Sweet Potatoes
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Roasted with olive oil and salt, or steamed with a little butter and heavy cream (yes, heavy cream, just a tablespoon or two, the potatoes release a surprising amount of liquid on their own!), mash, and stir in some chopped fresh sage for either method - the sage is a nice compliment. The smoked paprika someone else mentioned is also awesome in the roasting process.1
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Hell_Flower wrote: »Oven baked with some smoked paprika....*slobber*
I LOVE yams -- with butter and brown sugar. I've cut back on the butter and brown sugar tons in the last couple of months. I would be willing to try paprika! So, that's all you use is just the paprika? Are you all talking the white/yellow flesh sweet potatoes, or the orange fleshed yams? I only eat the yams and wonder how paprika would be on that?1 -
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I have started to put 2 tablespoons of melted peanut butter on top of mine with maybe a sprinkle of cinnamon. Mmm.1
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I've definitely got to give these ideas a try. Thank you0
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I had a super tasty salad the other day with roasted sweet potatoes, roasted onion and currants on a bed of spinach. A little squeezed orange for dressing, it was so good! The next day I swapped the currants for roasted poblano peppers and added some corn and cilantro, and it was a new kinda super good!1
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AmyRhubarb wrote: »Roasted with olive oil and salt, or steamed with a little butter and heavy cream (yes, heavy cream, just a tablespoon or two, the potatoes release a surprising amount of liquid on their own!), mash, and stir in some chopped fresh sage for either method - the sage is a nice compliment. The smoked paprika someone else mentioned is also awesome in the roasting process.
Yes roasting is ab fab!0 -
Cindy01Louisiana wrote: »Hell_Flower wrote: »Oven baked with some smoked paprika....*slobber*
I LOVE yams -- with butter and brown sugar. I've cut back on the butter and brown sugar tons in the last couple of months. I would be willing to try paprika! So, that's all you use is just the paprika? Are you all talking the white/yellow flesh sweet potatoes, or the orange fleshed yams? I only eat the yams and wonder how paprika would be on that?
You can let me know! haha0 -
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Rom3oJuli3tt wrote: »They are a staple in my diet. Brown rice, no so much!
Any great Brown Rice recipes??0 -
lynn_glenmont wrote: »diannethegeek wrote: »I pan roast mine with cinnamon, salt, black pepper, paprika, and a little cayenne pepper. Yum.
My fav is similar -- baked, with cinnamon, ground chipotle, and a little fat of some kind (butter, Melt coconut oil-based spread, or olive oil). If I were pan-roasting, I think I'd try a squirt of lime juice with those spices.
Lime juice... cool idea0 -
They're awesome with hot sauce and a poached egg.
Also, Carolina pulled pork (vinegary and spicy).
Otherwise, I like them roasted with plenty of salt. I can't stand the sweet preparations.1 -
I cook them in the microwave and also split one with my husband. Yams (more orange color in the inside that the regular yams) are very sweet and don't need additional seasoning. Sometimes I peel them and roast them in the oven, like sweet potatoes fries. Very tasty.1
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I didn't care for them for a long time either, just recently changed my mind too. I like them with a fried egg on top to take away some of the sweetness.1
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Cindy01Louisiana wrote: »Hell_Flower wrote: »Oven baked with some smoked paprika....*slobber*
I LOVE yams -- with butter and brown sugar. I've cut back on the butter and brown sugar tons in the last couple of months. I would be willing to try paprika! So, that's all you use is just the paprika? Are you all talking the white/yellow flesh sweet potatoes, or the orange fleshed yams? I only eat the yams and wonder how paprika would be on that?
Technically they are all sweet potatoes. Most of what's sold in the US as yams in some areas of the country (they tend to be called sweet potatoes here) are really sweet potatoes. Yams are different and uncommon in the US: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yam_(vegetable)
I eat both kind of sweet potatoes, but the orange ones more often.1 -
My hubby does mine on the bbq like a baked potato, but when it's done, he drizzles honey and sea salt and a touch of pepper..SUPER YUMMY! When I do mine, I'm a little less fun, I just use butter and salt. But I'm like you, I have no idea how I made it to 46 without eating them, I now consume at least 5 a week MYSELF!!0
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http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/sweetpotato.html
more info on Sweet potatoes than you probably want but it is interesting1 -
I like to buy the sweet potatoes wrapped in plastic. They look like this:
Anyways, you keep them in the wrapper and microwave for 8-10 minutes. The great thing about this is they steam themselves. I've had better tasting sweet potato in this format than the really-long bake time.
I'm a simple salt, pepper, and a lil butter type.2
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