Baked Sweet Potato with Warm Black Bean Salsa

We have all heard that sweet potatoes are good for you, and that's true.  However, most of us (myself included) will generally take a baked sweet potato and load on the butter and brown sugar to eat it...which basically destroys the good nutritional value.  My point being, I was super excited to come across this recipe on Eating Well for sweet potatoes with warm black bean salsa.  It was very good.  I ended up adding a little more lime juice, and I used canned chopped tomatoes (no-salt added variety).  I also went dairy-free and cilantro-free, but that's just me.  More power to you, if you actually eat the skin...I can't do it.

 

This was a really easy thing to do.  I just baked one sweet potato at a time and kept the leftover salsa in the fridge until I needed it.  If you still want a sweet sweet potato, try to use a buttery spread like the kind by Smart Balance, use cinnamon, and sparingly use brown sugar or try the kind by Ideal.  

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