How do you cook your sweet potatoes?

shybelle

Awesome! These all sound great! I can't wait to try out a couple recipes. I am going grocery shopping tomorrow, so I will buy some and let you guys know how they turn out!!! Thanks MFP Peeps :-)

mallorybriann

I just had some last night! I have been also craving them!!
I microwaved it and split it open and sprinkled some light brown sugar and cinnamon and YUM!!!!
My mother-in-law peels hers, quarters them lengthwise and bakes in the oven with brown sugar and a butter alternative
They are so soft and delish!

jesster64

6 min microwave.

Life0nMars86

rinse em good...stab em a few times them pop em in the microwave lol (turn over halfway thru)
i love them plain...dont add n e thing....theyre usually sweet enough n jus yum n o so filling....

P.S. i know....im soooo sophisticated :bigsmile: but hey gimme a break i just recently started trying to "cook" things on my own haha

scarletleavy

I made a delicious dinner with sweet potatoes tonight. I peeled the sweet potato, then grated it into thin strips. Sauteed it in a pan with a little bit of olive oil, salt, pepper, tabasco (optional) and some chopped shallots. I mixed it into a bowl of rice with black beans and tomatoes and added some fresh cilantro on top. Delicious, a little spicy and about 400 calories for a huge serving.

You can also make "noodles" out of sweet potatoes and serve them like pasta. Another great thing to do is steam the sweet potatoes, mash them and add seeds from a vanilla bean, sounds kind of weird but tastes and smells amazing.

Foxworth81

We've like to cut ours into fries or even into cubes. Then we add olive oil, cumin, chili powder, onion powder and a littlbe bit of salt and bake. They are so yummy. Here is the recipe.
http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=121

Tree72

There are so many fantastic ways to cook sweet potatoes. I love them: baked in the oven; peeled and cut into cubes and steamed int a bamboo steamer; boiled and then mashed; made into oven-baked "fries".

The only way I do them that I haven't seen mentioned here is pan roasted. Cut them up into smallish (1/2 inch or 1cm) cubes and put them into a pan with 1 Tbsp olive oil and about 1/4 cup of water. Put the lid on and cook over medium heat for about 10 minutes. Then stir them and continue to cook for about another 5 to 10 minutes stirring periodically. The water turns to steam and helps them cook through, but they still get a nicely browned outside.

Oh, and no one has mentioned ginger. It's a fantastic addition or alternative to cinnamon. And for something truly amazing, add garlic and ginger to mashed sweet potatoes. Yum!