Welcome to our High-Protein, Low-Carb series – easy Feel Good recipes to get you in shape this summer! Episode 1: Cajun Loaded Sweet Potato, Over the past 18 months, I’ve lost over 100 lbs – and food played a massive role in that journey. I didn’t give up the foods I love – I just made sustainable changes to how I eat. And when you combine that with regular exercise? That’s when real transformation happens.
- 4 Large sweet potatoes
- 1 yellow bell pepper diced
- 1 red bell pepper diced
- 1 small red onion diced
- 1/2 scotch bonnet diced
- 2 spring onions diced
- 300g Boneless chicken thighs diced
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 tbsp. Garlic powder
- 1 tbsp. Cajun seasoning
- 1 tbsp. Olive oil
- 2 tbsp. Unsalted butter
- 1 tbsp. parmesen cheese
- 1 tbsp. Sour cream
- 150g Cheddar / mozzarella mix
Guacamole and sour cream for topping, Parsley for garnish.
- Diced up all your veggies then set aside.
- Diced up your chicken thighs into 3cm cubes, add to a mixing bowl, and season with seal salt, black pepper, garlic powder and cajun seasoning. Then Air fry for 20 mins. At 200 degrees.
- Wash your sweet potato, then poke holes into them and wrap in foil with olive oil and a pinch of sea salt.
- Place in a baking tray and cook into the oven for 40 minutes at 200 degrees until tender.
- Once sweet potatoes are cooked carefully unwrap the foil, then slice the top and scoop out 80% of the flesh and add to a mixing bowl with butter, parmesan cheese and sour cream then mix together.
- Add sweet potato mix back into the sweet potato boat, followed by the Cajun Chicken topped with cheddar and mozzerella. Cook in the oven for 15 minutes at 200 degrees.