Try out our easy sweet potato and butter bean dip recipe, created by our Nutrition team at Penny Brohn UK.
Ingredients
- 1 small sweet potato
- 400g tin butter beans drained (or chickpeas or mixed beans)
- Juice and zest of ½ – 1 lemon
- 1 clove garlic, crushed (for a milder flavour, add the unpeeled garlic to the roasting pan for the last 15 minutes, peel before blending)
- 1-2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tsp smoked paprika (optional)
- 1 tbsp chopped chives
Method
• Cook sweet potato in jacket until soft at 200°C, Gas 6 for about 30 minutes.
• Blend all ingredients in a food processor/blender.
• Dribble in olive oil until desired consistency.