Sweet Potato Noodles Recipe

Sweet Potato Noodles with a fork in a bowl

Yield: 4 servings

Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 10

Total Time: 20

Here's a hearty sweet potato noodle recipe that's perfect for weeknights. It's spiralized sweet potatoes, blistered cherry tomatoes, and baby spinach tossed in a spicy cilantro cashew cream sauce. This easy-to-make vegan meal is ready in just 20 minutes!

Ingredients

Sriracha Cilantro Cashew Sauce

1 ½ cups raw cashews, see notes
¼ cup cilantro, packed
1 tablespoon nutritional yeast, can sub parmesan cheese
1 tablespoon Sriracha
1 tablespoon rice vinegar, or sub apple cider vinegar
1 tablespoon soy sauce
Sea salt, to taste

Sweet Potato Noodles

2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
2 cups cherry tomatoes
4 medium sweet potatoes, about 2 lb total spiralized into noodles
8 ounces spinach leaves
Toasted cashews and cilantro, to serve

Instructions

Place the cashew cream sauce ingredients in a blender, along with 1 ½ cups of water, and blend on high until it is very smooth.
1 ½ cups raw cashews, ¼ cup cilantro, 1 tablespoon nutritional yeast, 1 tablespoon Sriracha, 1 tablespoon rice vinegar, 1 tablespoon soy sauce, Sea salt
Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add the cherry tomatoes and cook for about 3 minutes, or until they start to blister. Remove them from the pan.
2 cups cherry tomatoes
Add the remaining tablespoon of oil and the sweet potato noodles to the pan and toss well. Cook the noodles, tossing them with tongs several times, for 8-10 minutes, until they are crisp-tender.
4 medium sweet potatoes, 8 ounces spinach leaves
Add the spinach to the pan and let it wilt. Stir the cream sauce through the noodles and top with some toasted cashews and cilantro.
Toasted cashews and cilantro

Notes

For the smoothest sauce, soak the cashews in hot water for at least 30 minutes.

Serving: 1 serving = ¼ of the recipe, Calories: 517kcal, Carbohydrates: 66g, Protein: 16g, Fat: 24g, Saturated Fat: 4g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g, Monounsaturated Fat: 13g, Sodium: 521mg, Potassium: 1617mg, Fiber: 11g, Sugar: 15g, Vitamin A: 37816IU, Vitamin C: 41mg, Calcium: 152mg, Iron: 7mg