Unlike regular potatoes, sweet potatoes count as one of your five-a-day. They're naturally sweet-tasting and they won't disrupt your blood sugar levels

Sweet potato jackets with guacamole & kidney beans recipe

Ingredients

  • a drop of rapeseed oil
  • 2 sweet potatoes
  • 1 large avocado
  • juice 1 lime, plus 2 wedges
  • 1 red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped
  • 2 tomatoes, finely chopped
  • ⅓ small pack coriander, leaves roughly chopped
  • 1 small red onion, finely chopped
  • 400g can red kidney beans in water, drained

Method

  • Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7, oil the sweet potatoes, then put them straight on the oven shelf and roast for 45 mins or until tender all the way through when pierced with a knife.

  • Meanwhile, mash the avocado with the lime juice in a small bowl, then stir in the chilli, tomatoes, coriander and onion.

  • Cut the potatoes in half and top with the beans and guacamole. Serve with the lime wedges for squeezing over.

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