Green & Bean Stuffed Sweet Potatoes

Sweet potatoes are very versatile. Besides, this tuber is very high on dietary fiber and vitamins (especially vitamin A - very good for your skin and eyes).
This recipe combines sweet potatoes and a decent amount of vegetables and beans, to make the dish nutritionally complete.

Serves 2

2 sweet potatoes
1 head of broccoli
4/5 leaves of kale
1 boll of spinach
2/3 roma tomatoes
4 green onions
3 cloves of garlic
lemon juice (usually a little less that half a lemon)
ginger, rosemary, pepper and olive oil (seasoning quantities depending on how you like it)
kidney beans (or any other kind of beans). (1/2  - 1 cup per person - dry) .


There are four mains steps to prepare this recipe:

1 - Beans
    If you are using dry beans, you would have to put them in a pot, cover them with water and bring them to boil. Once they are boiling, turn the heat off, cover the pot and put the pot aside. Let it rest for one hour.
   Once an hour has passed, change the water, and put them to boil again, for two hours (until soft).


2 - Sweet potato

    Place the sweet potato on an oven rack, or on a pirex.
    Sprinkle a little bit of olive oil on your hands and spread it all over the sweet potato.
    Prick them in a few places with a fork.
    Put it on the oven until soft all the way through - for about an hour at 400 F (preheated oven)


3 - Stuffing
     3.1 - (15/20 minutes before the sweet potato is done)
           In a pan, sprinkle some olive oil so that you cover the inner circle of the pan. Chop the green onions, garlic, and tomatoes, and put them to cook with some rosemary and pepper.
When you have like a paste (almost all of the water from the tomatoes has evaporated) turn the fire off.
 
     3.2 - (5 minutes before the sweet potato is done)
           Cut the broccoli head in pieces and put them to boil until soft. Once done, remove the water and set them aside.

    3.3 - Wash and cut the kale in little pieces (you can do the same with the spinach if preferred). Dry it and add it to the pan so that it cooks until soft (for 4 or 5 minutes).
       
    3.4 - On a plate or boll, pour the broccoli and mash it with a fork.

    3.5 - When the beans are soft, strain them and add them to the pan. Pour the lemon juice, sprinkle some ginger and add the broccoli and spinach. Cover it and let it cook for about 5 minutes so that all the flavors mix. Stir occasionally and put aside when done.


4 - Stuffing the sweet potato
   Place the sweet potato on a plate and cut it deeply (but not all the way) and transversally with a fork. Open it and with a spoon, start to fill it with the stuffing.
   

I always serve it with a little salad aside, to add the raw vegetables needed for the day.
Hope you like it and that my English was intelligible enough!