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Servings:
4
Jamaican Sweet Potato with Mango Salsa
This delicious comfort food is a copycat of Claim Jumper’s Jamaican Sweet Potato and it packs major nutrients!
Total Time
30min
5.0
1 Rating
Author: The Gestational Diabetic
Servings:
4
Ingredients
•
4
Small
Sweet Potatoes
•
4
handfuls
Green Beans
Salsa
•
1
Small
Mango
or Pineapple
•
1/2
cup
Red Bell Peppers
•
3
Tbsp
Red Onions
•
4
Tbsp
Fresh Cilantro
Finishing
•
to taste
Butter
•
1
pinch
Salt
•
1
Tbsp
Honey
or Agave
•
1
Lime
Cooking Instructions
1.
Boil a pot of water large enough for the green beans.
2.
Meanwhile, prep the salsa ingredients. Chop
Mango (1)
and
Red Bell Peppers (1/2 cup)
into ¼ inch pieces. Chop
Red Onions (3 Tbsp)
and
Fresh Cilantro (4 Tbsp)
finely.
3.
Combine everything in a bowl.
4.
Squeeze the
Lime (1)
and mix, then set aside.
5.
Microwave the
Sweet Potatoes (4)
on the baked potato setting.
6.
When water is at a rapid boil, add the
Green Beans (4 handfuls)
and boil 4-5 minutes. Immediately drain and rinse thoroughly in cold water.
7.
Place potatoes on serving plates and cut them open. Add
Butter (to taste)
and sprinkle with
Salt (1 pinch)
.
8.
Fill the potato with the salsa.
9.
Drizzle
Honey (1 Tbsp)
over everything. Serve with the green beans and a squeeze of lime.
Author's Notes
I really enjoy the mango in this recipe and it is my favorite fruit so I’m a bit biased, but you can substitute pineapple. Pineapple has fewer carbs per serving than mango.
Nutrition Per Serving
CALORIES
185
FAT
0.5 g
PROTEIN
3.8 g
CARBS
44.4 g
