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Sweet Potato Cheesy Panini

Sweet Potato Panini Love

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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 25 minutes
Course Main Dish
Cuisine Vegan
Servings 2 people

Ingredients
  

  • 1 sweet potato
  • 2 tbsp. olive oil, divided
  • 1/8 tsp. salt
  • 1/8 tsp. pepper
  • 1/2 red onion
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 1 shallot
  • 1 zucchini
  • 1 cup spinach
  • 4 slices sourdough bread

Cashew Cheese Sauce

  • 1/2 c. cashews, soaked
  • 1/4 white onion
  • 1 garlic
  • 3/4 c. water
  • 1 tbsp. nutritional yeast
  • 1/2 avocado
  • 1/4 tsp. sriracha

Instructions
 

  • Place the cashews in a bowl and cover with water. Let sit for 30 minutes.
  • Heat the oven to 450 degrees.
  • Slice the sweet potato into rounds. Toss with a tablespoon of olive oil, salt and pepper. Place on a baking sheet, and bake for 30 minutes, turning once half way through.
  • Slice the onion, shallot, zucchini and garlic. Cook for 5 minutes in a large skillet over medium heat (add oil if you want, but with the juices in the veggies, I don't think you'll need it). Next, add the spinach, and cook a final 5 minutes, until the veggies are tender and the spinach has wilted.
  • Make the cashew sauce: drain the cashews, and place in a high powered blender. Add the white onion, garlic, water, nutritional yeast, avocado and sriracha. Blend on high for a minute or two, until all ingredients are combined.
  • Heat your panini press, and drizzle olive oil on the outsides of your bread slices. Make your sandwiches with the sweet potatoes, the onion mixture, and a few spoonfuls of the cashew cheese sauce, and heat on your press for 5 minutes.

Notes

Note: you'll have plenty of cashew sauce left over to use as a dip or topping to other sandwiches.
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