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Sweet Potato Quinoa Bowl

Built around cooked quinoa and sweet potatoes -- the method starts by heating the oven to 425F/220C.

Sweet Potato Quinoa Bowl
Prep
15 min
Cook
15 min
Total
30 min
Serves
2
Level
Medium
Rating
★ 4.7

A loaded bowl of grains, roasted vegetables, and creamy tahini that actually fills you up. Here it's built on cooked quinoa, sweet potatoes and baby spinach -- a medium, vegetarian recipe that starts by heating the oven to 425F/220C, and is ready in roughly 30 minutes.

Ready in 30 minutes -- genuinely doable on a weeknight.

A few technique steps to focus on, but nothing that needs special equipment.

Built around cooked quinoa, so the flavor comes from real ingredients, not a spice packet.

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups cooked quinoa
  • 2 sweet potatoes, cubed
  • 2 cups baby spinach
  • 1 cup chickpeas, drained
  • 1 avocado, sliced
  • 3 tbsp tahini
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • 2 tbsp olive oil, salt, ground cumin

Nutrition (estimated, per serving)

966
Calories
32.2g
Protein
44.1g
Fat
110.1g
Carbs
29.5g
Fiber
294mg
Sodium

Calculated from this recipe's own ingredient list; treat as an estimate, not a lab measurement.

Method

1

Heat the oven to 425F/220C. Toss the sweet potato cubes with the olive oil, a pinch of cumin, and salt, and roast 25-30 minutes until soft and caramelized at the edges, turning once.

2

Make the dressing: whisk the tahini, lemon juice, a pinch of salt, and 2-3 tablespoons water until smooth and pourable.

3

Warm the chickpeas in a pan for a couple of minutes, or use them at room temperature.

4

Spoon the quinoa into bowls and add the spinach.

5

Top with the roasted sweet potato, chickpeas, and avocado.

6

Drizzle generously with the tahini dressing and serve.

Tips from the test kitchen

Warm the chickpeas in a pan for a couple of minutes, or use them at room temperature.