Description
Healthy and delicious stuffed sweet potatoes packed with spinach, mushrooms, and feta cheese, perfect for dinner or lunch.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 sweet potatoes
- ½ sweet yellow onion, chopped
- 2 cups mushrooms, sliced
- 3 cups fresh spinach
- Juice of ½ lemon
- ⅔ cup crumbled feta cheese
- French fried onions (to taste)
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil (EVOO)
- 1 tablespoon butter (plus 1 tablespoon for mashing)
- 1 tablespoon oregano
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- Fresh thyme (to taste)
- Balsamic glaze (optional, for drizzling)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F (200°C). Pierce sweet potatoes with a fork and bake for 45–50 minutes or until tender.
- While the sweet potatoes are baking, heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil and 1 tablespoon of butter in a skillet over medium heat.
- Sauté onions until they are soft and translucent, about 5 minutes.
- Add mushrooms and cook until they are browned, about 6–8 minutes.
- Stir in spinach, oregano, garlic powder, and thyme. Cook until the spinach is wilted. Remove from heat and stir in lemon juice.
- Once the sweet potatoes are done, slice them open and gently mash the insides with 1 tablespoon of butter.
- Fill each sweet potato with the sautéed mixture and top with crumbled feta.
- Sprinkle French fried onions on top and drizzle with balsamic glaze, if using.
- Serve warm.
Notes
Feel free to customize the filling with other vegetables. For extra creaminess, add a dollop of Greek yogurt on top when serving.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 50 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Vegetarian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 400mg
- Fat: 16g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 48g
- Fiber: 6g
- Protein: 10g
- Cholesterol: 15mg
Keywords: stuffed sweet potatoes, vegetarian recipe, healthy dinner, comfort food