{"id":16384,"date":"2020-11-03T10:00:28","date_gmt":"2020-11-03T15:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=16384"},"modified":"2020-10-19T12:07:13","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T16:07:13","slug":"stuffed-sweet-potatoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2020\/11\/03\/stuffed-sweet-potatoes\/","title":{"rendered":"Stuffed Sweet Potatoes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By Rissa Miller, Vegetarian Journal <\/em>Senior Editor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Occasionally you find a recipe that works for any meal:\nbreakfast, lunch, dinner, or snack. You’ve stumbled onto just such a meal.\nTender roasted sweet potato stuffed with a savory, spiced black bean, quinoa,\nand veggie filling will satisfy anytime of day. Top it anyway\nyou would a favorite taco\/burrito and you’re set to chow down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 large sweet potatoes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 cup water<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1\/2 cup quinoa<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 teaspoon taco seasoning<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1\/2 small onion (about 1\/2 cup)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1\/2 cup chopped bell pepper<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 Tablespoon olive oil<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 cup canned black beans, rinsed\nand drained<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2-3 cloves garlic, chopped<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 teaspoon ground cumin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 teaspoon smoked paprika<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 teaspoon nutritional yeast<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1\/2 teaspoon dried oregano<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1\/2 teaspoon salt<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 Tablespoons salsa (optionally more to serve)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 Tablespoons orange juice (about 1\/2 fresh orange)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zest from 1 orange<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To serve: chopped parsley, cilantro, jalapeno, green onion;\navocado\/guac; salsa or any cheezy sauce you like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preheat oven to 375 degrees and bake sweet potatoes, wrapped\nin foil, for one hour until tender when pierced with a fork. Set aside to cool\nwhen done. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

     While baking\nsweet potatoes, prepare quinoa. In a saucepan, bring water to a boil. Add\nquinoa and taco seasoning, cover, and cook for 10-15 minutes. Stir occasionally\nwhile cooking; quinoa is done when all liquid is absorbed and quinoa is fluffy.\nSet aside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     In a large\nskillet, saut\u00e9 onion and bell pepper in olive oil over medium heat until onions\nare lightly browned and fragrant, about 2-4 minutes. Add black beans, garlic,\ncumin, paprika, nutritional yeast, oregano, salt, salsa, and orange juice, as\nwell as prepared quinoa. Stir well to combine and heat over low heat for 3-6\nminutes, until the mixture is warm. Just before serving, stir in orange zest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     To serve, slice\nbaked sweet potatoes lengthwise and squish to open the top wide up. Top each\npotato with half of the quinoa-black bean filling. Top with your favorites such\nas chopped parsley\/cilantro\/jalapeno\/green onion, avocado\/guac, more salsa or a\nvegan cheezy sauce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the photo, Jalapeno Cashew Cream is shown, recipe at\u00a0https:\/\/nutritiouslife.com\/<\/a><\/a>recipes\/jalapeno-cashew-cream\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Rissa Miller, Vegetarian Journal Senior Editor Occasionally you find a recipe that works for any meal: breakfast, lunch, dinner, or snack. You’ve stumbled onto just such a meal. Tender roasted sweet potato stuffed with a savory, spiced black bean, quinoa, and veggie filling will satisfy anytime of day. Top it anyway you would a favorite taco\/burrito and you’re set […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16384"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16386,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16384\/revisions\/16386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}