Baked Potatoes with Cottage Cheese, Spicy Tomato Sauce & Black Beans (Vegetarian & Gluten Free)
These baked potatoes are easy to make and perfect to serve for lunch or dinner
Servings 4
Ingredients
- 2 Baked potatoes washed
For the spicy tomato sauce
- 1 Yellow onion finely diced
- 1-2 Garlic cloves minced
- 1/2-1 Red chili minced
- 1 tsp Paprika powder
- 1/2 tsp Onion powder
- 1/2 tsp Cayenne pepper (can be omitted)
- 1 can Crushed tomatoes
- Sea salt, to taste
- Black pepper, to taste
- Olive oil
For the black beans
- 1 Galic clove
- 1 can Black beans drained and rinsed
- 1 tsp Cumin
- 1 tsp Paprika powder
- Olive oil
For the topping
- 500 g Cottage cheese
- A hand full of Fresh spinach
- 10 Cherry tomatoes diced
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 225 degrees Celsius.
- Add a aluminium folk or parchment paper on a baking sheet.
- Wash the potatoes and poke the potato using a fork all around the potatoes.
- Place the potatoes on the prepared baking sheet and bake in the oven for 40-60 minutes, depending on how big your potatoes are. Insert a toothpick to check if the potatoes are done all way through.
- Meanwhile prepare the other ingredients when about 10 minutes remain for the potatoes to be done.
- Preheat two nonstick pans over medium heat with a drizzle of olive oil.
- Add minced yellow onion and garlic and fry for 2-3 minutes, until the onion starts to get soft and golden brown.
- Next add the red chili, paprika powder, onion powder and cayenne pepper and stir to combine. Fry for 1-2 minutes.
- Add the crushed tomatoes and combine with the rest of the ingredients. Taste to check of more seasoning is needed and and seal salt and black pepper according to taste. Let it shimmer until the baked potatoes are done.
- Add minced garlic to the other pan and fry for one minute.
- Add the black beans and spices and stir to combine. Taste to check of more seasoning is needed.
- When the baked potatoes are done take them out of the oven and gently using a small knife, slice halfway through the potato lengthwise. Then give it a gentle squeeze to open.
- Stuff with cottage cheese, the hot tomato sauce and black beans.
- Top with fresh spinach and diced cherry tomatoes.