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Meatless Monday: Sweet Potato Stuffed Jalapeños and Roasted Honeynut Squash

Appetizer, Food, Vegetables

Today, I was feeling a little creative.  I could not allow for my jalapeños to go bad.  So I thought to myself, why not stuff the jalapeños with sweet potatoes and saute diced onions and apples, see how that goes? I figured it is also Monday, so let’s create a new recipe for Meatless Monday and the results, I can see I’m proud of.  The spicy jalapeño stuffed with the sweet potato and topped with the saute onions and apples goes hand in hand.  Now, if you cannot handle the heat, please feel free to use the small sweet peppers instead.  I also bought from the grocery store this tiny squash that looks like a butternut squash but it is called honeynut squash.  I decided to stuff it as well with the leftover onions and apples.  So please enjoy.  If you try out this recipe, let me know how you liked it.

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Ingredients:

2 small sweet potatoes

6 jalapeños

1 med sweet onion

1 med apple of choice

1 honeynut squash

Salt and pepper to taste

2 tbsp Coconut oil

Preparation:

Preheat the oven at 400 degrees.  Once preheated, slice the honeynut squash in half and remove the seeds.  Save the seeds if you want to toast it and eat it as a snack.  Rub coconut oil on the cut side of the squash.  Place in a baking sheet cut side down and bake for 30 minutes or until ready.

Slice the jalapeños in half length wise and remove the vein and seeds.  Peel the sweet potatoes, dice and place in a pot with water.  Once the water begins to boil, give it about 10 minutes or until the sweet potatoes are cooked and tender.  Once ready, remove from the heat and strain the potatoes and with a fork mash the potatoes.  Dice the medium onions and place in a pan with coconut oil.  Cook the onions until translucent, then add the diced medium apple.  Continue to cook until the apples are tender.  Stuff the jalapeños with the sweet potatoes, place on a baking pan and place it in the oven until the jalapeños are roasted.

Remove both the honeynut squash and the jalapeños, add the saute onions and apples.  Serve and enjoy! The stuffed jalapeños or peppers are perfect for a quick snack, appetizer or take to a party and share with friends.

Never be afraid to try something new in the kitchen.  This is how you find out what pairs well together.  Bon appetite! Happy Monday! -Lily

 

 

 

 

Meatless Monday

Food

Once in a while, I have my day when I just don’t feel like eating any type of meat, and trust me, I can eat pork every day if you let me.  I’m not sure why this happens, but I’ve learned to listen to my body.  The other day, that’s just how I felt.  I had no desire to eat the chicken that I had prepared in a healthy delicious way.  So instead, I ate my side items for my chicken.  At that moment I thought, why not share vegetarian/vegan recipes on Mondays.

I have a few friends that are either vegetarian or vegan.  We could all sit and agree to disagree on why meats are good/bad for you.  At the end of the day, we respect each others eating lifestyles and enjoy a meal at the table together.

Meatless Monday is not a new trend, in fact this goes as back as WWI.  However, in 2003 it revived.  Read the full story at Meatless Monday History

I hope you enjoy this healthy, quick, and vegan approved recipe.

Sweet potato hash and pigeon peas salad

Ingredients:

1 medium diced sweet potato per person

1.5 lg  onion

2 lg bell pepper

Coconut oil

2 cans of pigeon peas (or  bag of dried peas which you can overnight soak and then cook until tender)

10 Spanish olives

Olive Oil

Salt & Pepper

Instructions:

In a pan, add the coconut oil on medium heat.  Once hot, add the sweet potatoes and cook until tender.  Add the 1 lg diced onion and 1 lg pepper to the sweet potatoes.  Continue to cook until done.

In a bowl, add diced the 1/2 onion and 1 lg pepper with olive olive, salt and pepper.  Open both pigeon peas can, and rinse off.  Add the pigeon peas to the bowl and mix together lightly.  You can also add cherry tomatoes and crushed garlic for an additional taste.  It’s all up to you and creativity.

I hope you have enjoyed this fun, quick, healthy and vegan approved recipe.  You don’t have to have a Meatless Monday once a week.  You can start slowly with replacing one meal on Monday with only veggies and fruits.