Our Farmer Cheese Stuffed Sweet Potatoes, seasoned with cozy spices, is a warm and filling recipe that’s loaded with nutrients and is simple to make for an easy lunch or dinner. Sweet potatoes are a superfood, and so is Lifeway Farmer Cheese, so we packed them both into this delicious recipe. Packed with vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin B6, and potassium, sweet potatoes are a sweet way to eat healthy that you can feel good about.
When Lifeway Farmer Cheese is included, it adds a dose of live cultures for easier digestion and plenty of complete protein to complete the meal. Our small-batch cheese is an incredibly versatile ingredient for all of your baking needs. Here, we purée the cheese with a mixture of maple syrup and cinnamon to give it a sweet and festive flavor. You could also leave those out and sprinkle with salt and pepper for a simpler approach.
The Benefits of Cultured Dairy for Better Health:
Research continues to show the importance of eating healthy foods, including cultured dairy such as kefir, for better gut health, a strong immune system, and to support the microbiome. Fermented foods like kefir hold important value in this line of research due to the link between the gut-brain axis and overall health. Specifically, kefir has been shown to help diversify the microbiome, improve digestion, reduce inflammation, and even help support healthier blood sugar levels and improve levels of satiety due to how it triggers the release of GLP-1 since it is an excellent source of protein and high in bioavailable nutrition.
Lifeway Kefir contains a variety of nutrients that are vital for healthy bones and overall health: vitamin D3, K, calcium, and vitamin B12. Lifeway also offers our artisan-made Farmer Cheese, a creamy cultured cheese made with live and active cultures to support a healthy microbiome that is also an excellent source of complete protein.
Prep Time: 25 mins Servings: 2Ingredients
- 2 sweet potatoes
For the Farmer Cheese Cream
- 1 cup Farmer Cheese
- 1 tbsp. cinnamon
- 1 tbsp. maple syrup
- *or just use salt and pepper
- Toppings:
- crumbled walnuts
- 2 tbsp. of hemp seeds or pumpkin seeds
- optiona; drizzle of honey or maple syrup (or hot sauce if going the savory route)
Directions
- Pre-heat the oven to 400 degrees F.
- Prepare sweet potatoes by piercing each sweet potato with a fork a few times. Place them on a baking sheet and bake for 45 minutes to an hour.
- Once done, cut the sweet potatoes in half and let cool slightly.
- Prepare the farmer cheese by adding it to a food processor, along with the maple syrup, and cinnamon (or salt and pepper for a savory option). Blend until smooth.
- Using a fork, slightly separate the flesh from the skin of the potato. Even distribute the farmer cheese mixture and the other toppings among the sweet potato halves.
- Mix together and serve.
