This easy recipe for BLT Sweet Potato Noodle Bowls includes the best parts of a bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich without any bread. I used spiralized sweet potato noodles and added avocado to make this fast and healthy dinner. This recipe can be made gluten free, paleo, or Whole 30 compliant.
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I finally started using my spiralizer for something other than zucchini. I can’t get enough of these vibrantly colored sweet potato “noodles.”
Spiralized sweet potato noodles bake fairly quickly {30 minutes} and are almost as fun to eat as curly fries. I admit my digestion feels much better after eating the sweet potato version.
K and I have been making simple recipes for dinner lately, to maximize our time with baby C and recover from the inevitable sleep deprivation. C has been a champion sleeper but the 8 month sleep regression is no joke! Thankfully this recipe takes only a few steps to put together.
I baked a pan of nitrate-free turkey bacon and spiralized sweet potatoes while prepping the other ingredients. Halved cherry tomatoes, crunchy romaine lettuce, avocado and a simple dijon vinaigrette dressing is all you need for these BLT Sweet Potato Noodle Bowls.
BLT Sweet Potato Noodle Bowls
A healthy dinner recipe made with spiralized sweet potato "noodles."
Ingredients
- 2 sweet potatoes
- 4-6 slices bacon
- 1/2 cup grape tomatoes
- 1 cup romaine lettuce {chopped}
- 1/2 avocado
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 tsp salt
Dijon Vinaigrette
- 2 tbsps olive oil
- 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
- 2 tsp Dijon mustard
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1/8 tsp black pepper
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
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Spiralize two sweet potatoes.
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Stir together spiralized sweet potatoes with olive oil, salt and pepper. I also added a few shakes of Hatch chile powder.
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Bake spiralized sweet potatoes for 30 minutes.
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Bake your bacon - preheat oven to 400 degrees.
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Add bacon to a cookie sheet/pan lined with parchment paper. Bake for 20 minutes.
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Make Dijon vinaigrette by whisking the ingredients in a small bowl until combined
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Top the baked sweet potato noodles with slices of bacon, halved tomatoes, chopped lettuce, and avocado.
Recipe Notes
Optional: Add 1/2 teaspoon of Hatch chile powder to the sweet potatoes before baking.
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This is totally getting made! We had sweet potato noodles last night–we love them!
Awesome I hope you like it!