Recipilicious

So, I know what you’re thinking. “What’s the deal, you said we’d get a French dressing recipe!” And you will, my friends.  But while I wait to scrounge up the dough (pun!) for ingredients, try this yummy sweet potato mash while you wait.

This is good for tortillas, a flat bread topping (this is how I plan to use it), or as a side unto itself.

Ingredients:

• 2 peeled, cubed sweet potatoes
• 2 tbsp water saute
• 2  diced onions
• 4 large garlic cloves, minced
• 1 T minced fresh green chile
• 4 t ground cumin
• 4 t ground coriander
• 1 28oz can cooked black beans
• 2/3 C lightly packed cilantro leaves
• 2 T lemon juice
• 1 t salt

What you do:

Boil sweet potatoes until tender, drain and set aside.  Simmer onions, garlic, and chile with 2 tbsp water (until onions are translucent).  Add cumin and coriander and cook for another minute or two.

In a food processor (you can use a blender, it just takes some extra work), place sweet potatoes and onions; blend until smooth.  Add beans, lemon, cilantro, and salt and puree until beans are almost completely incorporated.

Place the mixture in a baking dish and bake at 350 for 30 minutes.  (If you have other things in the oven at the same time, this can cook at other temperatures). In fact, I’m cooking mine at 450 with some yummy whole wheat flat bread!

Remove from oven and eat your heart out—this is a healthy, lowfat, and super-yummy food!