Sweet potato toast with whipped cottage cheese and a fried egg
35 min · 29 g protein · 360 cals / serving
Thick planks of sweet potato roasted until caramelised at the edges and tender in the middle, used as toast: spread with garlicky whipped cottage cheese, topped with a crisp-edged fried egg with a runny yolk, cherry tomatoes, scallions, everything seasoning and a shake of hot sauce. Sweet, salty, creamy and spicy.
Ingredients
- 1 large sweet potato, peeled or scrubbed, cut lengthways into 1 cm (1/2 inch) planks
- a light coat cooking spray
- 1 pinch salt
Whipped cottage cheese
- 1 1/4 cups cottage cheese (1%), low-fat
- 1/2 small clove garlic, grated
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1/3 cups grape tomatoes, halved
- 1 big handful baby spinach
- 2 scallions green onions, thinly sliced
- a few dashes hot sauce
Steps
- Heat the oven to 425°F (or an air fryer to 400°F). Lay the sweet potato planks on a parchment-lined tray, spray lightly and season with salt. Roast 20–25 minutes, turning once (air fryer 12–15 minutes), until tender all the way through and browned at the edges.
- Meanwhile blend the cottage cheese with the garlic and lemon juice until silky and smooth.
- Heat a nonstick frying pan over medium-high heat with a light coat of spray and fry the eggs until the whites are set with crisp lacy edges and the yolks are as runny as you like (fully set, 160°F, if serving anyone vulnerable).
- Divide the sweet potato planks between two plates, spread them thickly with the whipped cottage cheese, top with a few spinach leaves, the eggs and the tomatoes, and finish with scallions, everything seasoning and hot sauce.
Good to know
Can I really use a toaster?
Yes, it is how the trend started: thin (6 mm) planks go through a toaster on high 3–4 times until tender. Roasting gives sweeter, more caramelised edges and is easier for thicker slices.
Make ahead?
Roast a whole tray of planks on Sunday and keep them in the fridge up to 4 days. Reheat in a toaster or air fryer for 3–4 minutes so they crisp up again.
A sweet version?
Skip the garlic and egg: spread the warm planks with plain whipped cottage cheese and top with berries, cinnamon and a drizzle of honey or nut butter.
Per
- Calories
- 80
- Protein
- (34%)
- 6 g
- Fat
- (24%)
- 2 g
- Carbohydrates
- (42%)
- 9 g
- of which sugar
- 4 g
- Fiber
- 2 g
- Sodium
- 218 mg
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Computed from the ingredients with our published formula, not yet kitchen-tested. General guidance, not medical advice. Talk to your prescriber. How
As written, 720 kcal goes into the pot and 996 g of ingredients comes out as about 906 g of food: 80 kcal per 100 g. Cooking moves water and energy density is the score's biggest lever, so the dish is scored as cooked, not as an average of its parts. Every ingredient links to its food page, with the same data and score. The label's percentages are each macronutrient's share of the calories. The full formula.