Quick, Easy Plant-Based Dinner for One
Looking for a quick, healthy, vegan dinner for one? Â Sweet potatoes are the answer. Â This easy oil-free meal cooks in your microwave in just 7 minutes…faster than you can say “delivery”. Â Naturally gluten-free and pumped with extra plant-based protein from beans, this is an essential go-to plant-based recipe.Â
- Easy
- Servings: 1Â
- Ready In: 7 minutesÂ
- Yield: 1 sweet potato
Enjoy with Kale Avocado Salad,Avocado Lime Dressing, or Nacho “Geez!” Sauce.
Chef Katie’s Plant-Based Cooking Tips:
Nutritional Yeast: Nutritional Yeast adds cheesy, umami flavor to many vegan recipes. Use it sauces, soups, stews, dressing, mashed potatoes, and stuffed sweet potatoes. Besides great flavor, it has healthy protein and essential vitamins like B-12.
Less Spicy Version: Chili powder adds smoky flavor and subtle spicy heat. For less spice, though, substitute with smoked paprika or ground cumin.
A sweet potato makes a quick, easy dinner-for-one. I always keep some on-hand for healthy, oil-free vegan meals and snacks 
A hearty filling of pinto beans, diced tomato, nutritional yeast, and chili powder will keep you satisfied for this oil-free vegan stuffed sweet potato recipe 
Scoop out the sweet potato flesh to make room for the pinto bean filling
Watch this Cooking Video to See How it’s Made:
7 Minute Southwestern Stuffed Sweet Potato
Equipment
- Microwave
Ingredients
- 1 medium sweet potato
- 3/4 cup canned pinto beans about 1/2 can
- 2 plum tomatoes
- 1/4 teaspoons chili powder
- 2 tablespoons green chilies
- 1 tablespoon nutritional yeast
Instructions
- To make the 7 Minute Southwestern Stuffed Sweet Potato: Place the sweet potato in your microwave and press the “potato” setting. For a medium-size sweet potato, I choose “serving size 2” to cook all the way through. If your microwave doesn’t have a potato setting, cook for 3 minutes, rotate, and cook at 90-second intervals until tender in the center.
- While the potato cooks, make the stuffing. Drain and rinse the pinto beans (if using canned). Seed and dice the tomatoes. In a small bowl, combine the 3/4 cup beans, diced tomato, chili powder, green chilies, and nutritional yeast.
- When the potato is done microwaving, carefully remove. It will be done when a knife easily slides in and out. Using a clean towel to hold the hot potato, cut it in half lengthwise. Use a large spoon to scoop out the potato flesh into the bowl with the filling ingredients. Repeat for the other potato half.
- Mix all of the filling ingredients. Taste to adjust seasoning.
- Re-stuff the sweet potatoes halves and enjoy. Dinner is served!
Nutrition Facts
Serving size: Â 1 potato (15.9 ounces).
Amount Per Serving
Calories 358.1
Calories From Fat (3%) 12.15
% Daily Value
- Total Fat 1.48g 2%
- Saturated Fat 0.25g 1%
- Cholesterol 0mg 0%
- Sodium 281.47mg 12%
- Potassium 1304.31mg 37%
- Total Carbohydrates 71.42g 24%
- Fiber 21.15g 85%
- Sugar 11.66g
- Protein 18.78g 38%
- Calcium 28.34mg 3%
- Iron 112.62mg 626%
- Vitamin A 19676.16IU 394%
- Vitamin C 3190.66mg 5318%
- Vitamin C 0.58mg <1
Shopping and Gear List
- Hatch Mild Diced Green Chilis 12pk/4oz
- Bragg Premium Nutritional Yeast Seasoning 4.5 Ounce
- Frontier Co-op Organic Chili Powder Blend, 1 Pound Bulk Bag
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