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Alex Caspero is a Registered Dietitian, New York Times Bestselling Plant-Based Chef and mom of two. She aims to cut through the nutrition noise by providing real-life, nourishing tips for body and mind. Learn more about Alex.
It’s Monday morning, and I need easy. After a jam-packed weekend, I’m in the mood for simple creature comforts like a giant blanket, coffee on the couch wrapped up in said blanket, and meals that I can make while standing in the kitchen, wrapped in that same blanket. I’m fairly certain I’ve just described the snuggie.
BL and I have settled into our domestic weekend roles fairly easily. I spend most of the week talking about all of the projects we are going to get done on the weekend. We’re ambitious. I want to paint the entire interior, redo the kitchen counters, and purchase furniture for the 4 rooms that are completely vacant. Before the holidays. We nod in unison throughout the week on our to-do list but somehow, come Sunday morning, we are back in our respective places. I’m in the kitchen, he’s writing emails, and it’s OK. Monday morning comes, and we do it all over again.
I’m realizing that while we both have two speeds (sloth and overdrive), it’s OK to savor the downtime, even if that means extending our honey-do list towards infinity. I’m working on adapting those practices to work life as well. It’s a slower movement, but I’d like to stop living and dying with every impending deadline. Like, chill out, it’s just food.
Which, is exactly what these quesadillas are. Quick sweet potato hummus, arugula, black beans, and a little pepper jack cheese if you’ve got it. The smell of melted pepper jack and warm sweet potato makes my heart do a little pitter patter with every bite. So sprinkle a little extra on, it’s Monday afterall.
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PrintSweet Potato Hummus Quesadilla! Homemade sweet potato hummus with black beans, arugula, and pepperjack cheese. Easy dinner that’s ready in 10 minutes. This hummus will make enough for 6-8 full quesadillas so you can either choose to make the entire batch and save for later (do this! especially with my cinnamon flatbreads) or halve the recipe.
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Loved these! So did my toddler! I left the cayenne out since she was sharing with me. I also used canned sweet potato to make it even quicker. Great week night meal!
★★★★★
If short on time can I purée my sweet potato and mix it with store bought hummus?
I don’t see why not? I haven’t tried that, but I would assume it would work. I might add some of the spices as well for additional flavor. Taste as needed for salt- you’ll likely need to add some.
I love, love, love the way this looks. I’m all about easy meatless monday meals! So glad I stumbled upon your blog today, Alex!
Thanks Dani! I am too! 🙂
I love sweet potato quesadillas, but never thought to make sweet potato HUMMUS quesadillas! Great easy weeknight dinner, especially when in overdrive. I can totally relate!
Great recipe! Love the quick and easy quesadillas, so my style. I hate to break it to you, but the list will only get longer and the ambitions only stronger with time! We are hitting our three year mark in this house and I recently started a board for Mr CEO to redo our kitchen…however, the three paint incident of the interior paint job will forever haunt me!! Needless to say, I’ve been given the “I only do it once, so you better choose wisely” talk thus I am having a hard time pinning it down! If kitchen remodels (ie. cabinets and DIY islands) are in your future, lets chat!!
Ha! BL would never let me live that down 🙂 He already told me that I better love, love gray because that’s the color of our living room for a while now! Yes- they are in my future… but eventually. That’s a little further down the list! 🙂
Hi Alex! You make me laugh — sloth or overdrive? I guess I could probably say the same about myself, too! But about this hummus — sweet potato? Yes, please! Beautiful recipe. I’m dying for this!
Thanks Ashley!
You know I love stuff like this! Pinning now!
Oh man, I wish I could learn how to slow down with work a bit more. I was sick over the weekend, and I was still worrying about blogging things, until the afternoon hit, and I just felt like taking a looong nap to restore.
Beautiful quesadillas, Alex!
Take a nap! I feel like blogging things are a never ending list, I’m trying to relax a bit more and just take things day by day. I’ll let you know how it goes 😉
Oh these look SO good! It’s so chilly here – would love this quesadilla + soup + a nice fire :).
Lately I’ve been on a Sweet Potato Hummus Sandwich kick (https://makinglifesweet.com/sweet-potato-hummus-sandwich/) But I think I’m definitely going to have to try putting it in quesadillas now!! YUM! 🙂