Tasty Tuesday-Baked Sweet Potatoes with Zesty Black Beans

Baked Sweet Potatoes

Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients:

• 4 small (4-oz) sweet potatoes

Directions:

1. Scrub sweet potatoes until completely clean and poke superficial holes all over the sweet potatoes and place on a parchment paper lined baking sheet.

2. Bake at 400℉ for 1 hour or until desired texture is reached. May need to adjust time based on the size of the sweet potatoes.

3. When a fork can go easily all the way through the potatoes, or when the juices start flowing, they are done.

Zesty Black Beans

Yield: 6 ¾-cup servings

Ingredients:

• 2 Tablespoons water

• ½ cup onion, chopped

• 2 cloves garlic, pressed

• ½-1 teaspoon cumin

• ½-1 teaspoon chili powder

• ¼-½ teaspoon Mrs. Dash® Chipotle seasoning

• ½ cup red bell pepper, diced

• ½ cup yellow bell pepper, diced

• ¼ cup salsa

• 2 cups cooked black beans

• 1 avocado, diced

Directions:

1. In a medium pot combine water, onion and garlic, and cook over medium heat until onion is translucent.

2. Add remaining ingredients.

3. Simmer until vegetables are tender.

4. Serve over sweet potato and top with a ¼ of an avocado.

5. Bon Appétit!

Nutritional Facts per sweet potato: Nutritional Facts per ¾-cup beans:

Calories 104 Calories 125

Fat 0 g Fat 2 g

Cholesterol 0 mg Cholesterol 0 mg

Sodium 41 mg Sodium 204 mg

Carbohydrates 24 g Carbohydrates 20 g

Fiber 4 g Fiber 8 g

Protein 2 g Protein 6 g

Vitamin D 0 mcg Vitamin D 0 mcg

Calcium 4 mg Calcium 28 mg

Iron 4 mg Iron 2 mg

Potassium 542 mg Potassium 454 mg

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