Showing posts with label Sweet potatoes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sweet potatoes. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

My Everything but the Kitchen Sink Salad



INGREDIENTS

Chopped Romaine Lettuce
Chopped Kale
Roasted Sweet Potatoes
Cooked Quinoa
Baked Salmon
Hard Boiled Egg
Pomegranate Seeds
Homemade Balsamic Vinaigrette

DIRECTIONS

  1. Roasted Sweet Potato: Clean, peel and cut your raw sweet potato in 1 inch diameter cubes. Toss with some coconut oil and your favorite herbs (garlic, pepper etc.) and roast in a 425 degree oven for about 40 minutes until cooked and crispy on the outside.
  2. Fluffy Quinoa: To cook quinoa you will need one part quinoa and two parts liquid. For example, to make one cup of dry quinoa, you will need to add 1 cup of dry quinoa to two cups of water/chicken stock/vegetable stock. Cook on medium high for about 20 minutes.
  3. Baked Salmon: Place a piece of thawed salmon onto a baking sheet lined with foil and sprinkle with your favorite herbs (parsley, oregano, pepper, garlic etc.). Bake at 400 degrees for about 12-15 minutes. The juice in the salmon is so moist that you wont even need oil!
  4. Hard Boiled Eggs: Place eggs in regular temperature water then bring to a boil for 12 minutes on high. Turn the heat off and keep eggs in the water for another 5 minutes before peeling. 
  5. Homemade Balsamic Vinegar Dressing: In a blender, add juice of two lemons, apple cider vinegar, dark balsamic vinegar, some olive oil, fresh garlic, dijon mustard, onion powder and pepper. Blend all the ingredients together and you have yourself a clean dressing you can use throughout the entire week!


Friday, October 17, 2014

Roasted Sweet Potato and Black Bean Salad Perfect for Fall




INGREDIENTS

1 Sweet Potato
Cooked Quinoa
Black Beans
Pomegranate Seeds
Kale
Spinach
Cubed Mozzarella Cheese
Diced Red Onion
Apple Cider Vinegar

DIRECTIONS

  1. Roasted Sweet Potatoes: Peel potato, cut into cubes and toss with some olive oil, bake at 400 degrees for 40 minutes flipping half way.
  2. Add all ingredients into a bowl and toss with apple cider vinegar and your favorite seasoning!


Friday, February 21, 2014

Vegetarian Sweet Potato Hash



INGREDIENTS

1 Sweet Potato (cut up in squares)
1/2 Bell pepper (cut up in squares)
1 Egg
Coconut oil

DIRECTIONS

Sauté sweet potato squares in a pan with coconut oil
Add cut up bell peppers to the mixture and sauté for 10-15 minutes on med heat
In a separate pan prepare egg
Serve all together and top with pepper

*** The runny yolk makes the dish creamy and delicious. You will not miss any of the fat that is usually in this dish.

BENEFITS

Sweet potato:

  • A fiber rich root vegetable
  • Contains more potassium than bananas (potassium assists muscles in contracting, nerve transition, bone health, and normal blood pressure
  • Great source of vitamin C
  • Source of iron (provides the body with energy)


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