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Roasted Sweet Potato and Black Bean Bowls

Cumin-roasted sweet potatoes and black beans over brown rice with a lemon tahini drizzle.

Roasted Sweet Potato and Black Bean Bowls, plated and ready to serve
Serves
4
Total time
45 min
Cost per serving (United States)
$11.50

Ingredients

  • 2 lb sweet potatoes
  • 30 oz canned black beans
  • 1 1/2 cup brown rice
  • 4 tbsp tahini
  • 2 lemon
  • 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
  • 2 1/2 tsp kosher salt
  • 5 oz baby spinach
  • 1/2 bunch cilantro(optional)

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 425F. Cook the brown rice according to package directions.

  2. Cut the sweet potatoes into 1-inch cubes and toss with 3 tablespoons oil, the cumin, smoked paprika, and salt.

  3. Roast on a sheet pan 25 to 30 minutes, turning once, until browned and tender.

  4. Add the drained black beans to the pan for the last 8 minutes to warm and dry slightly.

  5. Whisk the tahini with the juice of both lemons, the remaining oil, a pinch of salt, and enough water to make a pourable sauce.

  6. Build bowls with rice, spinach, sweet potatoes, and beans, and drizzle heavily with the tahini sauce.

What this costs, country by country

Each figure is the ingredients for the full recipe at prices read in that country’s own shops, in its own currency. Nothing here is converted from dollars.

The cost of this recipe in 11 countries, each in its own currency, with how many of the 10 ingredients we could price in each. Figures are not converted between currencies, so the rows cannot be ranked against each other.
CountryWhole recipePer servingPriced from
United States$45.99$11.5010 of 10 ingredients
United Kingdom£24.93£6.2310 of 10 ingredients
Australia$57.27$14.3210 of 10 ingredients
Egypt‏٩١٣٫٤٣ ج.م.‏‏٢٢٨٫٣٦ ج.م.‏10 of 10 ingredients
Canada$137.00$34.2510 of 10 ingredients
Greece29,41 €7,35 €9 of 10 ingredients
New Zealand$67.55$16.898 of 10 ingredients
Spain19,01 €4,75 €7 of 10 ingredients
Mexico$607.18$151.807 of 10 ingredients
Germany32,16 €*8,04 €6 of 10 ingredients
Austria€ 22,49*€ 5,626 of 10 ingredients

* We have read fewer than seven in ten of these ingredients in that country, so the total is a partial figure and the real one is higher.

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