Loaded Turkey Santa Fe Baked Sweet Potatoes

Welcome to our weekly Foodie Friday link up! I’m linking up with Annmarie from the Fit Foodie Mama, Esther from Chocolate Runner Girl, and Jess from Hello To Fit, to create awesome healthy recipes each week!

Today’s feature ingredient = Sweet Potatoes! Make sure you hop around to check out all the amazing recipes in this link up and feel free to add your own recipe as well!

I’m a huge fan of baked potatoes in general, and even more so of sweet potatoes! :O I love all the different options for stuffing em’, so when my friend suggested that we make these while I was home last September (yes, I lagged a full year in posting this–I blame medical school), I was all for it!

This recipe was also adapted from SkinnyTaste, which I sneak-previewed at the end of last month’s Foodie Friday post with the Avocado Mango Salsa.

Loaded Turkey Santa Fe Baked Sweet Potatoes

Ingredients:

• 3 sweet potatoes
• 1/2 lb. 99% lean ground turkey
• 1/2 cup canned black beans
• 1/2 cup fresh or frozen corn kernels
• 1 large tomato, diced
• 1/2 onion, chopped
• 1 tsp cumin
• 2 tbsp cilantro, chopped
• 1 jalapeno, diced
• 1/4 cup scallions, chopped
• pinch of sea salt
• freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• drizzle of EVOO
• 0% Fage Greek Yogurt (optional)
• freshly grated cheese of your choice (optional)

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 450.
2. Stab potatoes with fork on multiple sides and microwave for ~6 minutes. Cut in half horizontally and scoop out the potatoes.
3. In a large skillet, brown turkey + add beans, onions, cilantro, tomatoes, jalapeno, and cumin. Mix well and simmer on low for ~20 minutes.
4. Remove lid, then add corn and simmer for another 5-10 minutes, or until liquid reduces.
5. Lightly drizzle sweet potatoes with EVOO + place on baking sheet. Season with salt + pepper and bake for 10 minutes.
6. Add meat filling and top with Greek yogurt + scallions. (You can also melt some cheese on top if you’d like!)

Fun Fact: I used this filling to make miniature Shepherd’s Pies!

End-of-Week-ish Recap!

• Find out how much it costs to apply for residency on this week’s Medical Mondays! :O
• This month’s Recipe ReDux was on freezer meals! Check out my recipe for Hot Mama’s Crockpot White Bean Chicken Chili!
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