Sweet potatoes make a colourful lunchtime or dinner meal. Their sweet and tasty flavours make them a perfect alternative to the white variety and are just as easy to make.
Ingredients
- 4 large sweet potatoes
- 4 tsp olive oil
- 1 medium red onion halved and sliced
- 2 cloves garlic crushed
- 1 red pepper thinly sliced
- 1 yellow pepper thinly sliced
- 4 large vine tomatoes cut into 8 wedges
- 2 tbsp dried oregano
- 250g soya mince
- 125g baby spinach
- Ground black pepper to taste
- 120g cashew nuts roughly chopped
To serve
- 100g mixed Salad
Method
- Preheat the oven to 200°C/gas mark 7.
- Prick the sweet potatoes with a fork and place directly on the oven shelf. Roast for 25-30 minutes or until tender all the way through when pierced with a knife.
- Heat half of the oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat. Add the onion and garlic and fry gently for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Add the peppers to the pan and fry gently for a further 5 minutes. Add the tomatoes and half of the dried oregano plus 3 tbsp water. Cover the pan with a lid and simmer the mixture over a gentle heat, stirring frequently, for 15-20 minutes or until the vegetables have softened.
- Place the soya mince on a baking tray and toss in the remaining oil and dried oregano. Roast for 15 minutes, turning halfway through until the mince is browned and crispy on the surface.
- Lay the spinach on top of the vegetable mixture, replace the lid and cook gently for 2 minutes until the spinach has wilted.
- Add ¾ of the mince to the pepper mixture and stir to combine. Season with black pepper.
- To serve: Cut the potatoes down the centre and serve topped with the vegetable filling, a sprinkling of cashew nuts and the remaining mince on top. Serve with a mixed salad.
