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Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Sweet potato and Spinach Dinner Side Dish

What to do when you have a bag of spinach about to go bad in the refrigerator and don't really know what to do with them. That was me last night!!! I had that bag of spinach for about 2 weeks in the refrigerator and finally decided to use it, and since we're in the middle of the holidays and there is lots of eating going on I decided to go clean and light at least for this time.

So, this what I did.

Ingredients:
1 large sweet potato skinned and cut in small cubes
1 bag of spinach
1 large yellow onions
1 medium orange or red pepper (your choice)
2 roma tomatoes
1 tbsp minced garlic
salt and pepper to taste
olive oil

Instructions:
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Skin the sweet potato and cut it into small cubes. The smaller the cubes, the faster they will cook and crisp.
Lightly toss the sweet potato with the olive oil, pepper and salt and spread across a baking sheet in a single layer. Bake until the sweet potatoes are lightly browned and you can easily stick a fork through them, about 20-25 minutes; stir the sweet potatoes at the 10-15 minute mark so they brown evenly, at this point add the onions and peppers and put back in the oven for 10 more minutes. While the sweet potatoes are cooking get a pan and add a little olive oil, add the minced garlic to the hot oil and let it cook for a little bit. Add the spinach, salt and pepper,and cook it for 1-2 minutes then remove from heat.

Take the sweet potatoes out of the oven and gentle toss in the spinach. Top with the tomato slices and place back in oven for 5 more minutes.  Serve with your choice of meat.  


Doesn't that look good and colorful!!! It was very tasteful too. I added a little bit of lemon juice to the spinach before cooking (half lemon) and it added a kick to the flavor. It was delish


We ate it with stove top grilled chicken breast. The chicken was full of flavor and juicy, I would definitely be making this again. 


My husband enjoyed this so much and ate until there was nothing left in the plate. I know you would enjoy it too. 

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