Vegan Loaded Sweet Potatoes (Recipe)

I used to be vegan for close to a year, and then life got in the way and I became vegetarian. I have slowly edged back into my vegan ways and tonight I made a nice little recipe that used to be my goto when I wanted a nice hearty meal that felt bad, but still good.

Ingredients

• 2 large sweet potatoes (peeled, rinsed)
• 1 can of black beans (drained and rinsed)
• Vegan cheese (or nutritional yeast)
• 2 Avocadoes
• Onion powder
• Garlic powder
• Olive oil
• Salt and pepper (for taste)

Method

1. Julienne the sweet potato using a knife or food processor. I use a V Slicer because it wastes less of the potato and gives me more precise cuts.
2. Preheat the oven to 220 degrees Celsius
3. Grease a baking tray with the olive oil (or any other oil) and place the julienned sweet potato onto the tray.
4. Cook potatoes until they're soft and slightly browned, depends on how good your oven is and if it's gas or electric.
5. Once potato is cooked, take out of the oven and put black beans onto the tray. Sprinkle some garlic and onion powder over the top for flavour (roughly a generous pinch of both)
6. Put the tray back in the oven for about another 5 minutes.
7. Take the tray out of the oven and sprinkle your Vegan cheese or nutritional yeast over the top.
8. Place the avocado on top and added salt and pepper to taste.

If you're lucky, your meal should turn out like mine. The beautiful thing about this is that not only is it filling, but you can add whatever you like over the top to make it more feeling, diced up onions, diced coriander, jalapenos and anything else your heart desires.

Sometimes the most simple of foods are the most rewarding and filling.