Sweet Potato Boats with Cream Cheese Sauce with Mint and Lime

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I saw this recipe on Lifo and made it with some variations!!
I was looking for something to do with leftover sweet potatoes!!
Personally, I hadn't worked much with sweet potatoes and realized I was missing out!!
Fantastic taste, especially combined with ground beef and cheese, it's AMAZING!!
The only thing to watch out for is baking the potatoes, which takes a while but is worth it!!

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Ingredients

1-2 hours
6 servings
  1. 3-4sweet potatoes
  2. Salt to taste for the potatoes
  3. For the ground beef
  4. 1 1/2 lbsground beef
  5. 1onion, finely chopped
  6. 2 clovesgarlic, finely chopped
  7. 3 tablespoonsparsley, finely chopped
  8. 2 tablespoonsfresh mint, finely chopped
  9. 2-3basil leaves
  10. 3 tablespoonsolive oil
  11. 1cinnamon stick
  12. 5bay leaves
  13. 1 pinchnutmeg
  14. 14 ozcanned diced tomatoes
  15. 2 1/2 oztomato paste
  16. Salt to taste
  17. Water if needed
  18. For the cream cheese sauce
  19. 14 ozcream cheese
  20. 3 tablespoonsmint or dill, finely chopped
  21. 1 pinchsalt
  22. Juice from two limes

Cooking Instructions

1-2 hours
  1. 1

    Wash, trim the ends, and peel the potatoes if desired, but they can be cooked with the skin on!!
    Place on a baking sheet covered with coarse salt or just on parchment paper and bake at 400°F until soft!!
    If they are large, you can cut them in half, and they need 1-1.5 hours of baking until a knife goes through easily!!
    Poke with a fork before baking!!

  2. 2

    Start making the ground beef!!
    Heat oil in a wide pot and add onion and garlic, salt to taste, and stir occasionally until they are sautéed!!

  3. 3

    Add the ground beef and stir until each piece changes color!!
    Add the diced tomatoes, herbs, and stir!!
    Gradually add the tomato paste, cinnamon stick, and bay leaves!!
    Finally, add the nutmeg!!

  4. 4

    Cover with a lid and cook on medium heat for about 20 minutes!! If needed, add water until the ground beef is tender!!

  5. 5

    When the sweet potatoes are baked, fill them with spoonfuls of the ground beef!!

  6. 6

    Place back in the oven for 15 minutes!!

  7. 7

    Make the cheese sauce!!
    Place all the ingredients in a bowl after finely chopping the mint!! Mix well with a spoon!!

  8. 8

    Spoon over the ground beef on all the potatoes!!

  9. 9

    Place back in the oven on convection for 10 minutes!!

  10. 10
  11. 11

    Serve with basil leaves and enjoy!!

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Ξεκίνησα να μαγειρεύω πριν δύο χρόνια λόγω του μικρού μου Αγγέλου και άρχισε να μ'αρεσει πολύ!!Προσαρμοσαμε τις διατροφικές μας συνήθειες πάνω στην διατροφή του παιδιού μας, πιο υγιεινά και χωρις ζάχαρη!!
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