Mex-Tex Loaded Sweet Potatoes

Mex-Tex 

Loaded

Sweet Potatoes
(serves four)

ingredients:

• 4 sweet potatoes, scrubbed, fork-poked
• 1 can black beans, rinsed and drained
• 1 bag frozen corn, thawed
• 1 tomato, diced
• 1 red onion, diced
• 1 fresh jalapeno pepper,minced (optional)
• 1 small bunch, cilantro, washed, chopped reserve some for garnish
• 2 limes, juiced
• 2-4 dashes of your favorite hot sauce
• salt and black pepper, to taste 
• 1 large avocado, quartered, and sliced

steps:

1. bake sweet potatoes on a parchment lined baking sheet in a preheated 425* oven until well done-then remove from oven and set aside

2. while potatoes are baking, except for avocado and reserved cilantro garnish, mix everything together in a mixing bowl and set aside

3. place each potato on a plate and cut into the top of the sweet potatoes and spread the skin slightly out

4. scrape the inner part of the sweet potato to loosen it a little

5. spoon an even amount of the bean and corn mixture into each potato

6. place 1/4 of the avocado slices over each and a sprig of cilantro and serve

tip: serve with your favorite tortilla chips