Looking for a “healthy” Sweet Potato with Broccoli and a Cheesy Sauce?
Based on a request for a “healthy” sweet potato and broccoli dish, I’m happy to share with you a Roasted Veggies Sweet Potato Bowl with Hemp Seed Cream.
Local Farmers Veggies. In addition to the sweet potato, the dish was inspired and intuitively created with our local Arizona farmer, Crooked Sky Farms, green and yellow beans,heirloom tomatoes, sweet potato, and purple pepper.
Learn to Roast Veggies. When we cook healthy plant-based meals, one of the simple culinary techniques is roasted. We can use this simple method to cook whatever our local farmers are growing. The dish will be beautiful and tasty every time you make it.
Hemp Seed Cream. The hemp seed cream is a simple-to-prepare, tasty, healthy cream that works well as a plant-based sauce for sweet potatoes. And, it can even be used as a cheesy flavor on home-made flatbread.
Roasted Veggie Sweet Potato Recipe
Use this recipe as a guide to create your own Roasted Veggie Sweet Potato Bowl. Bake the sweet potato and roast veggies that your local farmers are growing.
SIMPLE INGREDIENTS
- 1 sweet potato
- 1 cup green or yellow beans
- 1 heirloom tomato, sliced in rounds
- 1 pepper, sliced
- 1 stalk broccoli, sliced
- 1 slice cabbage
- 1 lemon, sliced
- 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- Pinch sea salt
- Garnish: Few leaves fresh basil
SIMPLE STEPS
- Pre-heat oven to 425 degrees F.
- Slice veggies.
- Place veggies on-by-one into a small bowl.
- Drizzle with olive oil and sea salt.
- Toss to coat all parts of the veggies.
- Place veggies onto parchment-lined flat sheet.
- Roast for 12 minutes.
- Flip the veggies.
- Roast for 12-15 minutes.
- Bake the sweet potato another 10 minutes, until soft.
Veggies, olive oil, and sea salt. 
One-by-one toss veggies with olive oil & sea salt.
Veggies mindfully placed onto parchment-lined sheet pan. 
Roasted Veggies!
Simple Hemp Seed Cream
As a plant-based alternative for a creamy sauce for the sweet potato and veggies, this hemp seed cream is quick and simple to prepare. The hemp seeds offer healthy fats and protein, while the nutritional yeast adds B-12 and a cheesy taste to the cream.
SIMPLE INGREDIENTS
- ¼ cup hemp seeds
- 2 tbsp nutritional yeast
- 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 2 tbsp water
- Pinch sea salt
SIMPLE STEPS
- Place all ingredients into a small blender.
- Blend for about a minute or two, until creamy.
- Add more water, as needed.
- Taste.
- Add additional lemon juice or sea salt to suite your preferred taste.
Hemp Seed Cream ingredients in blender. 
Blend for 1-2 minutes. 
Creamy Hemp Seed Cream
FOOD ART PLATING
- Place sweet potato into a bowl.
- Drizzle hemp seed cream onto the sweet potato.
- Layer the additional veggies into the bowl.
- Garnish with fresh basil.
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