Oven Roasted Sweet Potato Recipe

Oven Roasted Sweet Potato Recipe
Heather Nicholds, C.H.N.

Enjoy this healthy baked sweet potato recipe: nutritious and simple enough to be included in a basic cleanse.

Sweet potatoes ar a great way to get complex carbs for energy in . They’re much lighter on the digestive system than other starches, like whole grains or potatoes, and so tasty.

Pair them with whatever vegetables you like, top it off with a tasty tahini-based sauce that uses metabolic-enhancing spices and you have a delicious and satisfying dinner that will keep things light on a simple detox diet plan.

Oven Roasted Sweet Potato Recipe

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Makes enough for 2 large servings

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Ingredients

  • 1 sweet potato
  • 4 small carrots
  • 1 zucchini
  • 1 onion
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 2 tsp tahini
  • 1 tsp lemon juice concentrate plus 1 1/2 Tbsp water, or 2 Tbsp fresh citrus juice (lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit)
  • 1/4 tsp ground ginger
  • 1/4 tsp cinnamon
  • pinch cayenne

Directions

  1. Pierce holes in the sweet potato with a knife or fork, and put it in the oven at 300-350F for 10 minutes.
  2. Next, pierce holes in the carrots, zucchini and onion, and put them in the oven as well for another 20-40 minutes, or until the sweet potato is fully soft. The cooking time will depend on the size of your sweet potato. Add the garlic in the last 10 minutes.
  3. Make the dressing while the vegetables are cooking by mixing the tahini, juice and spices together.
  4. Once the vegetables are soft, take them out of the oven. Peel the sweet potato, onion and garlic. Chop all of the vegetables and toss them together or arrange them on plates. Drizzle or toss the sauce to serve.

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