Cooking Challenge: Sweet Potatoes

inskydiamonds

Welcome to the third round of the cooking challenge! This week's ingredient comes to us from squishyfishy who was the winner of the chickpea challenge.



This week's challenge is SWEET POTATOES.

The Center for Science in the Public Interest has ranked the sweet potato number one in nutrition of all vegetables. The rationale behind this decision included dietary fiber, naturally occurring sugars, complex carbohydrates, protein, Vitamins A and C, iron, and calcium.

The sweet potato is full of nutrients which eliminate free radicals (chemicals that damage cells). There is also evidence that the nutrients in the sweet potato are helping in reducing asthma, osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis.

Sweet Potato (1 sweet potato)
112 calories
0 grams of fat
0 mg cholesterol
72 mg sodium
438 mg potassium
26 g carbs
4 g dietary fiber
5 g sugar
2 g protein

These are the rules for the challenge:

1. You don't need to have created the recipe from scratch, but you DO need to make it.
2. Voting will be put up for the challenge and the winner of the challenge will pick the next ingredient to be used.
3. Pictures are encouraged but not required. If you want to post a picture upload it on a website like photobucket.com or tinypic.com . If there's any questions about how to do that, don't be shy to ask me.
4. You do need to post the recipe you used so other people can try it too, if they so please.
5. If you used a recipe from another source give credit to the original creator!
6. Your recipe can be a breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack, or dessert! Anything!

Fill out the following form to play:

NAME OF RECIPE:
INGREDIENTS:
DIRECTIONS:
CALORIES PER SERVING:
HOW MANY IT SERVES:
OPINIONS ON HOW IT TASTED, ETC:
PICTURE (optional):

Voting for this challenge will begin next Saturday at 5PM Pacific Standard Time.

timbotina

OOH, stubbled onto this topic....what a brilliant idea, to post an item challange and then get lots of great recipes....I only do the norm with my sweet potato (bake, then put a little light butter, splenda and cinnamon on mine) so no real interesting recipe but will look forward to maybe others posting some....BRILLIANT idea!!

Sparklewolfie

I just bought sweet potatoes this morning! Yay I can finally participate!

meagalayne

Mmm... We have some at home already! Thinking either a soup, chili or some kind of dessert.... Sweet potato pie is SO good. I wonder if I can make it healthy! We'll see what I can come up with :happy: Thanks for the challenge, Liz!

inskydiamonds

Mmm... We have some at home already! Thinking either a soup, chili or some kind of dessert.... Sweet potato pie is SO good. I wonder if I can make it healthy! We'll see what I can come up with :happy: Thanks for the challenge, Liz!

Of course! I'm having so much fun with this

Equilibrium

Oh, I'm so glad I logged on at just the right time to see this thread! I have a meal already planned for Wednesday that is Pork and Sweet Potato Stir-Fry. Will try to get a nice pic to upload, and of course the recipe.

inskydiamonds

Oh, I'm so glad I logged on at just the right time to see this thread! I have a meal already planned for Wednesday that is Pork and Sweet Potato Stir-Fry. Will try to get a nice pic to upload, and of course the recipe.

Yay! I'm glad you'll be joining!

aunienue

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egbkid

Good timing!! I am making this one again tonight:



Sweet Potato Shepherd's Pie (from Kraft What's Cooking magazine, Fall 2010)

1/2 Lb sweet potato (1 large) peeled, cut into 2 inch cubes.
2 Tbsp Herb & Garlic Cream Cheese
1/2 Lb lean ground beef
1 chop sliced mushrooms
1 green onion, chopped
2 Tbsp Sun-dried tomato & oregano dressing
2 tsp flour
1/4 cup water
1 cup frozen green beans

Heat oven to 375F. Microwave potatoes in small bowl on High 4 minutes or until tender, mash until smooth. Add cream cheese; mix well.

Brown meat with mushrooms, onions and dressing in large skillet; drain.

Mix flour and water. Add to meat mixture; cook 2 minutes or until slightly thickened, stirring constantly. Stir in beans; spoon into two 2 cup ramekins sprayed with cooking spray. Cover with potato mixture.

Bake 15 minutes or until heated through.

CALORIES PER SERVING: 414

HOW MANY IT SERVES: Two

OPINIONS ON HOW IT TASTED, ETC: REALLY good; i have made this twice already, a third tonight! I did not use Ramekins though, the ones i have are to small. I just threw it in a square pan.

PICTURES:

http://mmmhomecooking.blogspot.com/2010/09/sweet-potato-shepards-pie.html

http://mmmhomecooking.blogspot.com/2010/10/sweet-potato-shepherds-pie-revisited.html

(sorry, having a hard time making the links so the pictures appear here, there are no ads, etc on the above links, just my ramblings and pictures.)

joan41

what about baked sweet potato french fries. Cut sweet potatos thin, spray cooking sheet with pam, sprinkle with cinnamon. Bake on 425 for 10-15 minutes. Sounds yummy to me, I may try to bake some this week!

stuartme123

Spent all of Friday cooking dinner for a almost 60 people on my campus, and used the Fruited Sweet Potato Casserole recipe that my mom makes for every Thanksgiving. While it's DELICIOUS, I'm not sure that I want to do that again.... hopefully I'll find something else

stuartme123

what about baked sweet potato french fries. Cut sweet potatos thin, spray cooking sheet with pam, sprinkle with cinnamon. Bake on 425 for 10-15 minutes. Sounds yummy to me, I may try to bake some this week!

Homemade Sweet Potato Fries are delicious! We made some for girl's night the other week and couldn't stop eating them!

melodyg

Yum! I love sweet potatoes! I just realized I missed posting my recipe in last week's thread... I'll have to go back and do that! The week got away from me somehow!

randilea

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NutritionDivaRD

Sweet Potato Soup
Ingredients:

2 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 large sweet potato, diced
1 medium onion, chopped
2 carrots, thinly sliced
4 cups vegetable stock or water (I use water to keep the sodium content down)
1 1/2 tsp coriander
1/2 tsp dried thyme
1 tsp salt
3/4 cups evaporated skim milk
Chopped cilantro for garnish

1. In a soup pot, heat oil and saute potatoes, onions, celery, and carrots until softened, about 5 minutes.
2. Add vegetable stock or water, coriander, and thyme and bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer, covered for about 1 hour.
3. For a chunkier soup, puree half of the soup in a blender or food processor. If you would like it creamier, puree all the soup.
4. Return to the pot and add evaporated skim milk. Heat on low heat until warm through out. Garnish with chopped cilantro.

Calories per serving: 162
Number of servings: 4
Opinions on how it tasted: This soup is divine! Process it to your individuals tastes. Typically I prefer my soups creamy but next time I think I'll leave some small chunks. YUM!

Enjoy!

ElvenMother427

YaY! I love these challenges :) Be back with something yummy later

suzannexxx

tomatoe and sweet potato soup

1kg sweet pots
1kg toms
2 onions
1litreof veg stock
2 cloves of garlic
seasoning

soften onions then add washed chopped unpeeled pots toms garlic and stock
bring to boil and simmer for 25 mins
use a hand blender to blend till smooth

lovely and tasty soup

ChellieIrish

Ohh I made some stews last week here is one of my own recipes :bigsmile:

NAME OF RECIPE:

Chellie's Homemade Chicken Stew with Sweet Potatoes

INGREDIENTS:

Chellie's Butchers Bought - Fresh Chicken Breast Grilled on George or In A Stew, 12 Ounce
Chellie's Kallo - Just Bouillon Chicken Stock Cubes, 100 ml
Chellie's Tesco - Dry Soup Mix (Lentils, Peas etc), 25 g
Chellie's Fresh - Sweet Potatoe Raw or Steamed/Boiled, 13.5 Ounce
Chellie's Fresh - Raw Onion, 2 Ounce
Chellie's Fresh - Parsnips (Steamed, Boiled etc No Oil), 2 Ounce
Chellie's Fresh - Carrots (Steamed), 3.5 ounce
Chellie's Fresh - Celery (Steamed, Boiled etc No Oil), 1 Ounce
Chellie's Fresh - Courgette (Steamed, Boiled etc No Oil), 1.25 Ounce
Chellie's Fresh - Leek (Steamed, Boiled etc No Oil), 1 Ounce
500 ml of water

DIRECTIONS:

This part is easy lol basically chop and dice all the ingredients and put them into a casserole dish. I then cooked it in the microwave at 700 for 10 mins at a time inbetween giving it a good stir around and adding more water as necessary. Total cooking time is about 40 mins ..

CALORIES PER SERVING:

281 cals
244 Sodium
32 Carbs
30 Protein
1 Sat Fat
6 Fibre

HOW MANY IT SERVES:

4

OPINIONS ON HOW IT TASTED, ETC:

It was my first time using Sweet potatoes but it was so yummy :bigsmile: I also made a variation on that using minced beef and it too was very yummy

:blushing: I never thought of taking a picture of it sorry now it's in the freezer in indivual portions

inskydiamonds

Sweet Potato Shepherd's Pie (from Kraft What's Cooking magazine, Fall 2010)

Here's your pictures:

CALIECAT

bump, what a lovely bunch of recipes l.ove this thread.

sslin2535

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egbkid

Awesome, thanks, inskydiamonds!!

PlatinumPiggy

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carcar63

love swett potato fries. Here's a twist on it other then cinnamon and sugar. Toss the fries with some fresh thyme and rosemary finely chopped with some butter, evoo, margarine,veg.oil(which ever you prefer) & a little splenda brown sugar. Goes great with pork chops.

squishyfishy

The only thing I ever really do with them is make spicy coconut soup so I'm looking forward to trying some new recipes. Will post my soup one tomorrow

inskydiamonds

While not related to THIS cooking challenge, voting for the last challenge using Greek yogurt is still going on and it's tied! There's about 48 hours left to vote, so go here: http://www.scribbld.com/customview.cgi?user=whiskey&styleid=27146 and vote for the best recipe from here: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/127550-cooking-challenge-greek-yogurt

inskydiamonds

NAME OF RECIPE: Cajun Style Baked Sweet Potato

INGREDIENTS:
13 oz sweet potato, cut into chunks
3/4 tsp paprika
1/2 tsp brown sugar
1/8 tsp black pepper
1/8 tsp onion powder
1/8 tsp dried thyme
1/8 tsp dried rosemary
1/8 tsp garlic powder
1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
3/4 tsp olive oil

DIRECTIONS:
1. Preheat oven to 375.

2. In a small bowl stir together all the spices. Brush the sweet potato with the olive oil and then rub in the spices into the pieces.

3. Bake for an hour.

CALORIES PER SERVING: 182

HOW MANY IT SERVES: 2

OPINIONS ON HOW IT TASTED, ETC: I've never cooked with sweet potato before, so I didn't want to do anything too wild in case I hated it. I LOVED it. I served these with jambalaya and they were great being the sweet taste of the sweet potato offset the spicy fire in my mouth because of the jambalaya.

PICTURE (optional):

meagalayne

I am currently "cooking up" a heart-healthy potato pie recipe that will knock your socks off Really hope it turns out. Not sure when I'll have time to make it with my running and working this week, but hopefully I can fit it in! Was also hoping to make pumpkin spice cupcakes for Hallowe'en... Hmmm Perhaps I shouldn't make dessert after all. So many good ideas!

This sweet potato pie may turn into individual ramekins of sweet goodness :happy: Stay tuned.

morganadk2_deleted

Veggie Goulash


200 g onion
450 g celeriac
450 g sweetpotato
400 g can chopped tomatoes
300 g quorn pieces
1 tbsp caraway seeds
1 tbsp paprika (smoked if you can get it)
1 tbsp olive oil
1 pint of vegatable stock
300 g greek yogurt

Directions

Chop/dice the onion

Chop the celeriac & sweetpotato into cubes

Place the olive oil in the pan and heat add the carraway seeds, allow to pop!
add the onions and paprika,add the quorn pieces ( so they get coated in the paprika)
Add the stock, sweet potato ,celeriac and chopped tomatoes simmer until vegtables are cooked ( this varies, depending on the size of your veg cubes).

when cooked allow to cool for 15 minutes, then stir in the greek yogurt and serve.


serves 5


Nutrition Facts

Amount Per Serving
Calories 284Calories
Total Fat 5.8g9%
Saturated Fat 1.4g7%
Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 5mg2%
Sodium 632mg26%
Total Carbohydrates 40.0g13%
Dietary Fiber 10.0g40%
Sugars 11.6g
Protein 19.4g

Posted originally by me on calorie count , adpted from a food doctor recipe

Read more: http://caloriecount.about.com/mum-veggie-goulash-recipe-r342375#ixzz13SSvXI5T

Delicious! a real comfort food for a cold winters day!
Loved by all the family& guests.
The smoked paprika gives it an extra depth if you can get it!

inskydiamonds

If you haven't yet, please go vote on the greek yogurt challenge. It's tied and voting ends tomorrow!
http://www.scribbld.com/customview.cgi?user=whiskey&styleid=27146

Sparklewolfie

Baked Sweet Potato Fries

Calories Per Serving: 153
Carbs Per Serving: 26
Fat Per Serving: 5
Protein Per Serving: 2
Sodium Per Serving: 269

Serves: 3

Photo



I have the recipe scheduled to post tomorrow morning on my blog at http://abc-lolita.blogspot.com/ at 10AM (I think that's 2AM PST?) with step-by-step photos and instructions that would clog the forums here

How it tasted?

ADDICTIVE! My sweet potatoes were still a little raw/too young I think, because they were very hard to cut! But their sweetness paired with salt and pepper was a very surprising but perfect blend! I have had sweet potato fries before, but they were always actually FRIED and pretty gross :x Baking them gets rid of the greasy flavor and mouthfeel and this is simple enough (I made it in a toaster oven!) for anybody to do! I would suggest trying to get even size wedges so they bake evenly though :bigsmile: but they are super tasty and reheat well. A make-ahead dish for busy weeks!


EDIT
Wow I just edited this post 8 times and still can't figure out why the photo won't show.... I'm using forum coding (in lowercase) and the photo hasn't been moved or deleted :mad:

And apparently you can't link to any url that isn't a part of MFP