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Black bean and sweet potato bowl

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Roast sweet potato with black beans, sweetcorn, salsa and avocado. Vegan, twenty-five minutes.

  • Ready in25 minutes
  • Prep5 min
  • Cook20 min
  • Serves1

Per serving

  • 595Calories
  • 24gProtein
  • 111gCarbs
  • 9gFat
  • 29gFibre

How this fits your own daily target

Ingredients

  • 180 g black beans (cooked, or canned and drained)
  • 220 g sweet potato (baked)
  • 80 g sweetcorn (frozen or canned)
  • 50 g salsa
  • 50 g avocado

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 200 C (400 F). Cut the sweet potato into chunks, toss with a little oil, a teaspoon of cumin and salt, and roast for 20 minutes.
  2. Warm the drained beans and the sweetcorn.
  3. Put the sweet potato in a bowl with the beans and corn, spoon the salsa over and add the sliced avocado.

What this plate gives you

Twenty-nine grams of fibre is more than the 28 g the Dietary Guidelines set for a whole 2,000-calorie day, from 180 g of black beans, 220 g of sweet potato, the corn and the avocado. The beans carry most of the 24 g of protein. At 595 calories it is 30 percent of that day, with only 9 g of fat. Roast the sweet potato in chunks at 200 C for twenty minutes; the beans and corn warm through in the last five.

Swaps

  • Grilled chicken or tofu on top: about 30 g more protein.
  • Leave out the avocado: 80 calories fewer.
  • Lime, cumin and coriander: no change to the numbers.

Keeping it

The sweet potato, beans and corn keep three to four days in the fridge. Add the avocado and salsa when you eat.