Recipe: Mexican Bean and Corn Stuffed Sweet Potato with Avocado and Yoghurt
If you’re looking for a delicious Winter Warmer that you can have on the table in under 30 minutes, then you can’t go past this Mexican Bean and Corn Stuffed Sweet Potato recipe from our Preschool menu.
We love to use sweet potatoes in many of our Autumn/Winter meals because they’re not only delicious, they’re also fantastic for growing bodies. Sweet potatoes are an excellent source of fibre and antioxidants, which protect your body from free radical damage and promote a healthy gut and brain. They’re also incredibly rich in beta carotene, which is converted to vitamin A to support good vision and your immune system.
Mexican Bean Recipe Ingredients (makes 4-5 servings):
- Ingredients:
- 4 x sweet potatoes
Bean mix:
- 2tsp olive oil
- 3-4 jars tomato, passata
- 5 medium zucchinis, grated
- 1 cup corn
- 1 clove garlic diced
- 1/4 cup red onion diced
- 1/4 lime juiced
- 2-4 tbsp paprika, sweet dried
- 2-4 tbsp cumin, dried
- 2-4 tbsp coriander, dried
- Pinch of sea salt and pepper
Serve on the side:
- Coconut yoghurt
- 1 x avocado, sliced
- 1/4 lime juiced
- 1/3 cup or coriander, freshly chopped
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes chopped
Mexican Bean Recipe Method :
- Preheat the oven to 200 degrees and line a baking tray with parchment paper.
- Slice the sweet potatoes in half lengthwise, or if they are very large, slice into multiple lengths.
- Drizzle the sweet potatoes with some oil and roast cut side down on the baking tray (alternatively, slice into rounds and children can top the rounds with the bean mix).
- Make the bean mix:
- Drain and rinse the beans
- In a bowl combine the beans, passata, corn, zucchini, garlic, red onion and spices. Drizzle with the lime juice and olive oil. Sprinkle with sea salt, and pepper. Mix to combine.
- Add the ingredients to a saucepan and heat until warm.
- Serve deconstructed with the other accompaniments – we like avocado, vegan yoghurt and a squeeze of lime.
- Enjoy this delicious meal with your family!
We offer Preschoolers fresh meals and snacks prepared onsite daily in our commercial-grade kitchen by our trained and passionate cook, all included in our daily fees. Our menu is 100% plant based, entirely free of animal products. The snacks and meals have been thoughtfully developed to appeal to children, but most importantly to be perfectly nutritionally balanced for children aged 2-6.
Our cook has crafted rotating seasonal menus in partnership with a registered dietitian and in consultation with Australian government guidelines for optimum age-appropriate nutrition. Our menu was also awarded the Excellence in Food & Menu Design award at the 2022 Excellence In Early Childhood Education Awards. This award recognised the hard work of our team to provide well-balanced, nutritious, and delicious food, that is considerate of the individual needs of children, allergies, sensitivities and cultures.
At Sustainable Play we encourage children to learn where their food comes from and to empower them with the tools to eat sustainably while being thoughtful to our planet and its animals. Children are encouraged to participate in planting, growing, and tending to fresh produce in the preschool garden – harvesting, helping prepare, cook, and then continuing the cycle by composting leftovers to be later used to feed our garden plants.[/ultimate_heading]