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This Sweetpotato Cottage Cheese Bowl is such an easy family recipe that’s full of flavor and nutrition! This sweetpotato taco bowl uses chicken, sweetpotatoes, taco seasonings, with your choice of veggies and cottage cheese for a taco-inspired meal!

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If you’re looking for a fresh twist on taco night that packs in protein, veggies, and so much flavor, this Sweetpotato Cottage Cheese Taco Bowl is a fun, build-your-own style meal that works perfectly for families.

Choose your protein (we’ve used chicken today), and pair it with your favorite roasted sweetpotatoes or even leftover sweetpotatoes for a tasty gluten-free taco bowl.

Kids can mix and match their favorite toppings in this ultimate cottage cheese taco bowl, which is balanced, satisfying, and customizable to suit different appetites and preferences.

Why You’ll Love This Sweetpotato Cottage Cheese Bowl

• So many combinations available – You can make a different rift on this sweetpotato cottage cheese bowl each week. Use ground chicken, rotisserie chicken, ground beef, or shredded pork for your own cottage cheese taco bowl option.
• High protein option – This sweetpotato taco bowl is high in protein, both from your chicken and cottage cheese. It will keep you full, while also providing plenty of fiber and carbohydrates. Try some of our other favorite high protein chicken recipes.
• Great use for leftovers – If you have leftover sweetpotatoes to use up, throw them in this bowl. Then, use leftover chicken breasts or even no-cook rotissier chicken.
• Ready in 20 minutes – Anything that’s ready in 20 minutes is a win, right?

Gather Your Ingredients

A few notes on the key ingredients:

• Veggies – You can use whatever you typically like in a taco bowl! For our cottage cheese taco bowl, we used sweetpotatoes, tomatoes, romaine lettuce, and avocado.
• Chicken – Rotisserie chicken works great in this taco bowl recipe because there’s no extra cooking. But, if you like to season and cook your own, or substitute it with beef or pork, go for it! This cottage cheese taco bowl works with all different proteins.
• Sweetpotatoes – You can cook your sweetpotatoes in the oven or air fryer! I like to meal prep them ahead of time to decrease the time.
• Taco seasoning – I honestly find it easier just to keep taco seasoning packets on hand and use them for this taco bowl. But if you want to make your own, a good base is or 1/2 tsp garlic powder, 1/2 tsp onion powder, 1/2 tsp cumin, 1/4 tsp paprika, ¼ tsp salt, ⅛ tsp pepper
• Cottage cheese – I like full-fat, but low-fat works just as well.

How to Make Sweetpotato Taco Bowls with Cottage Cheese

Gather your ingredients. If you aren’t using leftover sweetpotatoes, you’ll want to allow some time to preheat the oven and then bake the sweetpotatoes, which will add time.

For a quicker way to cook your sweetpotatoes, air fry them for 10 minutes (similar to air fryer sweetpotato wedges but cut into cubes) or cook them on the stove in a covered pot for 10-15 minutes (note: they may not be as crispy).

Or, just cooking parts of meals earlier in the day is something I always recommend in my meal prep ebook.

While sweetpotatoes are cooking, season your chicken or meat with taco seasoning and cook over medium-high heat for 10 minutes, flipping once.

The internal temperature should reach 165 degrees F, using a meat thermometer.

In a serving bowl, arrange the cooked sweetpotatoes, cherry tomatoes, romaine and avocado, and add cooked chicken, shredded cheese and cottage cheese on top.

Sprinkle tortilla chips on top if you like a crunch! I definitely prefer it.

Tips for Success

Here are some tips that I recommend for the best outcome:

• Try roasting the sweetpotatoes earlier in the day to save time when you’re prepping this for dinner. Or, use leftover, cooked sweetpotatoes!
• Use your favorite taco seasoning packet to save time if you don’t want to make your own.
• Other time-saving hacks – use rotisserie chicken and pre-cut onions and peppers.

Servings 4

Sweetpotato Cottage Cheese Bowl (Taco Bowl)

Sarah Schlichter, MPH, RDN

This Sweetpotato Cottage Cheese Bowl is such an easy family recipe that's full of flavor and nutrition! This sweetpotato taco bowl uses chicken, sweetpotatoes, taco seasonings, with your choice of veggies and cottage cheese for a taco-inspired meal!

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 15 minutes mins

Total Time 20 minutes mins

Ingredients  

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• 2 medium cooked sweetpotatoes, diced*
• 1 lb chicken^ I used chicken tenders
• 1-2 Tbsp taco seasoning
• ½ cup diced cherry tomatoes
• 2 heads romaine lettuce chopped
• 1 avocado diced
• ⅓ cup shredded cheese
• 3/4 cup cottage cheese
• Tortilla chips, for topping optional

Instructions 

1. Gather your ingredients*
2. Season chicken or meat with taco seasoning (or make your own spice blend), and cook over medium-high heat for 10 minutes, flipping once, or until internal temperature reaches 165 degree F (use a meat thermometer)
3. Arrange sweetpotatoes, cherry tomatoes and avocado in a serving bowl. Add in cooked chicken, shredded cheese and cottage cheese.
4. Sprinkle tortilla chips on top and mix everything together. Enjoy!

Notes

*The cook time in this recipe accounts for the sweetpotatoes already being cooked. If you aren’t using leftover sweetpotatoes, you’ll want to allow some time to cook your sweet potatoes. If you want to cook sweetpotatoes quickly, air fry them for 10 minutes. 

^ Rotisserie chicken or ground beef also work well!

Optional additions – rice, onion, green onion, peppers, lettuce, spinach

I like to mix some of the taco seasoning in with the cottage cheese to give it more flavor

To make your own taco seasoning: 1/2 tsp garlic powder, 1/2 tsp onion powder, 1/2 tsp cumin, 1/4 tsp paprika, ¼ tsp salt, ⅛ tsp pepper

Nutrition

Serving: 1Calories: 433kcalCarbohydrates: 40gProtein: 37gFat: 15gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 0.01gCholesterol: 87mgSodium: 457mgPotassium: 1935mgFiber: 14gSugar: 11gVitamin A: 43824IUVitamin C: 26mgCalcium: 232mgIron: 5mg

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