Black Bean and Sweet Potato Tostadas
This week I made black bean and sweet potato tostadas for dinner and used fresh corn tortillas from Tortilla Land. They taste just like homemade fresh tortillas, without all of the work. We haven’t had too many recipe flops, but when were newlyweds we tried to make homemade tortillas and talk about a disaster. They were horrible, we couldn’t even eat them. The tortillas were too thick, dry, and just gross. We haven’t tried making them since. Instead, we like to buy fresh tortillas from a local Mexican store or use Tortilla Land’s fresh tortillas.
Tostadas are one of our favorite week night meals. We love making black bean and mango tostadas during the hot, summer months, but now we are craving fall foods. We decided to create a new tostada recipe for fall. We replaced the mangoes with roasted sweet potatoes. I thought I might miss the mangoes, but nope-not even for a second. The roasted sweet potatoes were the perfect addition to our fall tostadas.
While the sweet potatoes were roasting in the oven, we cooked up some fresh tortillas. Tortilla Land tortillas are sold uncooked in the refrigerator section at the store. I love that there are no preservatives, lard, trans fat, or cholesterol involved. All you have to do is heat them up for about 60 seconds and you have hot, fresh, taste like homemade tortillas. I love watching them bubble up-that is the best part:) We slipped our tortillas under the broiler for a couple of minutes to crisp them up-which made them the perfect base for our black bean sweet potato tostadas.
We garnished the tostadas with our favorite toppings-cilantro, red onion, avocado, and a squeeze of fresh lime. Josh also added cheese and hot sauce to his. Feel free to add whatever toppings you like. These black bean and sweet potato tostadas are the perfect quick and easy meal for fall. Make them this weekend-the black beans and bright orange sweet potatoes make them the perfect meal for Halloween!
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Black Bean and Sweet Potato Tostadas
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients:
2 large sweet potatoes, washed, peeled, and cut into small cubes
Drizzle of olive oil
Salt and pepper, to taste
4 corn tortillas (we used Tortilla Land)
1 can black beans, rinsed and drained
1/2 red onion, diced
1/2 cup chopped cilantro
1 avocado, diced
1 lime, cut into wedges
Shredded cheese (optional)
Salsa or hot sauce (optional)Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Place sweet potato cubes on a large baking sheet. Lightly drizzle with olive oil and toss. Season with salt and pepper. Roast in the oven for 40-45 minutes or until sweet potatoes are soft and tender. Stir a couple of times while they are roasting.
2. In a non-stick skillet, heat corn tortillas over medium-high heat. When tortillas start to bubble up, flip and heat the other side until golden brown, about 30 seconds for each side. Place tortillas on a baking sheet and lightly spray with cooking spray. Place under a hot broiler for about 2 minutes. Remove from oven and turn over tortillas. Place tortillas back under the broiler for another two minutes.
3. Heat black beans over the stove or in the microwave. Top tortillas with beans, sweet potatoes, onion, cilantro, lime juice, and any other toppings you desire. Serve warm.
*Note-these are a little messy, we just pick them up and eat them with our hands:)
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*Tortilla Land supplied the tortillas for this post and is sponsoring the giveaway. Our opinions are our own.
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This is how I do my tortillas too – no frying and no grease! It’s a simple, healthy way to have them on the weeknights and I love it. This combo looks delish!
I love trying new things with tortillas but the thing I make most often is black bean quesadillas for my kids. I put black beans, shredded cheese and sometimes even cream cheese in them and brown them up with a little olive oil. I definitely need to make your tostadas. They look amazing!
Great job!! These look delicious and I bet TASTE delicious!! Beautiful ingredients as well!
We also love Tortilla Land tortillas over here. These tostadas look awesome! xo
This looks sooo good! All those vibrant toppings… just, YUM.
I never think of making something as simple as delicious as tostadas for dinner. I had a roommate who use to make a killer pan fried burrito, that was full of fresh ingredients such as your recipe, and I loved it. Thanks for inspiring me …. giving this a whirl next week!
Great combo!
I want to make my favorite all time dish – Baja fish tacos!!! I can almost taste them now!!!
I would make your tostadas because they look delish and healthy!
I would totally make these! My boys love sweet potatoes and black beans! They look amazing!
I love tostadas, especially with a crispy tortilla. Yum! Veggies and crunch…mmmmmm
I love tostadas! Great combination of flavors and textures… yum!
I’ve been getting way too many sweet potatoes in my CSA box and now I have something new to do with them! These look great and I think my kids are going to love them!
I like huevos rancheros, a corn tortilla spread with refried beans, topped with salsa, sliced of avocado , hot sauce and a runny egg on top
oh I love tortillas..I would make fish tacos, and nachos and everything delicious and mexican. YUM!
I love Tortilla Land!! They taste so fresh!
These tostadas look delicious, and you’ve just given me an idea for dinner tonight!! yay! Can you please share the calories, fat and fiber for one tortilla? Do you still have the packaging?
twopeas replied: — October 29th, 2010 @ 11:23 am
Lori-For 2 Corn Tortillas-120 calories, 1.5g fat, 0 Sat. Fat, 0 Trans Fat, 2g fiber, 3g protein. I hope this helps:)
What a wonderfully delicious recipe that utilizes seasonal vegetables. Comfort food with the freshness of Tortilla Land tortillas–what could be better?!
These look fantastic Maria!
Mmm… – I like to make little mini mexican pizza’s under the broiler. It’s a quick, easy meal for a busy evening.
I’m going to make these for dinner tonight. I love that I have the majority of the ingredients on hand! And it’s just so pretty.
What a great idea and colorful meal! I bet this would be good with butternut squash too. I love Mexican food. Have a great weekend
I’d make shrimp or fish tacos–love those with corn tortillas. And I’ve never heard of Tortilla Land–I’d love to try them!
black beans and sweet potatoes are one of the best combos EVER…i love the tostada idea!
This looks freaking fantastic!!
My mother is a vegetarian, and I know she would flip for this recipe – and so would I! Looks delicious. Thank you for sharing this great recipe and lovely, bright photos!
i love that there are sweet potatoes in this! yumm, i will definitely keep this recipe in mind
Either my homemade tacos or my favorite chicken green chile casserole!
Those look delicious, Maria! You are making me hungry.
Those tortillas sound delicious as well.
I wish I was having THIS for dinner!!!!
I SO love sweet potatoes. My husband wouldn’t go for this, but I sure would. If I had those fresh tortillas, I’d probably make fish tacos. I LOVE fish tacos.
Chicken tacos, I am obsessed with them right now!
I think that I would use the tortillas to make a mexican lasagna!!
Yum! I use tortillas for TONS of recipes. But my favorite is probably a cream cheese chicken enchilada dish.
i would make quesadidllas w/ cheese, black beans and rice. yumm.
The first things we would make are fish tacos and achiote-marinated chicken thigh tacos, Yum!
My favorite thing to make with a tortilla is just to melt some (real) butter over it and roll it up!!
I have developed an obsession with making chilaquiles for breakfast. My favorite sauce is a roasted green tomatillo sauce, but I can’t seem to cut down the spice enough for my hot food challenged boyfriend, so I’m still experimenting with red sauces. When I have the money, I definitely prefer to use the fresher corn tortillas from the local health food store rather than the flaky dry ones the regular store sells. The Tortilla Land ones would definitely be a treat!
The tostadas look great – black beans and sweet potatoes are such an amazing combo! We love the sweet potato & black bean burritos from the Moosewood Collection
I had no idea that TortillaLand made the corn version! I would love to turn them into some baked chicken tacquitos or make some cheesy enchiladas….drool.