MEAL PREP: Cinnamon sweet potatoes with chicken & vegetables
We all like an explosion in our mouths, my favourite is sweet & salty, so I use that in my meal prep!
Protein: Chicken breast
Carbohydrates: Sweet potato - at least 3 medium potatoes with cinnamon
Fats: I add avocado on top daily.
Micronutrients: mixed vegetables - broccoli, mixed peppers, courgette, red onion, garlic.
Sweet potato is a very diverse carbohydrate. It can take many forms, beautiful array of colours and they contain very high sources of nutrients. It is a root vegetable that as a high source of fibre (which aids digestion), iron, calcium, selenium (which good for nut allergy sufferers as brazil nuts, and other nuts are high in selenium as well). They contain B & C vitamins and high in antioxidants. Plus a medium sweet potato counts as one of your five a day! Result.
They are a ‘sweet’ flavour when cooked so I add cinnamon to any form i make to bring out the sweet flavours so they will blend nicely with the savoury flavours of my protein & vegetables.
Method
I tend to make three large sweet potatoes for my 5 meal preps a week (one for every lunch). I add 2tsbp to the chopped sweet potatoes and them bake them in an 180ºc oven, until soft in the middle and crunchy on the outside (par cooked - as then when i put them in the microwave they’ll cook more with the juices from the other ingredients).
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