Easiest Way to Cook Yummy Elle Jay's sweet potatoe delight with vegetarian option

Elle Jay's sweet potatoe delight with vegetarian option.

You can cook Elle Jay's sweet potatoe delight with vegetarian option using 18 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Elle Jay's sweet potatoe delight with vegetarian option

1. You need of seasonings.
2. It's 2 tbsp of chinese five spice.
3. Prepare 2 of bay leaves broken in half.
4. You need 2 clove of of garlic.
5. It's 1 of chili flakes or scotch bonnet to taste.
6. Prepare 1 of seasoned salt to taste.
7. It's 1 of paepper to taste.
8. You need 3 large of sweet potatoes peeled (optional) cubed into 1 inch cubes.
9. You need 1 small of sweet onions.
10. It's 3 of (optional) stalks of green onions.
11. It's 1 of zucchini halved the and then cut in to medium slices.
12. Prepare 1 of yellow squash halved and then cut in to medium slices.
13. It's 1/4 cup of of golden raisins.
14. You need 6 of sweet baby bell peppers sliced.
15. Prepare 1 of olive oil.
16. Prepare 1/2 cup of water.
17. You need 1 cup of couscous cooked according to directions.
18. It's 1 of lb. ground turkey optional obviously omit or sub for tofu for vegitarian option (meatless ground beef might be an interesting sub).

Elle Jay's sweet potatoe delight with vegetarian option instructions

1. heat pot add enough olive oil to lightly cover the bottom of the pot I use a dutch oven on the stove top.
2. add onions zucchini,squash,garlic and spices NOT THE BAY LEAVES OR THE RAISINS add seasoned salt and pepper to taste I do not measure but do what works well for you.
3. let's cook down for 2 to 3 minutes while stirring.
4. add sweet potatoes and let them cook in the oil for 5 to 6 minutes stir every other minute.
5. add 1/2 cup of water and let sweet potatoes soften while you begin to brown your meat.
6. in a separate pan add ground beef and bay leaves seasoned salt and pepper to taste,and brown your meat.
7. in a separate pot cook 1 cup of couscous according to the directions.
8. after sweet potatoes have softened add ground turkey and couscous and raisins now you have a wonderful ethnic inspired dish to share with others it is ok if all the water and or oil is not fully absorbed the couscous will absorb the rest.
9. happy eating!!!!.