A healthy flavorful lunch or dinner recipe that's packed with nutritious ingredients. A vegetarian recipe everyone will love! Sweet potatoes are baked then stuffed with seasoned quinoa, corn and veggies then finished with cheese.
Servings: 8
Prep20 minutesminutes
Cook45 minutesminutes
Ready in: 1 hourhour5 minutesminutes
Ingredients
4mediumsweet potatoes, scrubbed and rinsed then pierced several times with a fork
1cupuncooked quinoa
1 3/4cuplow-sodium chicken broth or vegetable broth
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place sweet potatoes on a baking sheet and bake in preheated oven until tender, about 40 minutes.
Meanwhile, in a medium saucepan, bring quinoa and broth to a boil, then reduce heat to low and cover and simmer 15 minutes, or until fluffy.
Heat oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Once hot, add onion and saute until tender, about 4 minutes, adding in garlic during last 30 seconds of sauting.
Add onion mixture to cooked quinoa, along with black beans, corn, cumin, paprika, coriander, cayenne, lime juice and honey, 3 Tbsp chopped cilantro and toss mixture. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Cut cooked sweet potatoes in half and scoop out some of the sweet potato flesh to create a bowl shape, while leaving about 1/3 to 1/2-inch of sweet potato intact (reserve scooped out potato in refrigerator for another use).
Fill sweet potatoes with quinoa mixture, then sprinkle tops evenly with cheese. Transfer to oven and broil until cheese has melted.
Serve warm garnished with cilantro and sour cream if desired.