Mediterranean Baked Sweet Potatoes

Made this along with the fall slaw, stuffed mushrooms, and tofu chocolate pie for a family holiday gathering. What a hit! I found it pretty quick and easy to make, a great dish for a gathering, as it is easy to make at the same time as other things…and it looks very fancy when it’s all put together. I definitely baked the sweet potatoes about 10-15 mins longer than suggested (with intermittent checking!), and they came out great. My family agreed that it was really nice to have such a healthy and delicious holiday meal, and we were all absolutely stuffed after (including my carnivorous brother!) Even my 6 year old who didn’t even want to try it, upon taking her required taste (she has to at least try everything) devoured the whole thing faster than I ate mine! Big win for all the recipes we tried! Thanks so much.

This recipe is INCREDIBLE. I wish I could fast forward time to tomorrow night dinner, solely so I can eat it again!

Unfortunately no photos…as I was running out of the house for our group dinner. I have never been one to really follow recipes however I saw this recipe and followed every step. I served a huge group of american and hispanic friends many of whom are not big vegi fans….this recipe was the BIG HIT of the evening! I shared Minimalist Baker with everyone….they keep asking for more…and I plan on delivering ;)

I’ve recently started cooking vegan and this recipe caught my eye. The photos look so beautiful that you’d think it would be hard to make but it was so simple! Easy and delicious. I’ll be making this again and again!

Just finished eating this… I intended just having one potato with proportionate sauce and chickpeas, but that didn’t happen! I ate two big ones with most of the sauce and most of the chickpeas! Ha…. It was absolutely the most garlicky dish ever and it burnt my tongue and I loved it! I have made several of your recipes and each is better than the last; all completely amazing. I made your hummus last night fortuitously as I could then use it in this dish. Hurrah. Thank you so so much for your wonderful, inspiring and deeply delicious recipes.

This looks so amazing! I can just imagine the flavours being absolutely fantastic together. Going to make these tonight for my boyfriend, hope they turn out well! :)

I just made this and it is seriously delicious! And easy…. :)

Made this for dinner tonight as part of our vegan Thanksgiving week (to lead into the traditional actual Thanksgiving dinner). The tang of the dressing was perfect with the sweet of the potato. My garden still has oodles of Italian parsley- I was happy to be able to use it!

I made this tonight and it was delicious! I loved the addition of cinnamon to the chickpeas. I’m always looking for yummy and beautiful vegetarian dishes and this sure takes the cake. Plus, my house smells amazing! Thank you!

I made this last night. Seriously delicious! My boyfriend and I loved this dish. Yummy yum yum, looking forward to left overs for lunch :)

Oh, and I give you 5 stars of course for creating a recipe that even I can cook AND that tastes fantastic.

I made this tonight, and it was great! I must say, I don’t normally enjoy cooking because I’m bad at multitasking, but this was really easy, and tasted amazingly good, and even my boyfriend liked it, who normally cooks for us because I tend to be really bad at it usually :) I will come back to this site often now and try all the other stuff. It’s so hard to find vegetarian dishes that are not totally greasy, yet filling and yummy, have easy-to-find ingredients and do not require crazy amounts of multitasking. Yey! Thank you so much. Best wishes from Germany!

I made this for my 4 non vegan family members and they were raving about it. The flavours are so interesting and work together so well. I also added a spinach and avacado salad and couscous salad. Thank you for this wonderful recipe, it wil be joining my monthly rotation!

Forgot to add my 5 star rating.

Oh my goodness – this recipe is fantastic! I just made it for me and my husband tonight and it was delicious in so many ways. The slight sourness of the sauce balances the sweetness of the sweet potatoes perfectly. I love your food blog! I have a dream to start one of my own vegetarian food blog one day as I love to cook and I’m a writer by profession. I don’t eat meat and try to eat vegan often so your recipes are perfect for me and my family. I included my “blog” website here (getting some practice for now) and would love your feedback on some of my original recipes. It’s so fun to cook healthy food and even more fun to eat it!

I came across this great recipe on Pinterest. I love sweet potatoes. They are so nutritious and low glycemic, so a wonderful food on which to fill up when trying to keep calories down. I’ll make this for my son, who is lactose intolerant and loves sweet potatoes. I have a question though — what is chili garlic sauce? Is that a common item I can purchase? Thanks!!

I don’t even like sweet potatoes and these were amazing!

I did double the spices and the sauce–I always do that–and roasted the tomatoes first (because I hate raw tomatoes, but love them cooked (weird, I know)). Really just so good. And easy to make.

Thanks!

I made these for dinner last night and they are soooooo good! The only thing I did differently was double the spices for the chickpeas (I do that for most recipes) which I definitely recommend. When I do them next time, I’ll probably also double the amount of sauce and toppings, just because it was so tasty. My mouth is watering just thinking about them. Do yourself a favour and make these today! :)

This looks like a great Thanksgiving dish. I request permission to include it in the Nov. issue of my online journal The Peaceable Table, together with one of the pictures. I will of course acknowledge you.
Thanks!

Great on a bed of baked beans.

These are absolutely delicious!!! Thank you so much for this recipe!
I will make them again and again. :-)

I am also eating this right now and I couldn’t even finish before feeling the need to Thank You for the recipe!!!

I adjusted the recipe and used what I had at home: sweet potatoes, hummus, canned chickpeas, canned diced tomatoes, olive oil, cinnamon, garlic, and I added crushed red pepper. So a bit more “minimalist” due to not wanting to make a grocery store run. Anyway the combo turned out to be SO delicious and my only regret is that I don’t have any guests over tonight!!!

Thanks for yet another delicious dish!

I am eating this right now. I didn’t have any dill or chili garlic sauce, so I just added chili powder and garlic salt to my tomato/lemon garnish and it still came out great! I think this just became my new favorite thing to cook ever. I’m not even vegetarian and I’m going to make this all the time!

Winner Winner Chick Pea Dinner!

Generally speaking I am practically carnivorous and can’t stand the idea of a vegetarian, much less vegan meal, but I am trying to diversify my diet so I gave this a try, and it was so incredibly delicious! I’m definitely going to have to try out more of your recipes. Thanks for making veganism accessible!

It looks amazing!! I can’t wait to cook it! One question but.. It is 400 degrees Fahrenheit, not Celsious, isn’t it? Thanks!:-)

Just made this- absolutely wonderful! And, now we have some fantastic leftovers for lunches this week. Thanks for sharing!

I found this recipe via Pinterest. I am new to cooking and, so far, I am not enjoying it. It’s not intuitive to me and I find so many recipes that don’t clearly explain how to do certain things or give tips on the order to do things (while this is cooking, do this! Or, mix this ahead of time.), which is probably fine for seasoned cooks, but it leaves me lost and discouraged! I also like recipes with minimal ingredients (at least for now, but probably forever!), so I am thrilled to have found your blog via this recipe. Your instructions are so clear. Thank you! I am planning to try this meal next week!

Just looking at this recipe made my heart happy & my soul warm. Well done. Will be making this soon.

xx,
Elizabeth

This recipe is amazing. I found your site few weeks ago and am obsessed. I’ve tried about a dozen or more of your recipes and all are just fantastic. I like that I can make something healthy and tasty and I know it will turn out. Its so nice to make something and be confident that it wont be a fail. So, just wanted to say thank you so very much for all the amazing treats and meals. Love all the photos and am looking forward to more recipes and trying all of them. its making my grocery budget bust a bit. thanks

Just made this for dinner and it was delicious! Can’t wait to try out your other recipes! <3

I cannot wait to make this recipe!! It looks so full of flavor and healthy for you too! Would be great for leftovers to take to work as well.

I was confused by the cook time too. I was also confused as to where the chili garlic sauce went. Do you mix it with the tomato/parsley or add it on top by itself? I guess it doesn’t make a difference but I thought it was weird how it wasn’t mentioned in the instructions.

I love this recipe! I made it for dinner and my hubby and I loved how flavorful it was! Next time I’ll use half as much parsley and double the sauce. The sauce is soooo good! I’ll be having left overs tomorrow.

I made this tonight at the cottage, it was exceptionally good! Next time I would cook my chickpeas in my pressure cooker. Otherwise I used garden fresh parsley,tomatoes, and onion. For spices I used herb de province and southeast Asian curry . Liked it so much I sent the recipe on yo my kids who have discriminating tastes. Thank you!

This looks beautiful and delicious. I’ve been doing a Mexican style sweet potato with black beans and corn, but I will have to give this a try. My only question, my husband really dislikes tomatoes. Do you have anything you’d suggest as a substitute? Thanks!

Hi, Dana!

I’m writing my grocery list for this week and the ingredients for this recipe are on it! :)

In the suggestions for garnishes, you list “chili garlic sauce”. Would that be a store-bought brand of sauce or something I could make at home? I’m always looking for ways to make recipes spicy…

Thanks!

Oh man, I definitely want to try this recipe!!

Your baking instructions for the sweet potatoes are a little confusing– does 45 minutes mean double the normal time? Or is 45 minutes the time you cook the sweet potatoes when they are halved?

Please clarify.

This was really good! The sauce was incredible. I just cooked the chickpeas in a skillet with a bit of olive oil and they were fantastic. So much better than right out of the can.

I literally just finished eating this. Despite a few screw ups on my end, it was DELISH!!!! I didn’t have any dill on hand for the sauce, but I’m not a huge dill person so I just added extra garlic. I used Sabra original hummus. My biggest blunder was, I only soaked my chick peas (from bulk bins) for 2 days. They need to be boiled a minute or two to be soft all the way thru, so my chick peas were not as soft as I would have liked, but it didn’t ruin the dish. The flavors are so good together. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

Can’t wait to try these, but the calories you have listed are way off – a sweet potato by itself is around 300 calories. Thanks for the great idea!

Oh myyyyy gosh. We LOVED this tonight. Our toddlers had seconds and thirds. Love every flavor together. You are a food combination genius. Thanks so much for the recipe! xo

Simple but beautiful ! will make it soon :)

LOVED this recipe. But I only baked 2 potatoes and I’m glad I did. I thought the rest of it too good to spread around between 4 potatoes. The sauce is AMAZING! I also chopped a full cup of parsley and used one whole roma tomato instead of the cherry tomatoes. So easy and so delish! I know I’ll be making this often.

This was AWESOME! Simply AWESOME.
Thanks!

Pictures are great, text is nice and instructive, with personality, and recipe is healthy, I really liked this article. That gave me the desire to try. Thank you

This sounds so fresh and unique! Definitely on my to-try list!

Another delicious one! Super amazing. Again, excellent in my lunch the next day. The kiddo took the extra roasted chickpeas in her lunch. Thanks!

Hello hello! My husband and I made this recipe last night and loved it!! We ended up buying these golden sweet potatoes (which had a similar texture to a russet or Yukon but was just as sweet as a yam) and served it over wild black rice. Very delicious and we loved the creativity of the meal. :) thanks for sharing.

That’s awesome that you are reading (and finishing) books – I need to do that. I definitely understand the urge to eat guac every meal – it’s just so good!

love it! i’ve gotta make this soon..

I made this for dinner tonight, and it was absolutely delicious. The only deviation from the recipe was a mistake on my part. Our kitchen is being renovated and I grabbed ground cardamom instead of ground coriander. Still delicious, and next time I will use the spice specified in the recipe. Thanks so much!

Hooray for the first sweet potato of fall! The freshness of the parsley and tomato on top made it a nice way to ease into the new season, and the garlic sauce was perfect (I made it with your microwave hummus, which was AMAZING). What’s up with sweet potatoes being darn near impossible to cut lengthwise, though?!

I have recently made several of your amazing recipes. This was dinner tonight and it was fantastic! Thanks for sharing!

I’m currently roasting the sweet potatoes and chickpeas to make this yummy looking dish! So excited. Thanks for linking to those podcasts too; I’ve been all about podcasts lately and those sound like some I’d enjoy. One more thing, The Fault in Our Stars is one of my absolute favorites! Glad you liked it too.

So this was delicious. The tahini sauce alone was fantastic. First time I’ve made roasted chick peas. I’ll be doing those again.
I used Penzey’s spices so everything was fresh and the flavors were great together. I’m thinking of mixing up a small batch of the spices to use as a regular blend for other things.
My dinner guest brought me some of the bounty from her garden so I used the heirloom tomatoes with the parsley and that came out great too. I’m thinking of making up some of that and letting the flavors meld a bit.
Any other eggplant recipes?
This was a lot of work but oh so tasty.

i LOVE your recipes! this one was just deeeee-li-cious!
very inspiring,beautiful site!

You inspired me with this post. I have been over indulging and not getting enough plants, so I decided to try this last night. Mine was not as pretty as yours, but it was great. Will definitely make again!

Wow I love this post so much. I recently saw Cowspiracy by Kip Andersen and it has SO changed the way I think about food. I’m going completely vegan this October to see if it’s a sustainable thing for me to do and I’ve been doing almost all of my meal planning using your recipes! I love your blog so so much. Thanks for doing all that you do. By the way…I made a spin on your pumpkin bread and it’s on my blog right now. Thanks again!
-Quinn
P.S. I NEED to try this recipe asap because sweet potatoes and med food are two of my favorites.

I am a complete hummus maniac so when i read the recipe yesterday, i decided to make it for dinner. Thank you very much. It was absolutely delicious, and it’s such a creative recipe…

I’ve been making a similar dish like this for a while now it’s one of my go to meals after I workout the only difference is I use ripe plantains instead of sweet potato & I don’t add dill to the tahini sauce but I tried it today with the dill and it was awesome I will forever add dill. & maybe one day when I’m patient enough to bake a sweet potato I will try it that way.

& p.s this is my absolute favorite blog ! ! !

I’m right with you on the chips and guac…I could eat that all day every day pretty much (except for the lack of nutrition :)). And totally feel you on the good cry! Music is good for the soul, for sure.

My mouth is watering, love this fall recipe!!

Oooh yum. I made this last night and it was delicious. Thanks for the great recipe!

My family and I eat sweet potatoes at least 4x a week. It’s surprising we haven’t turned orange yet. I’m going to try your Garlic Herb Sauce tonight. Looks really delicious and your pictures are gorgeous as always :)

I love making sweet potatoes a meal and this recipe looks lovely. Right up my alley. Gonna try it soon!

I read The Fault In Our Stars two summers ago and absolutely loved it. When it came to the film release I wasn’t sure whether or not I wanted to see it as I had such strong images in my head of the characters and their time in Amsterdam etc. ……Of course when my friend asked me to go and see it with her I ended up saying yes. Even knowing the story and what to expect didn’t stop those tears in the cinema! What an amazing book.
I am looking forward to trying this sweet potato recipe -I have made something similar before with chickpeas in sweet potato but with chopped mozzarella and garlic which was delicious so I can’t wait to try the garlic herb sauce with almond milk.
Thanks for sharing!

I don’t only like it Dana… I loved it! I shared it to my friends and they are excited to taste it too. Thanks!

these just look amazing. perfect fall food!
xo, cheyenne

These sweet potatoes look so amazing! Why have I never thought to top mine with hummus? Such a great plan, especially with plenty of intense tabbouleh-style salad veg. Yay!

Firstly, LOOOOVE Greg Laswell. Second, love this time of year too, I’ve been eating a lot of avocados for some reason. These sweet potatoes are awesome, I love chickpeas and sweet taters together! What a filling, hearty, warm, autumn meal!

This was dinner tonight and it was so good! Already planning to have it again for dinner tomorrow…and definitely adding it to the rotation!

Eating them as I type. :)

I baked the chickpeas only 15 minutes, because I like them soft and used purple basil instead of parsley and dill (only herb I had on hand).

Delicious and very satisfying!

I may or may not be slightly obsessed with sweet potatoes. I made some sweet potato nachos this weekend that I’m still dreaming of. As a result, I saw the email with this recipe and immediately got excited. I’m already down for anything you post and if it involves sweet potatoes, I’m automatically sold. Can’t wait to try this! You rock!

It looks absolutely delish!!! I have sweet potatoes growing in my garden and was looking for some ideas and recipes to serve them, and yours is ONE of them!!! I’ll have to try it coming weekend, and we’ll eat them potatoes and herbs fresh from the garden. Thank you very much for sharing your wonderful recipes!!!

Oooh yum. I think I could live on these (and chips and guac, of course!).

Wow! I absolutely love sweet potatoes! This just takes to them to a whole new level! I can’t wait to make them! Thanks for sharing! :)

I want to make this right now!

This sounds like the perfect Fall meal. I’m inspired! I too have been known to get teary eyed after a good dose of mother nature :)

These sound delicious!!! I am going to try them tonight. How long did you roast the chickpeas for? Same amount of time as the potatoes? YUM!

Hi Dana!

Besides LOVING your sweet potatoes recipe, I am so tickled about how many things you love that I happen to love too. I read “The Fault in Our Stars” and fell in love with the story. I’m 52 but still in love with hubby like teenagers!.. About sustainability, I would strongly recommend to everyone out there to see “Cowspiracy”.. It’s the truth that so many are not willing to hear…
Sounds like you had a great summer and happy Fall!

I love baked sweet potatoes! They’re so versatile. Also…The Fault in Our Stars…read it in one day. Tear jerker.

This recipe looks so filling and satisfying! Great Job—Green love to you two as always!

I was SO excited to see a Minimalist Baker email pop into my inbox. Can’t wait to try this recipe—and The Fault In Our Stars—omg!!!! It recently reignited my love for reading

What a gorgeous and brilliant recipe! Will be trying these for sure. Thank you!

Oooh! These look great!! I may try them with butternut squash…I mean it IS fall after all!! I’ll let you know if I do, and how it turns out :) Thanks for the lovely idea!!! PS: I too get a bit emotional about fall, and the leaves changing…mostly because I know that the Wisconsin winter with all her frosty, below-zero glory are looming…….oh well! More excuse to drink hot cocoa :)

Que buen tubérculo.
La presentación del plato bien apetecible.
Un saludito

This looks amazing! I’m always on the lookout for quick and easy meatless meals for myself, too. I will definitely try this out!

Thanks for the podcast shout out! Now…I need to go buy all the ingredients for this dish. Looks so good!

Dana, I get emotional in the Fall too…Maybe it has something to do with shedding things…I dunno : ) Anyway, I had a good cry this weekend just because this whole blogging/life thing can be hard at times and whenever I feel defeated, I remember that super nice comment you left me a while back telling me to “Keep it up”. It always motivates me, and I thought you should know. So thanks x a million!

As for this recipe, I’ve been on a serious chickpea kick lately, so I am definitely going to try it! And that first picture especially, is to-die-for beautiful!

Oh. my. goodness.
I hope to find sweet potatoes ASAP!!! (in Italy it’s not so easy)

These sound absolutely marvelous! Exactly my kind of thing, and what a lovely twist on the usual sweet potato recipe! These would be PERFECT for meatless monday, and I hope you will consider adding this to our linkup, this is the reason people should be eating meatless!

These would be a great recovery food for me as Chicago closes in, so many good things, but without lacking taste! YUM!

I love mediterranean flavors and I love sweet potatoes, so I’m 100% sure I would love this dish.

This looks like a yummy, simple and healthy meal that my husband would love! And that garlic herb sauce looks good enough to eat by the spoonful!

This sounds amazing! So simple, but it looks super flavourful! Any dish with sweet potatoes is a winner in my book, but with hummus? Unreal!!

Oh yesssss, this looks AWESOME!! Totally loving that sauce!

Yum, this sounds delish!

Lennae xxx

This recipe looks delicious, my mouth is watering after reading this. This recipe couldn’t have come at a better time because I’m feeling really uninspired with food at the moment but I know what I’m having for dinner tonight after seeing this!

I only recently became a fan of sweet potatoes, but it’s hit me at full force! These look delicious!