Happy Friday, friends!
I’m comin’ at you with a reeeeally yummy recipe today. It’s from Hello Fresh, which I’m not a member of, but I’ve been on the fence about joining. My friend Josh (who does subscribe to their service) came over and made it for us a while back. It’s their sweet potato and black bean tacos, and the avocado crema is to die for!
Here are the ingredients you’ll need to make enough to serve 4:
You’ll also need:
Because they were so good, I made them again the other day. Here are the steps I followed from Hello Fresh’s website:
Wash and dry all the produce and preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Cut the sweet potato(s) into ½-inch cubes. Toss diced sweet potato on a baking sheet with 1 TBSP olive oil and a pinch of salt and pepper. Roast until tender and lightly browned, 15-20 minutes.
After that, halve, peel, and dice the (yellow) onion, pick cilantro leaves off stems, and grate the garlic.
Next, drain and rinse half a can of black beans, and zest and halve the lime.
Then, Heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil in large pan over medium heat. Add the diced onion and cook until softened (5-6 minutes) tossing occasionally. Season everything with salt and pepper, and add the garlic and black beans. Toss until fragrant and warmed through. (3-4 minutes)
Next, wrap the tortillas in aluminum foil and warm them in oven, 5 minutes. Then, toss roasted sweet potatoes, honey, cumin, and juice of ½ a lime into the pan with the garlic/bean/onion mix and cook until liquid is mostly evaporated, 2-3 minutes. Last but not least, season with salt and pepper.
For the avocado crema, halve and pit the avocados. Scoop out flesh from peel with a spoon. Cut one half into thin slices and set aside. Use a fork to mash the other avocado half with sour cream, juice of ½ a lime, and lime zest, and then season with salt and pepper.
Spread avocado crema onto tortillas, then top each with the sweet potato filling, avocado slices, and cilantro leaves.
Here’s a link to Hello Fresh’s webpage about them if you’d like to see the instructions with their (beautiful) pictures: Sweet Potato and Black Bean Tacos
Definitely one of the yummiest things I’ve eaten in a while!
Have you tried Hello Fresh? I’d love to hear about your experience with them if you have!
Layla
This sounds delicious. My husband would approve of the avocado crema. I always forget the sour cream when I make tacos, and he says it’s the best part. I wouldn’t forget if it has avocado in it.
That looks good ! I feel it is not important to subscribe to s service like hello fresh because there is some really great healthy recipes out there on the web!!!!!
Oh, that’s not why folks subscribe to Hello Fresh. It’s a convenience thing. They send all the ingredients, in the proper proportions, to you. And for someone who doesn’t like to go to the grocery, or buy a bunch of ingredients in bigger quantities than are needed and that will likely never get used, that sounds wonderful! 🙂
I have tried Hello Fresh three times for free when a friend who subscribes was out of town and had me go over to her house and pick up the food package and enjoy the contents. I got to try a really good pan seered steak with garlic butter, green beans, and roasted potatoes (I still make this recipe to this day!), an asian burger with fresh ground turkey (wasn’t a fan of this one), and a recipe using an English Cucumber (fell in love with them after trying one for the first time). I really liked it. I can’t afford the packages right now but if I could, I would totally join. The produce is always so very fresh and the vegetables look better than anything I can get in our local stores. Highly recommend it!
I made a version of these for the fam tonight. We don’t do dairy so I made a simple guacamole The tacos were delish! Thanks for sharing the recipe. Super quick and easy which makes for a nice Friday evening dinner.
This sounds great! I’ve been making the version from the link below (not my blog, just one I found) for the last several years. No matter how many sweet potatoes I make, we always wish I’d made more – they’re that delicious and the leftovers make for great lunches. I love the crunchy addition of the coleslaw. http://thisweekfordinner.com/2013/02/21/sweet-potato-and-black-bean-burritos-sweet-potato-day-with-one/