Southwestern Sweet Potato Mac & Cheese - The Acne Nutritionist Maria Marlowe

Ingredients

• 1 medium sweet potato (peeled and diced into 1 cm. cubes)
• 2 tsp. + 3 Tbsp. coconut oil (unrefined) (liquified)
• 2 cups unsweetened almond milk
• ⅓ cup tapioca flour
• 2 tsp. unrefined salt (real, pink, or Celtic salt)
• 1 clove garlic (minced)
• 2 Tbsp. hot sauce
• 1 tsp. Dijon mustard
• 1 tsp. coconut aminos or low sodium tamari (gluten-free soy sauce)
• 1 tsp fresh lime juice
• 8 oz. gluten-free pasta (or favorite gluten free pasta)
• 3 cups broccoli florets (chopped finely into small bite-size pieces)
• ½ jalapeño (sliced thin (optional))
• chickpea crumbs (optional)