Cottage Cheese Sweet Potato Bowls

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Cottage Cheese Sweet Potato Bowls

These Viral Cottage Cheese Sweet Potato Bowls are all over TikTok and Instagram right now, and for good reason! It’s a meal that’s loaded with flavor, protein, comes together quickly and easily, and is perfect for meal prep.

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Keyword Bowls, cottage cheese, lentils, vegetarian

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 25

Total Time 45

Servings bowls

Calories 507kcal

Author Debi

Ingredients

2 sweet potatoes peeled and diced
2 tablespoons olive oil divided use
½ teaspoon onion powder
½ teaspoon garlic powder
½ teaspoon paprika
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon coarse ground black pepper
1 cup uncooked lentils
1 ounce packet taco seasoning about 3 tablespoons
2 cups cottage cheese
1 avocado sliced
½ cup chopped cilantro

Instructions

Roast sweet potatoes

Peel and cut sweet potato into bite sized pieces, about ½ to 1-inch in size. You want your sweet potato chunks to be roughly uniform in size so they all cook at about the same rate. In a medium bowl, toss sweet potatoes in 1 tablespoon oil, onion powder, garlic powder, paprika, salt, and black pepper.
2 sweet potatoes, 2 tablespoons olive oil, ½ teaspoon onion powder, ½ teaspoon garlic powder, ½ teaspoon paprika, ¼ teaspoon salt, ¼ teaspoon coarse ground black pepper

oven method

Preheat oven to 425° F. Place the sweet potatoes on a parchment paper lined sheet pan, and spread them out so there is a single layer. Roast in 425° F oven, for 25-30 minutes, or until crisp and browned outside and just tender inside, and are easily pierced with a fork.

Air fryer method

Preheat air fryer to 400° F. Add sweet potatoes to the air fryer basket and air fry for about 15-20 minutes until potatoes are easily pierced with a fork. You may need to cook sweet potatoes in batches so that you don’t crowd the air fryer.

Cook lentils

While potatoes are cooking, cook the lentils.
1 cup uncooked lentils
In a large pot, add 1 cup dried lentils and 4 cups hot water. Simmer gently with lid tilted until desired tenderness is reached, about 15-20 minutes. Drain any excess liquid from the pot.
Stir 1 tablespoon oil and the taco seasoning into the cooked and drained lentils.
2 tablespoons olive oil, 1 ounce packet taco seasoning

Assemble bowls

To each of four bowls, add ¼ of the sweet potatoes, ¼ of the lentils, ½ cup of cottage cheese, ¼ of the avocado slices, and sprinkle with cilantro. Sprinkle each bowl with red pepper flakes and a drizzle of hot honey if desired.
2 cups cottage cheese, 1 avocado, ½ cup chopped cilantro

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Notes

Use canned lentils to make it super quick and easy or freshly cooked lentils. I find that freshly cooked from dried lentils have a better texture than canned ones.

This is a great meal prep idea! You’ll want to cook the ingredients and store them separately in the fridge for up to a week. Then, just assemble the bowls when you’re ready to eat.

I like the ingredients in the bowls served cold from the fridge, but if you prefer to reheat, simply pop the lentils and sweet potatoes in the microwave or in a saucepan on the stovetop until warmed through.

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