Recipe
Baked sweet potato with lentil tabbouleh
BY Jessica McGowan | 12 December 2022
This dish is hearty and fresh, packed full of flavour.听Roasted听sweet potato听is deliciously chewy on the outside and fluffy in the middle, served with fresh听lentils听tabbouleh, it is the perfect balance.
Serves
2
Prep time
10 minutes
Cooking time
30 minutes
Ingredients
1 fresh听parsley听bunch
1听garlic
陆听white onion听or听red onion
Juice of 1听lemon
300听g听cherry tomato听or 1听small听punnet
1 can听brown lentils
2听medium听sweet potato
Salt听and听black pepper
Extra-virgin olive oil听to serve
Optional
Additional or alternative herbs to add 鈥斕�coriander听or听mint
Method
Preheat the听oven听to 180听潞颁
- Place sweet potatoes into听baking tray听and听bake听in the听oven听for 30 minutes, depending on size. To speed up the cooking process,听cut听in half and carefully听poke听small听holes in sweet potato with a听fork.
- Finely听chop听the parsley, quarter the cherry tomatoes and finely听mince听/听grate听the garlic. Add to听large听bowl.
- Rinse听and听drain听the lentils, and add them to the salad ingredients. A听drizzle听of olive oil and lemon juice.听Season听well with salt and pepper
- To serve,听cut听the baked sweet potato in half and generously load up the lentil tabbouleh inside.
Enjoy!