Sweet Potato Rice

Easy Peasy plant based cooking which will appeal to all ages. This dish is sweet, nutrient filled, low fat, colorful, tasty, comforting, re-heatable…

Serves 4.
Prep Time: 15 minutes (approximately)
Cooking Time: 25 minutes

Delicious as a side paired with a veggie loaf or some bean dip and a vegetable (raw or cooked). Turn the rice into a main by adding some beans or plant based sausage!
Add herbs and/or spices as desired!

Method

Onion

• Peel and dice one medium sized onion, enough to make one cup.
• In a medium size saucepan, place 1/4 cup or so of vegetable broth (or water) and add diced onion.
• Cook over medium heat for about ten minutes, stirring often until the onions are translucent.
• Add veggie broth or water as needed to prevent onions from sticking.

Sweet Potato

• Grate 1/2 medium sweet potato until you have filled a one cup measure.
• Do not pack down.
• Add sweet potato to cooked onion and stir lightly to combine.

Rice

• Place rice in a fine mesh sieve and rinse under running water for one minute or so.
• Add rice to onion and sweet potato mixture and stir to combine.
• Add 1.5 cups of veggie broth or water to rice mixture and bring to a boil.
• Cover, turn heat down to low and simmer rice until all the liquid is absorbed.
• Remove from heat and let sit covered for ten minutes.
• Fluff gently with a fork and add coconut oil is desired.

• Add salt and pepper to taste.