Greek Lentil Stuffed Baked Sweet Potatoes (vegan)
These greek lentil stuffed baked sweet potatoes are a delicious plant based meal.
- Prep Time: 5
- Cook Time: 40
- Total Time: 45 minutes
- Yield: 2 1x
- Category: dinner
- Method: stove top and oven
- Cuisine: greek fusion
Scale
Ingredients
This makes 1-2 servings Sweet potato
- 1 large or 2 small sweet potatoes - cut in half long ways
Stuffing
- 1 shallot or 1/2 an onion - finely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic - minced
- 1 1/4 cups cooked lentils (about 3/4 cup dried, can use canned lentils)
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1/2 tsp paprika
- 1 cup tomato sauce (I used Rao's)
- salt/pepper to taste
Sauce
- 1/2 cup vegan yogurt (I suggest coconut)
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- juice from 1/2 lemon
- 1 garlic clove - minced
- 1/4 cup chopped dill or parsley
- salt/pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Coat your sweet potato in a splash of oil and salt/pepper. Roast face down for 40-50 minutes.
- Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add garlic and shallot. Cook for 5-7 minutes until onion has softened. Add all remaining stuffing ingredients and stir until combined. Cook for 3 more minutes and then remove from heat.
- Mix together your sauce ingredients in a small bowl, set aside.
- Let sweet potatoes cool slightly and then top with stuffing and sauce.
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