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1.01.18

Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes {Paleo, Whole30, Dairy-Free}

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These twice baked sweet potatoes can be served as a healthy meal or side dish – your choice!  They’re packed with a savory mixture of caramelized onions, spinach and bacon and baked to perfection.  They’re family approved, Paleo, Whole30 compliant, and dairy-free.  

These twice baked sweet potatoes can be served as a healthy meal or side dish - your choice!  They're packed with a savory mixture of caramelized onions, spinach and bacon and baked to perfection.  They're family approved, Paleo, Whole30 compliant, and dairy-free.  

Well, here we are!  Officially beginning the new year, and, I’m diving straight into a January Whole30.  I know many of you are jumping on board too, which is why I’m dedicating the month of January to lots of new Whole30 recipes!

Over the course of August-December, it seems like desserts/baking recipes take over my blog (and house!), first with pumpkin and apple recipes, then with holiday cookie baking.

I wind up relying on cookies, breads, brownies and muffins for anytime-snacks, which isn’t the WORST thing (they’re paleo, after all) but, by the end of the year, I wind up feeling like my body, appetite and taste buds need a reset.

These twice baked sweet potatoes can be served as a healthy meal or side dish - your choice!  They're packed with a savory mixture of caramelized onions, spinach and bacon and baked to perfection.  They're family approved, Paleo, Whole30 compliant, and dairy-free.  

So, a reset it is.  For me, the Whole30 represents getting back to my “roots” with a real-food lifestyle, since it’s how I ate for the first several months on a Paleo diet.

I decided to kick off the new year and a January Whole30 with a recipe that’s true to my own tastes, with the Paleo “comfort” food that hooked me in the beginning, and made me realize that yes – I could “go Paleo” and REALLY enjoy my food.

I’m talking sweet potatoes, bacon, caramelized onions and spinach!  In twice baked potato form – which is most definitely tastier than once-baked, at least in my opinion.

These twice baked sweet potatoes can be served as a healthy meal or side dish - your choice!  They're packed with a savory mixture of caramelized onions, spinach and bacon and baked to perfection.  They're family approved, Paleo, Whole30 compliant, and dairy-free.  

I’ve been purchasing my sugar-free bacon from U.S. Wellness Meats since my very first Whole30, back when I couldn’t find sugar-free bacon at any local stores.

Now, I’m still hooked on the original bacon, BUT, I’ve noticed that it’s far easier to find sugar-free bacon at regular grocery stores, which makes Whole30 life a lot easier!

While I definitely don’t have bacon with every meal during the Whole30, I do like to use it to add flavor to veggies and potatoes, salads, meat, etc.  And for these twice baked sweet potatoes?  Totally delicious and essential, if you ask me.

These twice baked sweet potatoes can be served as a healthy meal or side dish - your choice!  They're packed with a savory mixture of caramelized onions, spinach and bacon and baked to perfection.  They're family approved, Paleo, Whole30 compliant, and dairy-free.  

I always like to do the first baking for these ahead of time so I only have to make the filling, stuff, and bake once.  Otherwise, these are quite the project and not at all weeknight friendly!

If you have an instant pot, you can also cook them first that way rather than using the oven to bake.  However, I would use the oven for the second baking to make sure you get the skins and tops nice and crispy.

You can make these twice baked sweet potatoes as a side dish, or have them as a meal with extra greens or a salad.  They reheat well, so you can also make them a couple of days ahead of time and reheat in the oven to serve.   I hope you’re ready to get started – I know you’re going to love these – let’s cook!

Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes {Paleo, Whole30, Dairy-Free}

These twice baked sweet potatoes can be served as a healthy meal or side dish - your choice!  They're packed with a savory mixture of caramelized onions, spinach and bacon and baked to perfection.  They're family approved, Paleo, Whole30 compliant, and dairy-free.  

Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes {Paleo, Whole30, Dairy-Free}

These twice baked sweet potatoes can be served as a healthy meal or side dish - your choice!  They're packed with a savory mixture of caramelized onions, spinach and bacon and baked to perfection.  They're family approved, Paleo, Whole30 compliant, and dairy-free. 

Author: Michele Rosen
Servings: 4
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Ingredients

  • 4 small/med sweet potatoes
  • Coconut oil or ghee to coat before baking
  • Sea salt for baking
  • 6 slices nitrate free bacon sugar free for Whole30
  • 1 large onion or 2 small sliced thin
  • 2 tbsp ghee for caramelizing onion (you can also use rendered bacon fat if preferred)
  • sprinkle sea salt for onions
  • 5 oz fresh spinach chopped
  • 3 Tbsp full fat coconut milk or coconut cream
  • 1 Tbsp nutritional yeast
  • 2 tsp spicy brown mustard check label for Whole30 compliance
  • 1/4 tsp garlic powder optional
  • Sea salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F and line a baking sheet with aluminum foil or parchment paper. Scrub your potatoes and coat them in coconut oil or ghee with your hands, then sprinkle sea salt all around. Poke each with a fork a few times to release steam.
  2. Bake potatoes in the preheated oven for 1 hour or until soft on the inside (times will vary depending on the thickness of your potatoes)
  3. While potatoes bake, caramelize the onions (see below) and cook the bacon.
  4. For bacon, heat a large, heavy skillet over medium-high heat until crisp; drain on paper towels and set aside. Reserve at least 1 Tbsp bacon fat to sauté the spinach.
  5. To caramelize the onions, heat a non-stick skillet or well seasoned cast iron skillet over med-low/low heat and the ghee or coconut oil. Add all the onions, stirring to coat. Sprinkle with a bit of salt and cook over low or medium low heat, stirring every 5 minutes ago to prevent burning. Once onions have been cooking for about 25-30 minutes and are deep golden brown, remove from heat and transfer to a plate or bowl.
  6. For spinach, place 1 tbsp bacon fat or other cooking fat in a large skillet (or simply use the same skillet that you cooked the bacon in) and heat over medium-high heat. Add all the spinach and stir or toss with tongs so it wilts evenly. Cook for about 2 minutes or until it’s soft and wilted.
  7. Once potatoes have baked and are cool enough to handle, cut each one in half lengthwise and carefully scoop out the inside using a spoon, leaving a thin layer to avoid breaking the skin.
  8. Place inside of potatoes in a mixing bowl and mash, then stir in the coconut milk, nutritional yeast, mustard and garlic powder until smooth. Crumble in the cooked bacon and stir in the caramelized onions and spinach, then season with salt and pepper to taste.
  9. Spoon the mixture into the potato skins to fill all, then bake (at 400 degrees) for another 15-20 minutes until toasty. Serves 8 as a side dish or 4 as a meal. Store leftovers in the refrigerator for up to 4 days - reheat in the toaster oven or oven. Enjoy!

Nutrition

Calories: 365kcal
Carbohydrates: 31g
Protein: 8g
Fat: 23g
Saturated Fat: 11g
Cholesterol: 40mg
Sodium: 349mg
Potassium: 803mg
Fiber: 5g
Sugar: 6g
Vitamin A: 21765IU
Vitamin C: 15.1mg
Calcium: 80mg
Iron: 2.4mg

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What I Used To Make My Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes:

These twice baked sweet potatoes can be served as a healthy meal or side dish - your choice!  They're packed with a savory mixture of caramelized onions, spinach and bacon and baked to perfection.  They're family approved, Paleo, Whole30 compliant, and dairy-free.  

Want More Whole30 Sweet Potato Recipes?  Try One of These!

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More than a little into running and paleo recipes (yoga now too!) but I'm not here to rain on your grains (or anything else) so come along for the ride! I do a little too much of everything (except cleaning), and I enjoy laughing at myself. As long as I'm the one making the jokes, that is. Just kidding. So bring me your angst, your appetite and your frying pan and climb aboard!

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  1. Linda says

    January 1, 2018 at 11:50 am

    I love your recipes, but I have a question. This is the second recipe where you indicate to use 5 oz of fresh spinach. Can you tell me what that would measure out to, for example 1 cup? I buy big containers of spinach, and when I weigh out 5 oz on my kitchen scale, is it such a small amount that I can’t imagine that it is correct. Thanks for your help!

    Reply
    • Michele says

      January 2, 2018 at 1:58 pm

      I sometimes buy 5 oz containers and it winds up being about 2 very large handfuls I’d say.

      Reply
  2. Natalie says

    January 2, 2018 at 3:05 am

    5 stars
    YUM! It looks so good and perfect for dinner!

    Reply
    • Michele says

      January 2, 2018 at 1:40 pm

      Hope you enjoy!

      Reply
  3. Dana says

    January 17, 2018 at 8:54 am

    I have your site bookmarked, and when I open it the most recent recipe is from January 1. To find more recent (whole 30 for example) I have to go to Recipes, then click whole 30. Any idea why? Thanks for any help!

    Reply
    • Michele says

      January 17, 2018 at 1:34 pm

      Hmm, make sure you have the homepage URL bookmarked rather than one of the other pages. Sounds like you might have another page bookmarked or for some reason it bookmarked something from Jan 1st. Not sure, hopefully that helps!

      Reply
  4. Lauren says

    January 21, 2018 at 6:30 pm

    This recipes looks great, but I do not have the nutritional yeast. Is that going to change the recipe dramatically to make it without it?

    Reply
    • Michele says

      January 23, 2018 at 12:15 pm

      Nope you can make it without, it’s just for added flavor 🙂

      Reply
  5. Samantha Ryan says

    January 22, 2018 at 9:02 pm

    5 stars
    These were incredible!!!!! Made it without the yeast because I’m not that fancy and it was expensive at the store, but it tasted amazing!! I’m not super talented at scooping out potato skins, so I might just make them as loaded mashed potatoes next time. Thanks for the great recipe!

    Reply
  6. Devon says

    January 28, 2018 at 4:27 pm

    5 stars
    Absolutely delicious!

    Reply
  7. Payten Beacham says

    February 1, 2018 at 12:10 pm

    Hey! would these still taste good heated up in the microwave for lunches?

    Reply
    • Michele says

      February 1, 2018 at 12:55 pm

      I personally think they taste fine that way!

      Reply
  8. Samantha says

    February 10, 2018 at 12:41 pm

    5 stars
    I love these with sweet potatoes but has anyone tried making these with white/ russet potatoes? My dad is the “picky eater” in the family and hates sweet potatoes (he also claims that retirement means not having to eat things he doesn’t like anymore). I’ve never put mustard in with white potatoes and am wondering about the flavor.

    Reply
    • Michele says

      February 11, 2018 at 10:24 am

      I haven’t tried these with white but I think they would taste fine 🙂

      Reply
  9. Beth says

    March 20, 2018 at 3:37 pm

    Do you think you can make these a day ahead and then bake them the following day?

    Reply
    • Michele says

      March 20, 2018 at 6:48 pm

      Yup that would work just fine 🙂

      Reply
  10. Shay says

    March 3, 2019 at 1:08 pm

    5 stars
    These are Delicious!!! The only thing I would change is the Mustard…Found it abit overpowering & it cut out the taste of the Coconut Milk which I love…Thanks soooo much, this recipe will be my go to?

    Reply
  11. Doris says

    September 17, 2019 at 9:22 am

    5 stars
    Absolutely delicious and easy to make. Thanks for sharing this recipe. I look forward to trying more of your recipes in the near future.

    Reply
  12. Nick Hall says

    January 20, 2020 at 7:52 am

    Enjoyed your recipes -would like to join your blog-please advised how i go about joining.

    Reply
  13. Maura says

    May 20, 2020 at 11:51 pm

    What can I sub for coconut milk/cream? I’m not a fan of anything coconut and find it puts a damper on paleo and whole30 recipes I’d otherwise love.

    Reply

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