Loaded sweet potato skins

Loaded sweet potato skins – a tasty week night dinner consisting of potatoes stuffed with a medley of fresh veggies and topped with dairy free cheese.

Now that the dairy free cheese recipe is officially on the website I think it’s about time I showed you guys just how creative one can be with this nut cheese. I couldn’t resist submitting these loaded sweet potato skins as the ultimate teaser.

I’m sure it’s safe to say most of us have tried loaded potato skins at some point in our lives. When I was younger my mother would make these as an appetiser while she would prepare a rather large dinner for myself and co.

My favourite variation was the cheese and chive skins. I would warm them up, scoop out the inside to eat and then eat the skin by itself, sounds weird right?

If it’s weird then it has my name all over it, I kid you not.

The health benefits of loaded sweet potato skins

The potato skins are loaded with nothing but goodness, there’s no gooey ingredients that will leave you bloated or laden with a layer of grease.

Instead of paired the sweet potatoes with some sweet bell peppers and curly kale to supplement your daily dose of vitamin C and B. A component that’s guaranteed to boost your immune system and help to rejuvenate both red and white blood cells, not bad huh?

Needless to say the health properties render this dish child friendly as well as suitable for vegan, paleo, gluten and dairy free, so it’s a great meal or appetiser (choice is your’s) for most dietary lifestyles.

Using homemade vegan nut cheese

Unfortunately since the cheese is made from nuts, it wouldn’t be suitable for anyone with a nut allergy. However, violife has a great vegan cheese which works really well

What to add to loaded sweet potato skins?

You can load the sweet potato skins with more veggies if you wish, you can’t go wrong with overindulging in vegetables, they not only a great source of healthy carbohydrates but also low in fat.

Anything from spinach, mushrooms, corn, peas just to name a few!

How to make loaded sweet potato skins

The loaded sweet potatoes will need to be baked in the oven, use large potatoes if possible. Unlike white potatoes, sweet potatoes have a tendency to soften to the point of almost collapsing on itself hence the reason why you need big daddy ones.

cooking time

They also take some time to cook, about 40-50 minutes depending your oven, during this time, you might want to commence with preparing the filling – veggies with my dairy free cheese.

Adding the cheese and veggies post baking

When the potatoes are finally done, you can cut them (assuming they are cool enough to handle) then apply the filling (simply steam the veggies in the saucepan) along with a sprinkle of nut cheese.

I prefer to add the filling and eat right way, though, some people like to scoop out the majority of the potato and cream with additional cheese while the skins bake for a further few minutes and then finally add the filling.

You can follow whatever method you prefer – just keep it healthy!

Other vegan potato recipes

• Potato farls 
• Sweet potato fish pie
• Oven baked spicy plantain and sweet potato

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