Baked Sweet Potato with Cumin!

The sweet potato is a nutritious root with a sweet taste, which is rich in beta carotene, contains a good amount of vitamin A, vitamin C, manganese, potassium, is rich in minerals, carbohydrates, contains very little protein, but is rich in fiber and is therefore excellent to include it in a healthy diet.

Sweet potatoes come in many sizes and colors, including orange and purple.

Calories: 86

Water: 77%

Protein: 1.6 grams

Carbohydrates: 20.1 grams

Sugars: 4.2 grams

Fibers: 3 grams

Fat: 0.1 grams

One of the benefits of sweet potato is that it regulates blood sugar. The presence of potassium is important for regulating blood pressure, which helps reduce the risk of heart disease. Sweet potatoes are rich in beta carotene, which the body can convert into vitamin A, or just 100 grams per day of sweet potatoes provides the daily recommended dose of this vitamin.

Other vitamins in the composition are vitamin B6, B5, vitamin E. In combination with other fruits and vegetables, you can prepare many healthy varieties of salads and have filling meals, while at the same time feeling light and speeding up the metabolism.

How to prepare the sweet potato and keep its nutritional values, one of my favorite ways to prepare it is finely chopped with only one spice and prepared this way I usually add it to salads for dinner.

Ingredients

2 sweet potatoes

2 tablespoons cumin seeds

2-3 teaspoons of olive oil

salt to taste

Peel the sweet potato and dice it. Add it to a baking pan. If you chop it into smaller pieces, you will bake it faster. Add olive oil and toss to coat the pieces well with oil. Sprinkle with cumin and salt to taste, mix and place in a heated oven at 180 degrees. The required baking time is about 20 minutes, depending on the size of the pieces. You can check them, if they are soft, the pieces are ready.

You can enjoy the roasted taste and smell of cumin, or I suggest you add them roasted like this to a salad.

Below is a suggestion for a quick green salad with kiwi, green apple and feta cheese.

Follow the recipe below on the link.

Have a good appetite!