Sweet potato mash with raw arugula

A rather delicious mix of sweet potato and veggies. Really worth a try if you haven’t already.

3-4 persons

Sweet potatoes: 3-5 (mid-size) rough cubes

Bell pepper: 1 cubed or sliced (I prefer red, but green and yellow also work)

Onion: 1 chopped

Leek: 4 inches, chopped

Garlic: 2 cloves, minced

Arugula: 2 handfulls (75 gr)

Cherry tomatoes: 8-12 cut in half.

Feta cheese: handful (75 gr)

Butter: chunk (50-70 gr)

Olive oil: 2-4 tablesp

Honey: 1 tablesp (optional)

Broth cube: 1

Parsley: 1 teasp

Chives: 2 teasp

Oregano: ½ teasp

Rosemary: 1 pinch
Thyme: 1 pinch
Paprika: 1 knife point

Pepper: ¼ teasp, to taste

Salt: 1-2 teasp

Boil the peeled and cut, sweet potatoes with the broth cube until they’re nice and soft. (Aprox. 20 mins)  While they’re boiling use a skillet to bake your onion, leek, garlic and pepper in the olive oil. Add the herbs and honey (if you chose to use it), ½ the salt and pepper until the bell pepper and onion turn nice and glassy. Turn of the heat. Drain water from the potatoes once they are soft. Leave off the fire. Make a chunky mash of them and add the butter and salt and pepper. Add the veggie mix and the small cubes of feta and stir it together. At the last possible moment (right before serving) add the raw arugula leaves and cherry tomatoes and stir until it’s all evenly mixed.

Serve with garlic bread, or Turkish bread fresh from the oven and a fruity white wine or lemon water. Very yummy.