco or even a tablespoon of jarred salsa stirred through.

You could go the sweet route with cinnamon, butter, raisins or nuts (or both). Or savory with salsa, sour cream, beans, and cheese or nutritional yeast. I do both and it's quite good.

I like to make bake a sheet pan of cubed sweet potato, zucchini, bell peppers and black beans (canned). After that's baked for whatever length of eternity it takes for sweet potato to be tender, I go ahead and fry a couple eggs for on top of it. I leave the yolk a bit runny and it's delicious on the sweet potato.

I like a nice soft baked sweet potato topped with a sunny side up egg...or with curry powder and either plain yogurt or cottage cheese. They are also good with ginger, but that's just to flavor the potato, doesn't make it a meal. I've topped them with Amy's black bean chili for a quick easy (filling)meal.

this is really good:
SPICY CHICKEN SWEET POTATO BOATS

INGREDIENTS:
-100g chicken breast meat (skinless)
-1 medium-large sweet potato
-1/2 cup sliced button mushrooms (or portobello)
-1/4 to 1/2 onion (finely chopped)
-2 Tablespoons chopped spring onion (optional)
-2 Tablespoons pure tomato paste
-1/2 to 1 teaspoon cooking oil
-Fresh lemon juice (1/2 lemon)
-1/2 teaspoon onion powder
-Pinch chili powder (optional)
-Sea salt and black pepper
-Broccoli florets (or zucchini)
(SERVES ONE, Simply double for more servings)

THE METHOD:
-Preheat oven to 180 C/ 360 F
-Place your sweet potato on baking paper on a baking tray
-Poke a few holes in the potato with a fork to pierce the skin
-Bake for 60 minutes (or as needed, until it’s soft inside)
-Finely slice the chicken meat into small pieces (as small as possible)
-In a pan add the chicken, cooking oil, tomato paste, mushroom slices, onion, spring onion (optional), fresh lemon juice, onion powder, sea salt and black pepper, and chili powder (optional)
-Cook over a medium-high heat on the stove for a few minutes until the chicken is cooked
-You can add a splash of water to the pan if it’s getting to dry
-Steam your broccoli in a steamer for roughly 10 minutes
-Once fully baked, remove the sweet potato from the oven
-After it’s cooled slightly, you can handle it and slice it in half
-Use a fork to slightly smash up the inside of each sweet potato half (to make it easier to eat)
-Serve the cooked chicken onto each sweet potato halve
-Garnish with fresh spring onion (totally optional)
-Serve the steamed broccoli
-Eat and enjoy!

CALORIES PER SERVING:

Roughly just over 400 calories, based on the sweet potato being 180 calories, and the chicken being 160 calories

Here is a restaurant menu of a place I used to get potatoes from (you can sub with sweet potatoes). I don’t see my favorite listed anymore but some ideas nonetheless

https://www.jasonsdeli.com/mobile-menu?term_node_tid_depth=5

They used to have one that had spinach (that wilted on the hot sweet potato), turkey, avocado, cheese (Asiago maybe?), jalapeño ranch.... aaaannnnd... can’t remember what else at the actual restaurant. Cilantro is tasty on it as well. Hmmmm.... I wonder if I have what I need to make that tonight 🤔

Butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, black beans and nuts...

I just add a little cayenne, black pepper, turmeric, and ginger, mash it up and add a little almond milk to moisten it.

I use sweet potatoes as an easy healthy snack. Pierce and microwave about 5 minutes, top with a little salt, pepper, and lots of spice, alternating what spice to keep it interesting - cumin or turmeric are my favorites.