Sweet Potato Fry Casserole

Hope my wonderful readers are having a great and not so grueling Monday so far!

If you remember my post yesterday, I mentioned that I was attempting to make a recipe inspired by the wonderful Mama Pea, despite the fact that I had about a quarter of the ingredients on hand. I am happy to report back that my concoction was a total success! By following Mama Pea’s guidelines for her Wannabe recipe for Tater Tot Casserole, I managed to create one awesome dish! I’d like to tweak a few things in the recipe the next time I make it, but this was what I did.

Sweet Potato Fry Casserole

This serves 6-8, depending on if you are eating this as a meal or side dish.

Inspired by Mama Pea’s recipe at Peas and Thank you.

Prep Time – Approximately 15/20 minutes

Cook Time – 45/50 minutes

Ingredients –

• 2.5 cups frozen mixed veggies [I used green beans, corn, peas, and carrots]
  
• 1.5 cups chopped celery
  
• 1 can of chicken or vegetable broth [preferably, low sodium]
  
• 1 can chickpeas [rinsed and drained]
  
• 1 tsp cumin
  
• 1 tsp black pepper
  
• 2 tsp stevia
  
• Dash of salt to taste
  
• 1 Tbsp flour [I used Bob's GF]
  
• 2 Tbsp Nutritional Yeast
  
• ¾ bag of frozen sweet potato fries
  

Directions –

1. Preheat Oven to 375 degrees.
   
2. Thaw your frozen veggies in microwave for about 30 – 45 seconds.
   
3. Wash and chop celery.
   
4. Spray a skillet with cooking spray and sauté all of your veggies.
   
5. After sautéing for about 4 minutes on high, add in your chickpeas.
   
6. Add your pepper, cumin, and optional stevia and salt.
   
7. Add the flour and nutritional yeast. Stir and make sure everything is coated.
   
8. Pour in broth. Cook for another five minutes, on medium high heat.
   
9. Place mixture into a coated baking dish.
   
10. Top with Frozen Sweet Potato Fries.
    
11. Bake for 45 – 50 minutes.
    
12. Let cool, serve, and enjoy!

cutting..

sauteing..

done!

I had prepared myself for a total disaster since I totally changed up the recipe, but this turned out so, so good! My veggie hating father even ate a bit of it and did not seem too appalled. I ate a large portion of this for lunch, alongside a simple salad. I was full for hours!

Because I did so much experimenting in the kitchen for my noontime meal, I was not ready to try anything too exciting for dinner. I was not really in the mood for anything, and I had some leftover spaghetti squash that needed to be eaten, so dinner turned out pretty random. I decided to cook some fresh green beans and a bell pepper in garlic salt and onion flakes. Surprisingly, this is really good. I threw all of my veggies in a bowl and dumped tons of salsa from a local, family run Mexican restaurant on top, and mixed all together. This was really good! I also ate a couple egg whites and cheese for protein, with celery and peanut butter for dessert!

I spent some time hanging out with my cousin Doug after dinner, and since he is such a medical genius, he thought that our bodies were devoid of calcium. The only cure for this, may you ask? Go out for ice cream!

I had an M&M McFlurry. I have not had one of these in years, and it tasted pretty darn good! J

After the cold dessert last night paired with the chill in the air this morning, I decided to break out of my Breakfast Rut, and warmed up some Super Chocolately Protein Overnight Oats. They definitely hit the spot!

On my way to college class, I snacked on apples with cinnamon and baby carrot sticks, then when returning to school, I had leftover Sweet Potato Fry Casserole from yesterday! I got some weird looks, but it tasted awesome.

If you follow me on Twitter, you may have noticed that I discovered Bigelow Green Tea with Peach yesterday. Since my discovery, I have been craving it like crazy! I steeped a bag of my new find as soon as I got home from school this afternoon, then poured over ice, and added a pack of Stevia! You guys should check this stuff out! Not only does it taste great, but it IS great for you!

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