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Roasted Sweet Potatoes in Camelina Oil

  • Preparation

    20 minutes

  • Cooking

    30 minutes

  • Yield

    4

  • Key ingredient(s) in this recipe

Good to know

  • Other root vegetables could be used in place of sweet potatoes.

  • Peel vegetables if the skins appear thick.


Source : Ricardo, revisited by Amélie Parenteau, Équiterre nutritionist

  • 1 kg (2.2 lbs) sweet potatoes, unpeeled, washed and cut into thin wedges
  • 45 ml (3 tablespoons) camelina oil or vegetable oil
  • 6 green onions, chopped
  • 10 g (¼ cup) fresh coriander, chopped
  • 30 g (3 tablespoons) sunflower seeds
  • 50 g (2 cups) arugula
  • Red Pepper flakes (optional)

Estimates for the nutrient content, greenhouse gas emissions and costs associated with this recipe have been provided by researchers at CIENS.

Compared to the ready-to-heat roasted sweet potatoes sold in supermarkets, this recipe contains:

  • • 7 times less salt
  • • 1.5 times less sugar
  • • 2 times less saturated fat

    Its represents:
  • • Just 3% of daily per-capita greenhouse gas emissions associated with food in Canada

    And costs:
  • • 3 times less