STUFFED SWEET POTATOES WITH SPINACH AND BEANS WITH TAHINI SAUCE
4 medium size sweet potatoes
2 tablespoons Virgin Olive Oil
1 x 500 g bag frozen chopped spinach
3 teaspoons minced store-bought garlic, or fresh if you have
1 x 398 ml tin of Navy Beans
1 x 398 ml tin of Pinto Beans
¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
¼ cup finely snipped Mediterranean Sun-dried tomatoes
I used scissors to snip it into small pieces, as it’s so much easier to do than to cut with a knife.
Tahini Sauce:
¼ cup Organic Fair Trade Sesame Tahini
A large pinch of garlic powder
As well as a large pinch of salt
Warm water – NOT boiling water
Heat the oven to 400ºF.
Wash/scrub and pierce the sweet potatoes with a fork several times.
Take each and wrap it in aluminium foil and place in a foil lined baking sheet and bake for 1-1½ hours or until soft.
Remove, unwrap and allow to cool in order to handle.
While you’re baking the sweet potatoes, you need to prepare the filling.
Filling:
In a large frying pan, add and heat 2 Tbps olive oil over medium heat.
Cook the garlic by stirring it for 2 minutes until lightly colored.
Add the spinach (defrosted and excess water removed) and all the beans.
Spice with nutmeg, salt, and pepper to taste.
Mix and stir until well heated.
Sesame Tahini Sauce:
In a small glass bowl whisk together tahini, garlic powder, and salt.
Add warm water bit by bit, stirring until it becomes a pourable sauce.
Set aside to drizzle over dish once done.
Cut sweet potatoes open down the middle (lengthwise) and slightly fluff the inside flesh with a fork.
Divide the filling and cut up sun-dried tomatoes evenly over the sweet potatoes.
If you have extra, just add it to the size of your plate to be enjoyed on its own.
Now drizzle with tahini sauce and if desired some additional extra virgin olive oil over the sweet potatoes.
Recipe posted by Esme Slabs
Photo: Esme Slabs
