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Sweet Potato with Pomegranate Recipe
We've got something special for you. Baked sweet potato with pomegranate is piled high with fragrant fresh herbs and crunchy toasted walnuts then doused in an easy-to-make, creamy tahini sauce. It's a delicious and healthy side dish - but also pretty enough to be the star of the show!
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Total Time
50 mins
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 418 kcal
Course:
Dinner
Cuisine:
North American
Ingredients
- 4 small sweet potatoes about 2 lb total
- ¾ cup chopped toasted walnuts
- ½ cup EACH: chopped mint and parsley
- Seeds from 1 pomegranate
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
Tahini Lemon Sauce
- ¼ cup Tahini
- Juice from 1 lemon
- 1 clove garlic finely minced
- sea salt to taste
- 3 tablespoons tablespoons water or more
Instructions
- Turn your oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Prick the sweet potatoes 5-6 times each with a fork then set them on the baking sheet. Place them into your oven (no need for your oven to preheat first) and bake them for 45-60 minutes, or until they are soft. Remove them from the oven and set them aside to cool slightly.
- While the sweet potatoes are baking, prepare the topping. Place the walnuts, mint, parsley, and pomegranate in a medium-sized bowl, drizzle with the olive oil, and toss to combine.
- Whisk the tahini lemon sauce ingredients in a small bowl adding enough water so it is the consistency of honey.
- When the sweet potatoes are cool enough to handle, cut through the skin in a "t" shape. Gently mash the insides then pile the walnuts and herbs on top and drizzle with some tahini lemon sauce.
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Nutrition Information
Serving
1 stuffed sweet potato
Calories
418kcal
(21%)
Carbohydrates
47g
(16%)
Protein
9g
(18%)
Fat
24g
(37%)
Saturated Fat
3g
(15%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
14g
Monounsaturated Fat
6g
Sodium
93mg
(4%)
Potassium
826mg
(24%)
Fiber
9g
(36%)
Sugar
16g
(32%)
Vitamin A
19090IU
(382%)
Vitamin C
26mg
(29%)
Calcium
101mg
(10%)
Iron
3mg
(17%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 418
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1 stuffed sweet potato | |
| Calories | 418kcal | 21% |
| Carbohydrates | 47g | 16% |
| Protein | 9g | 18% |
| Fat | 24g | 37% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 14g | 82% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 6g | 30% |
| Sodium | 93mg | 4% |
| Potassium | 826mg | 18% |
| Fiber | 9g | 36% |
| Sugar | 16g | 32% |
| Vitamin A | 19090IU | 382% |
| Vitamin C | 26mg | 29% |
| Calcium | 101mg | 10% |
| Iron | 3mg | 17% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.