Mexican Buddha Bowl with Cilantro Lime Sauce

Two black bowls of roasted sweet potato cubes, sliced red peppers and avocados, black beans, corn kernels, cilantro leaves and a lime wedge

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Mexican Buddha Bowl with Cilantro Lime Sauce

Ready in 30 minutes! Taco-seasoned sweet potatoes, corn, avocado, red peppers and red onion, with a garlicky, creamy cilantro lime sauce. Mexican-inspired clean eating!

Prep Time10

Cook Time20

Total Time30

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Mexican-Inspired

Servings: servings

Calories: 288kcal

Author: Myra

Cost: 7.86

Ingredients

For The Mexican Buddha Bowls

2 sweet potatoes
1 tbsp oil (I like olive or avocado oil)
1.5 tsp taco seasoning (try our easy homemade mix!*(Recipe Note 1)
1 cup corn (I used frozen but you can use whatever you like)
1 14 oz can black beans
1/4 cup red cabbage (optional, but pretty and healthy)
1/2 red pepper
2 tbsp red onion
1/2 avocado
lime wedges
handful fresh cilantro leaves

For the Sauce

1/2 cup plain yogurt
1/4 cup mayo
1 clove garlic (minced)
handful fresh cilantro (enough to make 2 minced tablespoons)
1 tsp fresh lime juice
1/8 tsp salt

Instructions

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
Wash and cube sweet potatoes. Toss on sheet pan with oil and taco seasoning. Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes. Toss again after first 10 minutes so they cook evenly.
Wash and finely mince a handful of cilantro leaves for the sauce. You'll need around 2 tablespoons.
In a small bowl, combine yogurt, mayo, minced cilantro, garlic, lime juice and salt. Stir well to mix and set aside.
Prep the other ingredients (cook corn in the microwave if using frozen, rinse and drain black beans, chop red cabbage, slice red pepper, dice red onion (Note 2) slice avocado, cut remaining lime into wedges and wash cilantro and pull leaves off stems.
Once sweet potatoes are done cooking you can assemble your bowls right away unless meal prepping (Note 3).
Pile 1/4 of each ingredient into a bowl, drizzle with cilantro lime sauce, sprinkle with cilantro leaves and squeeze some fresh lime juice over the top.
Enjoy! :)

Notes

Note 1: Our Easy Homemade Taco Seasoning Mix - it costs around $0.30/batch and makes 1/4 cup. We make quadruple batches of it and keep it in the cupboard so it's there when we need it! :)

Note 2: If you find it onion too strong you can soak the diced onion in a bowl of cold water for a few minutes and drain well.

Note 3: For meal prep, cool ingredients and refrigerate in separate containers. Cut avocado on the day you plan to eat it.

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