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Sweet Potato Toast

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Sweet Potato Toast

Thin planks of sweet potato toasted crisp and loaded with toppings: a colourful, gluten-free swap for toast.

~459 kcalper serving~6g protein~72g carbs~18g fat

Estimated. Worked out from the ingredients using the UK food composition tables, so treat it as a guide rather than a measurement. A typical recipe lands within about a quarter of the true figure. Makes about 1.

Ingredients

  • 1 large sweet potato, sliced lengthways
  • Toppings: avocado & egg, or nut butter & banana
  • Salt & pepper

Cooking Steps

  1. Slice the sweet potato into thin planks.

  2. Toast in a toaster (2–3 cycles) or bake at 200°C (400°F) for 15 minutes until tender.

  3. Top savoury with mashed avocado and a poached egg, or sweet with nut butter and banana.

  4. Season and serve.

Optional Enhancements

  • Add chilli flakes or seeds
  • Cottage cheese and tomato
  • Hummus and rocket

Plant & Growing Tips

Sweet Potatoes

  • Plant slips in full sun after the last frost, in well-drained, sandy soil.
  • They need consistent moisture, especially during tuber formation, and mound soil around the base to encourage more growth.

Avocado

  • Grow from a pit started in water, then transfer to a large pot with well-draining soil in a warm, sunny location.
  • Provide consistent watering and humidity, protecting young plants from frost.

Natural Pest Control

  • Practice crop rotation for sweet potatoes to disrupt the life cycle of sweet potato weevils.
  • Control scale insects on avocado by gently wiping them off with a cloth soaked in rubbing alcohol or applying neem oil.
  • Increase humidity around avocado plants and spray with water to deter spider mites.

Harvest

Sweet Potatoes

  • Harvest when leaves start to yellow and die back, typically 90-120 days after planting slips.
  • Carefully dig up tubers with a fork to avoid damage, then cure them in a warm, humid place for 1-2 weeks before storing.

Avocado

  • Avocado fruit can take many months to ripen on the tree; pick when mature (full size, dull skin) and let ripen at room temperature indoors.
  • Test ripeness by gently pressing the skin; it should yield slightly when ready.

Storing & Freezing

Toast fresh; par-baked planks keep 2 days.

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