Sweet Potato & Kale Casserole
This super simple Sweet Potato & Kale Casserole can be served as a healthy main dish or side dish. It’s a vegan and gluten-free recipe that is hearty and so delicious!
Recipe Highlights
I hesitate to call this dish a casserole because it lacks a sauce, but it is essentially a dish that you can prep ahead of time and bake it when you’re ready to eat. So, in that sense, it’s a casserole!
This Sweet Potato & Kale Casserole is soooo easy to make because you really just need chopped sweet potatoes, a chopped onion, and a bunch of chopped kale. It can stand in for a main dish for vegans and vegetarians, or it makes a great side dish for everyone else.
When your pantry ingredients are running low or you just want an easy recipe, this you are going to love this Sweet Potato & Kale Casserole. It’s very filling because of the sweet potatoes. The kale and onion get nice and browned and super flavorful during the baking process.
This Sweet Potato & Kale Casserole recipe is:
- vegan,
- vegetarian,
- gluten-free,
- and full of nutrition.
Each serving has approximately:
- 130 calories,
- 20 grams of carbohydrate,
- 3.5 grams of fiber,
- 2 grams of protein,
- and 73% of the recommended daily intake for Vitamin A.
Recipe Steps
You won’t believe how easy it is to make roasted sweet potatoes and kale.
Step One
The first step is to preheat your oven to 375ºF. Spray a casserole dish with nonstick cooking spray and set aside.
Step Two
Next, combine your chopped ingredients in a mixing bowl. You can also add your cinnamon and thyme, and then toss everything together with the melted coconut oil.
Step Three
Pour the mixture into your casserole dish. You’ll need to cook it for about 45-50 minutes to ensure the sweet potatoes get nice and tender.
Step Four
Once the Sweet Potato & Kale Casserole is done baking, then you can serve it right out of the dish.
The kale does get cooked down during the baking process, but it’s still a nice-looking dish that you can serve anytime of year. I like to serve it as a nice side dish, and the leftovers heat up nicely too.
Recommended Items
- Le Creuset Stoneware Rectangular Dish (similar to mine)
- Extra virgin organic coconut oil
- Organic ground cinnamon
- Organic dried thyme leaf
Other Healthy Sweet Potato Recipes You Might Like
- Cinnamon Sweet Potato Bread
- Sweet Potato Coconut Chicken Curry
- Air Fryer Sweet Potato Fries
- Sweet Potato Souffle
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PrintSweet Potato & Kale Casserole
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Yield: 6 1x
- Diet: Vegan
Description
This super simple Sweet Potato & Kale Casserole can be served as a healthy main dish or side dish. It’s a vegan and gluten-free recipe that is hearty and so delicious!
Ingredients
- Nonstick cooking spray
- 4 medium sweet potatoes, peeled and chopped into 1-inch chunks
- 3 cups chopped kale (from about 1/2 of a bunch)
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly-ground black pepper
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil, melted
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 375ºF.
- Spray a casserole dish with nonstick cooking spray and set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the sweet potatoes, kale, onion, cinnamon, thyme, salt, and pepper.
- Pour the melted coconut oil over the ingredients and stir to combine.
- Pour ingredients into the casserole dish and cook for 45-50 minutes, or until the sweet potatoes are fork-tender.
- Serve warm.
Notes
- Store any leftovers in a tightly-sealed container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 45 minutes
- Category: Side dish
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: Healthy
Keywords: vegan casserole using sweet potatoes and kale, kale and sweet potatoes, baked kale and sweet potatoes
This recipe is definitely on my repeat list as well as your blog. So easy, healthy & best of all so delicious. I added some cooked wild rice I had on hand I needed to use up and it went very well with the dish. Even my very food selective husband commented on the tastiness of the dish. Thank you for sharing!!
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Oh that makes me so happy! Thanks for sharing your review, Marlene!
Hi there,
So you do not need to put the coconut oil in the recipe?
Thanks,
Renee
You can leave it out if you are on an oil-free diet. Just be careful the kale doesn’t burn.
I love this recepe and have made it several times – this time I have coconut butter and not oil? Will it work the same? or can I sub olive oil? Just curious
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Hi Julie, I would use olive oil, not coconut butter. You can also use avocado oil. Enjoy!
Such a delicious and healthy side dish! It’s going on regular rotation at our house!
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I love kale and sweet potato together and this looks delicious.
One of my favorite vegetable blends of winter
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