Microwave sweet potato breakfast bowl
A sweet potato cooks soft in the microwave in about six minutes, then gets split open and topped with yogurt, maple, pecans and cinnamon like a warm sundae.
- 12 min total
- 4 min hands-on
- Anyone can make this
- Serves 1
- About $2.44 a serving
- 400 calories
- Vegetarian
- Gluten-free
Dolly says: It’s ready in 12 minutes, start to finish.
Ingredients
For 1 servings.
- 1 sweet potato, medium, about 8 oz
- ⅓ cup plain Greek yogurt
- 1 tbsp maple syrup
- 2 tbsp pecans, chopped
From your pantry
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 pinch ground cinnamon
Each serving has about 400 calories, 13 g protein, 64 g carbs and 12 g fat, and costs about $2.44 at typical US grocery prices. Both are estimates from what the recipe uses.
Missing something?
- No plain Greek yogurt? Plain yogurt or sour cream works.
Steps
Tap an underlined word for a quick explanation.
Scrub the sweet potato and poke it all over with a fork, about 8 times.
Dolly’s tip: The holes let steam out so it doesn’t burst.Set it on a plate and microwave on high 5 to 7 minutes, turning it over halfway, until a knife slides into the thickest part with no resistance.
Timer: 6 min
Let it 2 minutes, then split it and press the ends to open it up.
Rest. Resting means letting cooked meat sit for a few minutes before you cut it. It keeps cooking gently, and more of the juice stays in the meat instead of running onto the board.
How you’ll know: Loosely covered with foil, it stays hot, and very little juice runs out when you slice it.
Lengthwise. Lengthwise means cutting along the long side, from stem to tip, which gives long pieces. Crosswise is the other way, straight across the middle, which gives short, round ones.
How you’ll know: Lengthwise halves of a zucchini look like two little canoes; crosswise pieces look like coins.
Timer: 2 min
Dolly’s tip: It’s very hot inside. Hold it with a towel.Sprinkle the inside with of salt and mash it a little with a fork.
Pinch. A pinch is what you can hold between your thumb and two fingers, less than an eighth of a teaspoon. It’s a small, forgiving amount, so there’s no need to measure.
How you’ll know: It’s a light sprinkle you can barely see on the food, not a little pile.
Top with the yogurt, with the maple syrup and scatter over the pecans and cinnamon.
Drizzle. Drizzling means pouring a thin, slow stream over the top of something. A thin stream spreads a little flavor a long way.
How you’ll know: You see thin lines across the food, not a puddle collecting underneath.
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