Baked Sweet Potatoes With Yogurt-rice Topping

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 6 sweet potatoes, small to medium
• 3/4 cup plain nonfat yogurt
• 1/2 cup cooked rice, warm
• 1/8 cup dried apricot, diced
• 1/8 cup pecans, toasted, chopped
• 1 dash salt (or to taste)
• 1 dash pepper (or to taste)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 450 degrees f.
• 2 score the surface of the sweet potatoes several times with a fork, then bake in an oven-proof pan about 35 to 40 minutes or until tender.
• 3 meanwhile, in a separate bowl, combine yogurt, rice, apricots, salt & pepper.
• 4 when potatoes are done & cool enough to be handled, slit each one down the middle & either remove several tablespoons of flesh to make room for the filling, or slit each potato enough so that they can be opened enough to contain the filling.
• 5 set opened potatoes on a serving platter & spoon filling into the opening on top of each potato.
• 6 garnish with toasted pecans & serve!