🍠 This Mexican Sweet Potato Bowl is a HEALTHY and EASY alternative to a salad! Loaded with Mexican-inspired ingredients and topped with a light lime-cumin vinaigrette, it’s ready in 20 minutes and perfect for MEAL PREPPING!
Healthy Sweet Potato Black Bean Bowl
I love Buddha bowls of all kinds, like my roasted chickpea sweet potato and chickpea bowl, and this Mexican sweet potato bowl. They’re a great way to combine a mixture of vegetables and flavors in a plant-based, healthy, and hearty format that keeps you full and satisfied for hours.
This recipe is easy, ready in 20 minutes, naturally vegan and gluten-free, and full of Mexican-inspired flavors and topped with a light lime-cumin vinaigrette for an extra pop of deliciousness.
For those times you want more than a salad (even a loaded salad, which is the only way I do salads), Buddha bowls are a perfect alternative.
Ingredients and Notes
For this sweet potato bowl, I included:
- Cumin-spiced roasted sweet potatoes
- Black beans – Pinto beans also work well
- Corn
- Tomatoes
- Avocado
- Radishes
- Cilantro
- Lime-Cumin Vinaigrette
Note: Scroll down to the recipe card section of the post for the ingredients with amounts included and for more complete directions.
What Else Can I Put In a Sweet Potato Bowl?
The great thing about these vegan burrito bowls is that they’re highly flexible based on what you have and enjoy. In sticking with the Mexican theme, other ideas for extra flavor and texture include:
- Rice – White rice, cilantro lime rice, Spanish rice, or cauliflower rice
- Cucumber
- Jicama
- Roasted poblano peppers
- Roasted tomatillos
- Red bell pepper
- Red onion
- Jalapeño peppers for heat
- Hominy
- Romaine lettuce
- Hot sauce
- Spices – A pinch of salt, paprika, garlic powder, oregano, etc.
- Avocado crema rather than lime-cumin vinaigrette
- Creamy-lime cilantro dressing or creamy chipotle sauce
- Restaurant-style blender salsa
If you’re not partial to more traditional Mexican flavors, almost any vegetable that you can roast, from broccoli to carrots to Brussels sprouts are great to toss in. As long as you’re already roasting the sweet potatoes, and if you have extra veggies on hand, roast those as well.
Can This Recipe Be Meal Prepped?
Yes! These veegan burrito bowls are awesome as meal prep recipes. I made this one on a Sunday and got 4 portions out of it.
However, you could easily bump up the vegetable quotient using some of the suggestions I just gave for what else to put in the Buddha bowls and thereby increase the yield. Or just double the recipe given.
Load everything into individual containers, stack them in the fridge, and you’ve got grab-and-go lunches or dinners ready for the week. I love seeing my fridge loaded up with healthy containers.
What to SErve with Mexican Black Bean Bowls
Mexican Sweet Potato and Black Bean Buddha Bowl
Equipment
- 1 Small Jar
Ingredients
Buddha Bowl
- 2 extra-large sweet potatoes, peeled and diced into bite-sized 1-inch pieces
- 2 to 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt, or to taste
- ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, or to taste
- one 15.5-ounce can black beans, drained and rinsed (I use no-salt added)
- 1 cup corn, I used frozen that I thawed and drained
- 1 or 2 Roma tomatoes, diced small
- 4 to 6 radishes, thinly sliced
- 1 large avocado, thinly sliced or diced into small cubes
- 2 to 3 tablespoons fresh cilantro, finely minced; or to taste
Lime-Cumin Vinaigrette
- 2 to 3 tablespoons lime juice
- 2 to 3 tablespoons honey or agave, use the later to keep vegan
- 2 to 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- ¾ teaspoon kosher salt, or to taste
- ¾ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, or to taste
- pinch cayenne pepper, optional and to taste
Instructions
Buddha Bowl:
- Preheat oven to 400F (use convection if you have it), line a sheet pan with foil for easier cleanup if desired, add the sweet potatoes, drizzle with oil, evenly season with salt and pepper, and roast for about 20 minutes, or until as tender as desired; flip once midway through roasting to ensure even cooking. While potatoes are roasting, prepare the bowls and vinaigrette.
- Among 4 bowls or meal prep containers, evenly divide the black beans, corn, tomatoes, and when the potatoes are done evenly divide them as well.
- Evenly divide and top with radishes, avocado, cilantro, and the vinaigrette (see below).
Lime-Cumin Vinaigrette:
- Combine all ingredients in a small jar with a lid and shake vigorously or in a small bowl and whisk together.
- Taste dressing and make tweaks if necessary according to taste preferences, i.e. more salt, more honey, more chili powder, etc.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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I have been making this for a couple months now. It’s super quick and easy to meal prep and it lasts all week! I love the flavor and texture combinations in this recipe. I cook a lot and typically alter recipes, but this one is perfect as written!
These bowls look amazing! I totally need to make them for lunch today!
Paige
https://thehappyflammily.com
Delish, fast, and easy! Great for an easy lunch or dinner!