Happy Friday Everyone!
If you have ever been on Pintrest or follow wacky food trends you will no doubt have heard of the Sweet Potato “toasts.” Its weird, I don’t get it and to be honest don’t care to try it. But I kept seeing it pop up on Pintrest and had the craving to make some Sweet Potatoes. I made sweet potato gnocchi with truffle sauce (Yum!) Sweet Potato fries and of course these delicious little morsels of goodness, Sweet Potatoes Stuffed With Tabbouleh.
So as you may or may not know as my New Years resolution this year I have decided to go meat free for a month. Needless to say for the most part it has been quite easy actually. The most difficult is going out for dinner in the area I am in is because there is not many Vegetarian options. Here is Bonaire the menus arent huge to begin with so usually there is only one item to choose from, well besides the side garden salad … Sooooo exciting right
And I know it hasn’t been that long but my friends keep asking me “Is there anything you miss” and to be honest just one item, Buffalo Chicken Wings. I have really come to know this about myself lately that I seriously love Chicken Wings. I went out and bought some buffalo sauce the other day and made some buffalo Cauliflower bites and it seriously took away the craving. Its back now but at least it went away for a while haha. Also, I have decided to continue to not eat meat … so much, once a week. That doesn’t mean I am going to stop cooking it though I do live with my carnivorous boyfriend after all
So this month I have been getting more creative with my cooking because lets be honest, vegetarians get a bad rep because they think its just salads but there are only so many salads you can eat. And seeing as how of late my mind is inundated with Sweet Potato I decided to make these Tabbouleh stuffed Sweet Potatoes.
First let me tell you a few reason why you will love these even if you aren’t a Vegetarian
- Creamy
- Delicious
- Healthy
- Quick
- Satisfying
- A little sweet and savoury
Oh and one more thing, while you are roasting these your house will smell sweet, almost like you are cooking with sugar, and also remind you of thanksgiving. Hopefully that is a good thing because I love Thanksgiving and my favourite part is the sweet potatoes. One time I ate a whole tray before dinner and could barely eat after that. I have a sweet potato problem what can I say
Another great feature to this dish is the crispy fried chickpeas on top. Whenever you are making a dish remember about texture. And the cous cous tabbouleh and the roasted sweet potatoes are both very soft so the addition of the cucumber and fried chick peas really make all the difference
Enjoy your weekend everyone and seriously, make this dish you wont regret it … And you wont miss the meat either
- [br][b]Sweet Potato:[/b]
- 1 Sweet Potato
- [br][b]Cous Cous Tabbouleh:[/b]
- 1/4 Cup Cous Cous
- 1/4 Cup Boiling Water
- 1/4 Cup Cucumber, Diced
- 1 Tbl. Onion, Diced
- 4 Cherry Tomatoes, Quartered
- 3 Tbl. Parsley, Chopped
- Juice Of Half Lemon
- 1 Tbl. Olive Oil
- Salt
- Pepper
- [br][b]Chili Fried Chickpeas:[/b]
- 1/4 Cup Chickpeas
- 1/4 Tsp. Chili Powder
- Salt
- Pepper
- Vegetable Oil
- Pre heat your oven to 400 degrees farenheit. Once it is at temperature place the sweet potato on a tray in the oven and bake for about 45 minutes or until super tender all the way through, rotating once half way through.
- While the sweet potato is cooking prepare the cous cous. Add the cows cows and olive oil to a bowl and pour 1/4 cup boiling hot water over it and immediately cover with plastic wrap. Set aside for 10 mins
- Remove the plastic wrap and fluff the cous cous with a fork. Add the cucumber, tomato, onion, parsley and lemon juice and season with salt and pepper. Set aside
- Heat one inch of oil in a cast iron pan such as Le Crueset to 350 degrees. Once at temperature fry the chickpeas in two batches (be careful they have water in them and might splatter at first) and fry for 1 minute or until crispy. Drain on paper towels and season with the chili powder and salt and pepper
- When the sweet potatoes are cooked, remove from the oven and slice in half. Be careful they will be super hot. Mash slightly and season with salt and pepper
- Top with the cous cous tabbouleh and crispy fried chickpeas
- Enjoy!
Yes very tasty but……………..
Can we hurry up and get through the month of vegatables !!!!! And what a about a month of just meat? What month is that going to be? Sadie and I want to know.
Soon …. ish!