One of the most difficult things about the Whole30 challenge for me has been eating real food after workouts. My stomach is okay with it after pure strength workouts but workouts with any conditioning aspect leave me not wanting to eat. I’ve been choking down some baked chicken breast and diced sweet potato after workouts and I don’t mind it all that much – but I am getting sick of it. So, to combat some food boredom I decided to whip up some portable little “bites” that I could take with me to the gym.
These bites contain sweet potato, egg whites, and that’s is. Oh, and some cinnamon for a little added flavor and because I’m obsessed with cinnamon. Each small bite contains 20 calories, 4g carbs, and 2g protein. A serving of 6 bites has 130 calories, 20g carbs, and 11g protein. While they won’t replace my entire post-workout meal (I need more protein than that), they are a welcome addition to my post-workout routine. They’re also great additions to meals or a perfect snack paired with some almond butter (drool). Plus, they’re really delicious – they taste just like sweet potato with cinnamon and don’t really have an “eggy” sort of taste of them.
2-Ingredient Sweet Potato Bites
Print recipe| Serves | 18 |
| Prep time | 5 minutes |
| Cook time | 25 minutes |
| Total time | 30 minutes |
Ingredients
- 1 cup mashed sweet potato
- 8 egg whites
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon, plus extra for topping
Directions
| 1. | 1. To make mashed sweet potato: Bake sweet potatoes in oven (or microwave) until fork tender. Let cool and scrape out flesh and mash gently with fork until smooth. |
| 2. | 2. Preheat oven to 375F. Combine all ingredients in a blender or large, immersion blender-friendly bowl. Blend together until very smooth - about 30 seconds. |
| 3. | 3. Pour into lightly greased mini muffin tins (or you can line with liners), filling each tin about 2/3 of the way full. |
| 4. | 4. Bake for 20-25 minutes until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove from oven, let cool completely, then remove from tin and store in refrigerator. |
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Tagged: bites, egg whites, paleo, portable, post workout, primal, snacks, sweet potato, whole30
I'm Gabby. A 24 year old gluten-free kitchen explorer, Crossfitter, and freelance recipe developer and food photographer sharing my life one recipe, workout, and photo at a time. 
Holy MOLY HOLD THE SAUCE. These look amazing! What a great idea to put egg whites with sweet potatoes. I am in LOVE. And I am considering the Whole 30, but I am just concerned I won’t be able to maintain it. I look forward to delving through your posts on it.
Happy Wednesday!!!
Thank you! It’s honestly been a lot easier that I thought it would be but I was also 80-90% paleo before.
Just discovered your blog via Courtney, and so glad I found it!!
This recipe looks Amazing. I LOVE sweet potatoes and almond butter as a snack, and I’ve been looking for an alternative to protein shakes for a quick shot of protein after a workout.
Excited to have found you, and looking forward to more crossfitting paleo goodness!!
Thank you! Glad you stopped by
Yum! Pinning these to make later. Super easy and they look great. Thanks!
Thanks for the pin, Rochelle!
wow! Those look amazing! thanks for sharing! These are next to my list to try!
Thank you!
YUM! Love things like this. Thanks!
Me too – especially on Whole30! Keeping it simple and easy
Oh my gosh, AMAZING!!!! These look so good! I’m totally trying this. Thanks for sharing, Gabby!
Thanks Liz!
Oh wow, these little sweet potato bites sound just delightful and they are just SO adorable!
Thanks! I’m obsessed with mini-things – so cute!
Love this! I was just looking for simple, snackable recipes yesterday and I found this recipe for coconut macaroons that is 3 ingredients & paleo friendly too I think (http://www.rodale.com/healthy-desserts). Now I have two recipes to try!
I was wondering how many fat grams are in these? They looks amazing and Im on weight watchers and would like to figure the point value on these. Thanks so much
There is hardly any fat in them since they are just egg white and sweet potato.You can calculate the exact calories/macros per portion by using any website you like since it will vary based on a number of factors.
Are these sweet potato or yams? They look dark in color more like a yam. I get real confused with yam and sweet potato recipes because a lot of people call yams sweet potatoes. I grew up thinking yams were sweet potatoes.
You could use either.
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