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Loaded Sweet Potato Skins will make any New Year’s party. Loaded with greek yogurt, cream cheese, chickpeas, spinach and kale and topped with lots of melty Kraft Natural Cheese, you and your guests will not even realize how nutritious they are!!
It is hard to believe that the holidays are behind us and the New Year is upon us!! I can’t believe how fast time has flown this year 🙄 Between the wedding, honeymoon and holiday, I haven’t done a very good job keeping my diet as balanced as I usually do, but I am determined to return the balance in the new year.
Speaking of the New Year, do you go out on New Year’s Eve? We don’t and really never have (well maybe I did in college). We like to stay home and invite over a few close friends and family for a small gathering. I wanted to make a fun dish for everyone to enjoy while waiting for the ball to drop, and decided on my Loaded Sweet Potato Skins. They are a real crowd pleaser and a more balanced, nutritious option for us.
After a quick and easy trip, I head home to get started on my Loaded Sweet Potato Skins.
The ingredients for my Loaded Sweet Potato skins include sweet potatoes (duh 😉 ), garlic, kale, baby spinach, greek yogurt, reduced-fat Kraft Philadelphia Cream Cheese, chickpeas, then topped with lots of Kraft Natural Shredded Cheese!!
Here is a quick tip for you…I don’t know about you, but I certainly don’t have time to bake my sweet potatoes in the oven for 45 minutes to an hour. My patience just can’t stand it and I always seem to be in a rush!! Well did you know that you can “bake” sweet potatoes in the microwave? I know, right!!
Just wash and scrub the sweet potatoes (especially important in this recipe because we will be eating the skins and that is where you will find a lot of the nutrients in sweet potatoes), pierce them 6-8 time with a knife (we don’t want them to explode) and wrap them in a damp paper towel. Place in the microwave for about 2 minutes per sweet potato, rotating them once. Please note that microwave times will vary based on your microwave and the size of the sweet potatoes.
While the sweet potatoes are cooking, heat olive oil in a large, deep pan. Once hot, add the garlic to the pan and just brown the garlic. Add all of your baby spinach and kale and wilt for 2-3 minutes. You will be amazed by how much it cooks down (I promise 😉 )
When the sweet potatoes are fork-tender, remove them from the microwave and cut in half to cool. Once cool enough to handle, scoop out the sweet potato flesh leaving a thin layer inside the skin so they will hold their shape.
Then place the skins on a baking sheet and drizzle with olive oil. Bake them for 5 minutes to get the skins crispy. Remove from oven.
While the skins are crisping, mash the sweet potato flesh with greek yogurt and Kraft Philadelphia Cream Cheese.
Add the sauteéd greens, chickpeas, salt, pepper and chipotlé chili powder to the bowl and stir to combine well. Fill each skin with the sweet potato mixture and top with lots of Kraft Natural Cheddar Cheese. Bake again for 10 minutes or so to melt the cheese and warm the filling. Turn the broiler on and broil for 1-2 minutes more. Watch this process very closely as they will burn quickly.
Here is your recipe for Loaded Sweet Potato Skins in a printer-friendly version:
- 6 medium sweet potatoes
- 1 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
- 3-4 cloves garlic, minced or pressed
- 1 (13.25 oz.) bag of baby spinach and kale (or any other greens that you like)
- ¾ cup non-fat plain greek yogurt
- 8 oz. reduced-fat Kraft Philadelphia Cream Cheese
- 2 (16 oz.) cans reduced-sodium chickpeas, rinsed and drained
- 1 tsp. chipotle chili powder
- Sea salt and fresh ground pepper to taste
- 8 oz. Kraft Natural Shredded Cheddar Cheese
- Pre-heat oven to 350 F.
- Wash and scrub the sweet potatoes then, pierce them 6-8 time with a knife and wrap them in a damp paper towel.
- Place in the microwave for about 2 minutes per sweet potato, rotating them once. *Please note that microwave times will vary based on your microwave and the size of the sweet potatoes.
- While the sweet potatoes are cooking, heat olive oil in a large, deep pan. Once hot, add the garlic to the pan and just brown the garlic. Add all of the baby spinach and kale and wilt for 2-3 minutes.
- When the sweet potatoes are fork-tender, remove them from the microwave and cut in half to cool. Once cool enough to handle, scoop out the sweet potato flesh leaving a thin layer inside the skin so they will hold their shape.
- Then place the skins on a baking sheet and drizzle with olive oil. Bake them for 5 minutes to get the skins crispy. Remove from oven.
- While the skins are crisping, mash the sweet potato flesh with greek yogurt and Kraft Philadelphia Cream Cheese in a large mixing bowl.
- Add the sauteéd greens, chickpeas, salt, pepper and chipotlé chili powder to the bowl and stir to combine well.
- Fill each skin with the sweet potato mixture and top with lots of Kraft Natural Cheddar Cheese.
- Bake again for 10 minutes or so to melt the cheese and warm the filling.
- Turn the broiler on and broil for 1-2 minutes more. Watch this process very closely as they will burn quickly.
- Remove from oven and serve immediately.
I ended up with extra sweet potato mixture that did not fit into the skins. It can be warmed and served with pita chips or crackers as an additional dip for the gathering.
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Those look ah-mazing. I would literally sit down with a plate of those and proceed to devour the entire plate full!
Yum! This looks amazing! I’ve done stuffed regular potatoes before but never sweet potatoes! I have to try this very soon!
Those look so delicious! I love the combination of flavors, and sweet potato is a super food.
Oh wow, this sounds like a fun new project for the boyfriend and I to try. I’d love to try this out with some barbecue.
I absolutely love sweet potatoes! I have never really put a lot of thought into making them into potato skins! Yum!
YUM! I don’t think I’ve ever made loaded sweet potatoes before! I’ll need to correct that soon! For New Year’s Eve, we just head out to a neighborhood party which is perfect for us since I can walk home with whichever child hits their wall (which is way before midnight) while my husband stays with the other two! (client)
These loaded sweet potatoes look so amazing. Sweet potatoes are my favorite. I will have to try this on the weekend. My kids are going to love it.
these look absolutely delicious. I can’t wait to try them out. thanks for the great photos and the wonderful recipe.
This looks absolutely delicious. I haven’t tried making sweet potato but my family love a loaded regular ones.
The idea of loaded sweet potatoes skins sounds delicious. I don’t like yogurt or cream cheese so I would substitute maybe a couple different Kraft cheeses. Yummy!!! Thanks for shairng the idea.
They look so good, I’ve always done a loaded potato. I never thought to do a loaded sweet potato. I’m so trying this.
Wow! Those look amazing! I love anything with piles of melted cheese on it too.
This looks amazing! I’m sure my whole family would love it. Such a different way to make potato skins. Yum!
Wow, I really love everything about this recipe! I am always looking for sweet potato recipes!
I absolutely hate sweet potatoes, but cheese can make anything taste good, right? Plus, man, your photos make my mouth water! I even called my husband in to look (who also hates sweet potatoes) and he agreed that we just might have to give this a try based strictly on your pictures. LOL!
LOL Kelli!! Cheese does make EVERYTHING better!! Thank you so much on the kind words on my pics 🙂
These look and sound so amazing! I want to whip up a batch of these for New Year’s Eve!!! Thanks for sharing.
This must be so delicious with all those ingredients. I love kale and spinach and I really can’t wait to try this. Yum!
Omg these look so yummy!!! I’ve never made potatoe skins with sweet potatoes before. I will have to give the a try
I love sweet potatoes, but I’ve never tried a recipe like this before. It looks and sounds delicious in every sense of the word!
Never developed a taste for sweet potato so I would use regular baking potatoes for this instead 🙂