HP – Baked Sweet Potatoes with a Tasty Greek Salad
- Updated on Apr 17, 2025
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HP – Baked Sweet Potatoes with Greek Salad
Servings:2 servings
Calories:627kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
Baked Potatoes
- 2 sweet potato (roughly 250g/9oz each)
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- Salt to taste
Salad Topping
- 5 oz low fat feta cheese
- 1 handful olives
- 12 cherry tomatoes
- ⅓ cucumber (for extra crunch)
- ¾ cup chickpeas, cooked
- 1 small red onion (or 3 spring onions)
- ½ lemon (juiced)
- 1 clove garlic (peeled and diced)
- 1 handful basil, fresh (dried is ok as well, but use less)
- ½ tsp cumin, ground
- ½ tsp cayenne pepper
- ¼ tsp black pepper (freshly ground)
- 1 tsp olive oil
Instructions
Baked Potatoes
- Preheat the oven to 200°C (400°F).
- Wash the potatoes and rub a coat of olive oil and salt on the skin.1 tbsp olive oil, 2 sweet potato, Salt to taste
- Next, put them on a baking tray and layer of foil. Off they go in the oven.
- Depending on the size of the potato they’ll be ready somewhere around 45 min. If the potatoes are massive then slice them length-ways before cooking to save time.
Salad Topping
- While they’re cooking, cut or crumble the feta cheese, cut olives, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, peel and dice the onion. Together with the chickpeas mix it all up in a salad bowl.5 oz low fat feta cheese, 1 handful olives, 12 cherry tomatoes, ⅓ cucumber, 1 small red onion, ¾ cup chickpeas, cooked
- Juice the lemon, grate the garlic, chop the fresh basil.1 clove garlic, 1 handful basil, fresh, ½ lemon
- Put the basil, cumin, cayenne pepper, ground pepper, grated garlic, olive oil and lemon juice in a cup and stir well.½ tsp cumin, ground, ½ tsp cayenne pepper, ¼ tsp black pepper, 1 tsp olive oil
- Add the contents of the cup to the salad bowl and stir well.
- When the potatoes are ready (cut them open if they’re not already) pop them on a plate and layer the salad mix on top.
- Finally, add an optional dollop of Greek yogurt or natural plain yogurt.
NOTES
Tip: have more produce that needs to go? Don’t be afraid to chop some more into the salad!
Make-ahead? Yes, absolutely.
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Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
HP – Baked Sweet Potatoes with Greek Salad
Amount per Serving
Calories
627
% Daily Value*
Fat
22
g
34
%
Saturated Fat
7
g
44
%
Polyunsaturated Fat
2
g
Monounsaturated Fat
8
g
Cholesterol
38
mg
13
%
Sodium
950
mg
41
%
Potassium
1482
mg
42
%
Carbohydrates
88
g
29
%
Fiber
16
g
67
%
Sugar
23
g
26
%
Protein
27
g
54
%
Vitamin A
37064
IU
741
%
Vitamin C
51
mg
62
%
Calcium
161
mg
16
%
Iron
5
mg
28
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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