Baked Sweet Potatoes with Creamy Spinach Topping
Baked Sweet Potatoes with Creamy Spinach Topping might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 4. One portion of this dish contains roughly 19g of protein, 29g of fat, and a total of 467 calories. This recipe covers 36% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and primal diet. Head to the store and pick up butter, pepper, kosher salt, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the cream cheese you could follow this main course with the Cream Cheese Dessert Wedges as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.
Instructions
Preheat oven to 400F. Wash sweet potatoes and prick with a knife. Arrange sweet potatoes on a baking sheet and bake for 1 to 1 1/4 hours, until tender. Meanwhile, make topping: Bring 1 inch of water to boil in a 3- to 4-quart saucepan.
Add spinach a little at a time and cook, stirring, until wilted, about 3 minutes.
Drain in a colander and rinse with cold water. Squeeze out as much liquid as possible.
Transfer to a work surface, coarsely chop spinach and set aside.
Melt butter in a 9- or 10-inch nonstick skillet over medium heat.
Add Canadian bacon and cook, stirring, until beginning to crisp, 4 to 5 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer bacon to a plate.
Add onion and salt to skillet and cook over mediumlow heat until golden, about 6 minutes.
Add cream cheese and reserved spinach and cook over medium-low heat, stirring until smooth. Stir in Canadian bacon and season to taste with pepper.
Split hot sweet potatoes and fluff with a fork. Spoon spinach mixture on top; serve.