Veggie Hummus Sandwich with Sweet Potato
This veggie hummus sandwich is a simple, plant-based option to add into your lunch rotation. Warm, roasted sweet potato lends a hearty and comforting feel to this vegetarian recipe. Add avocado and a few simple vegetables to get a low-effort, ultra satisfying meal in 30 minutes.
With roasted sweet potato, avocado, and pickled onion, this is no ordinary veggie hummus sandwich. The warm element makes this a lunch you can easily crave any time of year, winter included.
Enjoy this sandwich all on its own or halve and serve with soup, salad, and pickled carrot spears.
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Ingredients
You'll usually see hummus sandwiches with typical sandwich fixings, like lettuce, tomato, and onion.
To kick things up a notch, this recipe incorporates warm roasted sweet potato, avocado, cucumber and fresh basil. Include optional pickled red onion (you can find a recipe in my Quick Pickling Guide) for even more flavor and texture.
Grocery list:
- Sweet potato
- Avocado
- Spinach or lettuce/greens
- Cucumber
- Tomato
- Fresh basil
- Pickled red onion (optional) - Buy pre-made or make yourself.
- Hummus - Buy pre-made or make yourself. Here's a hummus recipe from Cookie + Kate to try.
- Sandwich bread
- Grapeseed oil or olive oil
- Salt
- Pepper
See the recipe card at the end of this post for exact quantities and preparation.
Instructions
This is a basic rundown of how to make this sandwich. You can find more detailed instructions in the recipe card at the end of this post.
Roast sweet potato.
Spread hummus on bread and top with the roasted sweet potato.
Add the rest of the vegetables and close the sandwich.
Hint: Try your best to cut the sweet potato into slices of equal thickness. This will help it cook evenly and prevents overcooking/burning thinner areas.
Substitutions
Need to make a substitution? Here are a few ingredients that can be easily swapped.
- Spinach: instead of spinach, you can use romaine lettuce, microgreens, or any sandwich greens you like.
- Pickled red onion: substitute thinly sliced raw red onion or another pickled vegetable, such as pickled radishes. Or feel free to omit.
- Gluten free: use gluten-free bread, and confirm the hummus you’re using is gluten-free.
Variations
A few ideas for changing things up with this recipe:
- Spicy: Add your favorite hot sauce or chili crunch.
- Pita: Stuff the sandwich filling into a pita instead of serving on bread.
- Lentil spread: Try this Creamy Roasted Red Pepper Lentil Dip as a sandwich spread in place of hummus.
Equipment
- Knife and cutting board: To slice vegetables.
- Baking sheet: If needed/preferred, you can cook the sweet potato in an air fryer instead of oven. See the "air fryer" note in the recipe card for instructions.
Storage
This sandwich tastes best fresh. It's when you'll still get the warmth of the sweet potato and won't have any discoloration with the avocado.
If needed, you can store the prepared sandwich in an airtight container and refrigerate up to two days.
Top tip
There is a lot of room for customization for this recipe. If there's a particular veggie you don't have, feel free to leave it out. Add more or less of the toppings to suit your tastes.
FAQ
Common sandwich vegetables include lettuce, tomato, onion, and pickles. Other vegetables that work well on sandwiches are avocado, sweet potato, eggplant, and cucumber.
Related
Looking for more vegetarian sandwiches? Try these:
Pairing
These are my favorite dishes to serve with a veggie hummus sandwich:
📖 Recipe
Veggie Hummus Sandwich with Sweet Potato
Equipment
- Knife and cutting board
- Baking sheet
- Oven
Ingredients
- 1 small sweet potato cut lengthwise into thin slices about ¼-inch thick
- 2 teaspoons grapeseed oil or olive oil
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
- 4 slices sandwich bread
- 1 cup hummus
- ½ avocado sliced
- ¼ cup spinach or lettuce of choice
- ¼ cup sliced cucumber
- ¼ cup sliced tomato
- ¼ cup fresh basil
- ¼ cup pickled red onion (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400º F and line baking sheet with parchment paper or silicone baking mat. Spread sweet potato on baking sheet, spray or brush both sides with oil, and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Transfer baking sheet to oven and roast 20 minutes, or until sweet potatoes are golden brown and easily pierced with a fork.
- Spread hummus on one side of each slice of bread. Arrange cooked sweet potato, avocado, spinach, cucumber, tomato, basil, and pickled red onion (if using) on top. Add the remaining bread and cut in half if desired.
Notes
- Storage: Enjoy fresh for the best flavors. If needed, you can store the prepared sandwich in an airtight container and refrigerate up to 2 days.
- Air fryer: Prepare sliced sweet potato with oil, salt, and pepper as written in the recipe. Heat air fryer to 350ºF, arrange sweet potato in a single layer, and cook for about 10 mins.
- Gluten free: Use gluten-free bread, and confirm the hummus you’re using is gluten-free.
- Nutrition facts are estimates only.
This is an updated recipe that was originally published March 22, 2016.
This is so pretty. I served crudite with hummus yesterday. There's a little leftover ; it's going to make me a sandwich just like yours! Thanks for sharing and have a great week!!!
Thanks so much Diane! This is the best way ever to use up leftover hummus! 🙂 Hope you enjoyed it, let me know how it went!
YUM! That sandwich looks amazing!!!Have to try.
Thanks so much Ale! Let me know if you do try it, hope you love it as much as I do! 🙂
hummus seriously makes such a nice spread...and i love the idea of sprouts here..lately, im obsessed with pickled veggies like zucchini and i want to add that in this sandwich.
YUM! I love pickled veggies too, that would be an awesome addition. Thanks for the idea, Dixya! 🙂
Oh, this looks so good. My kind of veggie-packed sandwich! Thanks for the inspiration!
Thanks, Lauren! Hope you love it! 🙂
Oh my goodness, I need to go make this now!!! I should NOT read food blogs around dinner time, haha. Looks so delicious and your photos are beautiful! 🙂
Haha, I have the same problem. I just shouldn't look at food blogs period...but what fun would that be? 😉 Thanks so much, Kalee! Let me know if you try this, I'd love to hear your thoughts! 🙂
Veggie sandwiches are the best! I need to start making my own hummus, this looks delish :))
Thanks, Selena! Hummus is seriously the easiest, tastiest, cheapest, most versatile thing EVER. Still buy store-bought sometimes but nothing beats homemade! 🙂
This is making me want to be a vegetarian or vegan! What a beautiful sammie 🙂
Haha thanks Liz! Its great for vegans and carnivores alike! 😉
Hummus sammies are my GO-TO lunch every since week! I use corn tortillas, but still...all the hummus and veg!
OOH, I should have included a tortilla as an option in the recipe - this would be great as a wrap! Thanks for the idea, Rebecca! 🙂
I'm loving this sandwich! I've been adding roast sweet potato (or pumpkin!) to my sandwiches lately too, but I really like your combo of sweet potato and hummus...oh my, that sounds perfect!
Thanks so much, Kyra! Yum, pumpkin sounds like a delicious addition. I'll have to give that a try! 🙂