Sweet Potato Boats with Cottage Cheese

Creamy slow-cooked sweet potatoes with chickpeas, avocado and cottage cheese create a nourishing meal full of fibre, protein and calcium.
Sweet potato and cottage cheese boats
10 min prep
180 min cook
4 serves
2.5 serves of veg
  • 4 small sweet potatoes (approximately 800g in total) 
  • 400g reduced fat cottage cheese 
  • 1 avocado, halved and sliced 
  • 2 x 400g cans chickpeas, drained and rinsed 
  • 2 tbsp olive oil 
  • 1 tsp cumin 
  • 1 tsp smoked paprika 
  • Cracked pepper  
  • 2 tsp sesame seeds  
  1. Wash the skin of the sweet potatoes and place in the slow cooker. Drizzle 1 tablespoon of water over each sweet potato. Put the lid on and cook on high for 3 hours or until soft.
  2. Combine chickpeas, olive oil, cumin, paprika and pepper in a small bowl.
  3. When the sweet potatoes have been cooking for 2.5 hours, spread the chickpeas onto a baking tray. Bake in the oven or air fryer at 190°C (180°C fan-forced) for 20 minutes, or until crispy.
  4. Remove sweet potatoes from slow cooker and carefully slice open length ways. Allow to cool for 2-3 minutes.
  5. Top each sweet potato with 100g (roughly 1/3 cup) of cottage cheese, a quarter of the roasted chickpeas and a quarter of the avocado slices.
  6. Sprinkle with sesame seeds and serve.

Serving Suggestion: Ensure all sweet potatoes are roughly the same size to ensure an even cooking time.

If you don’t have access to a slow cooker, you can bake the sweet potatoes in an oven-safe dish covered with aluminium foil at 180°C for approximately 60 minutes, or until a fork easily pierces the flesh.

Cottage cheese can be swapped for plain Greek yoghurt.

Sesame seeds can also be swapped for other nuts or seeds you may have on hand such as walnuts, pecans or pepita seeds, or simply leave this topping off altogether.

Kids in the kitchen tips: Depending on your child’s age and skill, they can help with combining the chickpea and seasonings, slicing the avocado, or carefully adding the toppings to the sweet potato to serve (being careful as the sweet potato will be very hot).

Important

When preparing this recipe:

  • Double check the food label ingredient list for any allergens each time you purchase it.
  • Prevent any allergen contamination during preparation, cooking, and serving with proper hygiene and avoiding cross-contact with allergens.

Nutritional Facts

Serving size: 453g Per serving Per 100g
Energy (kJ) 2049 453
Fat (g) 17.8 4
Saturated fat (g) 3.8 0.8
Carbohydrates (g) 48.4 10.7
Sugars (g) 16 3.5
Fibre (g) 14.2 3.1
Protein (g) 24.4 5.4
Sodium (mg) 537.1 118.6

Acknowledgement

Health and Wellbeing Queensland

Healthy Eating

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