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Baked ginger & spinach sweet potato

Description: Bake a spiced sweet potato with spinach for lunch, or as a budget supper for one. It's low-calorie, packed with vitamin C and packs big flavour

Dietary Requirements: Gluten-free, Vegetarian

Cuisine: Mediterranean

Total Cooking Time: 55 mins

Credits:

Author: Lulu Grimes
Website Used: BBCGoodFood / Tasty

Rating:

Average Rating: 4.7
Number of Ratings: 11

Nutrition Data Per Serving:

low in: kcal  

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Ingredients:

1 sweet potato

2 tsp oil

½ onion, finely chopped

1 garlic clove, crushed

small knob of ginger, grated

1-2 tsp curry paste (use what you have or buy a Madras or red curry paste)

knob of butter

handful of spinach

Equipment:

frying pan, oven

Directions:

Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Prick the potato and bake it for 40-45 mins or until soft when you squeeze the sides.

Meanwhile, heat the oil in a small frying pan and fry the onion until softened, add the garlic and cook for 1 min, then add the ginger and curry paste and cook for another min. Stir in the butter and spinach, and continue stirring until the spinach wilts. Season well.

Cut open the top of the sweet potato, scoop out some of the flesh, add it to the mix in the pan and stir through, then spoon the mixture back into the potato.

Estimated Recipe Prices:

Estimated Cost Per Serving: £1.14

Total Estimated Cost: £1.14

Ingredient Cost Breakdown:

1 sweet potato:

£0.58

2 teaspoons oil:

£0.02

½ onion:

£0.09

1 garlic clove:

£0.05

1 teaspoon red curry paste:

£0.05

1 knob butter:

£0.14

1 handful spinach:

£0.21

Note: Prices provided by Spoonacular from a variety of supermarkets and are estimates only.