What to do with a sweet potato?

ghettosmurf999

You can make a really nice sweet potato pie - except far too much sugar.

To be honest, bit of tuna mayo on top for lunch like a baked potato is pretty damn good.

MrsSWW

No recipe ideas, I usually just bake them and enjoy with salt, pepper and butter.... I'm commenting so I can look at these ideas later 'cos I'm loving what I've seen so far!

vilardip1

twice baked...bake it, then gut out the insides, mash with butter, cinnamon, and brown sugar; take the mash and put it back into the shell of the potato and throw some marshmallows on top...put it back into the over til the marshmallows melt and voila!

lizzue

I recently started using sweet potato. I make home made tuna fishcakes with then, adding a lil soy sauce, lemon and spring onion.

or I cut them in half and zap in the microwave for a bit. Then put a layer of sweet chilli, low cal cheese and two slices of bacon all stacked ontop... Gert lush!

sroloff

I just put one in the microwave and added 1/4 tsp of brown sugar which was only 11 calories and it was yummy. The sugar melts when it's hot and so it's a great treat because it's sweet but healthly.

lq022

Wow the response is amazing ... ya'll love your sweet potatos lol

kvreeken -- Thanks for all those awesome recipes!!



After reading a few that use a "yogurt sauce", I think im gonna try a new recipe I just thought up in my head:

Cut the sweet potatos in fries & bake them (per everyones instructions lol) ... AND THEN! Make my own dipping sauce using plain greek yogurt (it has the consistancy & taste like sour cream to me) mixed with some honey, cinnamon & a little salt ... mmmhmm i cant wait to go home & make them tonight

fitnessyeoja

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CrazyDaisysMommy

I'm with everyone else on the sweet potato fries! I usually put garlic salt and a little cumin on mine. I also like to make sweet potato soup. Just boil a peel and cube a couple of sweet potatoes and one regular potato in some veggie or chicken stock and the toss them in the blender. Add a dab of sour cream when serving. Yum! I also love to slice sweet potato and regular potato very, very thin with a mandolin and layer them in a baking dish with salt, pepper and a little oil. Then bake. Another way I love sweet potatoes is a little weird. I bake them a head of time and put them in the fridge. Then I dice them with a little cottage cheese, salt and pepper and then I eat this with plain tuna. There is something about the combination of cool, sweet, tangy and salty that is so good!

lq022

I recently started using sweet potato. I make home made tuna fishcakes with then, adding a lil soy sauce, lemon and spring onion.

or I cut them in half and zap in the microwave for a bit. Then put a layer of sweet chilli, low cal cheese and two slices of bacon all stacked ontop... Gert lush!

hmm you add them in the tuna fishcakes?? do you still get the "savory-ness" of the dish too?? that actually sounds really good

sofitheteacup

Ive never been a huge fan of sweet potatoes, but I went out on a limb and tried sweet potato fries when I was in Dallas in November- and OMG, I'm hooked. They were served drizzled with honey (which people have mentioned) and blue cheese. I'm a cheese freak, so this was an awesome taste contrast and I loved it.
However, I made baked sweet potato fries at home last weekend and just used seasonings and they were tasty, too.

1 egg white plus 1 tbs EEOO, 1 tbs cumin, 1/2 tsp paprika, 1/2 garlic powder or salt, dash cayenne-- mix all in bottom of large bowl to make a paste. Add chopped potatoes (I tried using "fry" shapes but my knives apparently aren't sharp enough) and toss to coat, dump onto baking sheet and bake at 400 for about 30 min.
Serve with ketchup, or a light salad dressing (I picked caesar), drizzled with honey, or plain.

Enjoy!

flash2009

I bake mine and flavour them sweet and spicy. Slice and toss in a bit of olive oil, garlic, and brown sugar and a good bit of cumin and pepper.

gipperakh

I love sweet potato fries dipped in apple butter!! mmmm

Yvonna59

When I bake sweet potatoes, I like to bake a couple extra ones. These I place in the refrigerator overnight and in the morning I take the skin off and slice them. Then I put the slices in a pan and fry them until they are slightly crunchy on the outside. You can use butter or some other type of oil to keep them from sticking, but this is my favorite way to eat sweet potatoes. They taste like candy!

CrazyDaisysMommy

I'm with everyone else on the sweet potato fries! I usually put garlic salt and a little cumin on mine. I also like to make sweet potato soup. Just boil a peel and cube a couple of sweet potatoes and one regular potato in some veggie or chicken stock and the toss them in the blender. Add a dab of sour cream when serving. Yum! I also love to slice sweet potato and regular potato very, very thin with a mandolin and layer them in a baking dish with salt, pepper and a little oil. Then bake. Another way I love sweet potatoes is a little weird. I bake them a head of time and put them in the fridge. Then I dice them with a little cottage cheese, salt and pepper and then I eat this with plain tuna. There is something about the combination of cool, sweet, tangy and salty that is so good!

okay, last one. I like to cube them with other root veggies (carrots, beets, potatoes...) and acorn squash or butternut squash. Toss it all with a little olive oil and Lipton onion soup mix and then roast. This is a dinner party favorite! I might have a sweet potato addiction.

mikethom

I found this recipe for Sweet Potato Scallop (http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1946,134187-240195,00.html) which I've made a few times; it's very good and reheats well. (I add extra pepper and ginger :-)

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SCALLOPED SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE
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6 medium sweet potatoes
2 medium onions
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
salt

In 5-quart saucepot, add unpeeled sweet potatoes and enough water to cover. Boil, then reduce heat to low; cover and simmer until sweet potatoes are just fork-tender but not soft, about 20 minutes; drain. Cool sweet potatoes until easy to handle.
Meanwhile, slice onions 1/4 inch thick. In 12-inch skillet over medium-high heat, in hot vegetable oil, cook onions and 1/4 teaspoon salt until tender, stirring occasionally.

Preheat oven to 375°F. Grease 13x9" baking dish. Peel sweet potatoes and cut into 1/4 inch thick slices. In bottom of baking dish, arrange one-third of sweet potatoes; sprinkle with half of onions. Place half of remaining sweet potatoes over onion layer, then top with remaining onions.

Arrange remaining sweet potatoes over onions.

Make sauce (see below). Pour sauce over potatoes in baking dish; sprinkle with parsley.

Bake 30 minutes or until sauce is bubbly and mixture is heated through. If you like, broil 1 minute to brown top of potatoes slightly.

Makes 6 accompaniment servings.


Sauce:

2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon pepper
2 cups milk
2 tablespoons chopped parsley

In 1-quart saucepan over medium heat, melt butter; stir in flour, ginger, pepper, and 1 teaspoon salt until blended; cook 1 minute.
Gradually stir in milk; cook, stirring constantly, until sauce boils and thickens slightly.

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Here is my estimate for the nutritional content (8 good sized servings)

Ingredients Calories Carbs Fat Protein Fiber Sugar
Sweet potato - Cooked, boiled, without skin (Sweetpotato), 2000 g 1,520 354 3 27 50 115
Onions - Raw, 490.0 g 206 50 0 5 7 21
Oil - Vegetable, canola, 3 tbsp 371 0 42 0 0 0
Butter - Salted, 2 tbsp 204 0 23 0 0 0
Robin Hood - All-Purpose Flour, 1/8 cup 50 11 0 2 1 0
Spice Islands - Asian Ginger - Powdered, 1 tsp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marcum - Black Pepper-Coarse Ground, 1/4 tsp 5 1 0 0 0 0
Fan - Fresh Parsley - Chopped (1/4 C), 1/4 c 6 1 0 1 1 1
Cerulean Seas - Course Crystals Salt, 1/8 tsp (1.2)g 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total: 2362 417 68 35 59 137
Per Serving: 295 52 9 4 7 17

ZombieChaser

Boil 'em, Mash 'em, Stick 'em in a stew

(that's it inner-geek, fly free.......)

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Caramelized onion sweet potato patties:

1 Cup of onion
2 med sweet potatoes
margarin
olive oil
salt & pepper

Preheat oven 375C

dice onions into small pieces, then fry them low and slow in olive oil, salt & pepper until caramelized
peel both sweet potatoes, chop them, boil them, mash them (you can use margarine, salt & pepper)
Once mashed, mix in caremelized onions.

Make patties with your new sweet potato mixture, place on a baking sheet, bake for 15 mins, turning once.

lq022

Ive never been a huge fan of sweet potatoes, but I went out on a limb and tried sweet potato fries when I was in Dallas in November- and OMG, I'm hooked. They were served drizzled with honey (which people have mentioned) and blue cheese. I'm a cheese freak, so this was an awesome taste contrast and I loved it.
However, I made baked sweet potato fries at home last weekend and just used seasonings and they were tasty, too.

*drool* ... blue cheese oh man ... the sweet & salty must be amazinggg .. ugh i want them right now haha .. and its only 9AM! LOL

nakabi

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ChristineS_51

Besides the ideas about butter & cinnamon which I also love - Slice up and use in stir fry; add to curry; roast with other vegies - roll in a little olive oil, lots of fresh ground pepper, a little salt.

Sweet potatoes are lower GI than white potatoes so are better for you.

maryjay51

drizzle some raw honey and cinnamon on them .. cut up like fries too and pam spray and bake ... i eat mine plain usually with the skins on and some cinnamon

omma_to_3

I'm not a big fan of sweet potatoes, but this recipe is AWESOME!

http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Crispy-Caribbean-Veggie-Wraps

shefury

Found a recipe I really like.

Toss them in EVOO, throw in chopped red onion or whatever onion, and sprinkle with lemon pepper and bake as usual. Savoury rather than sweet...very yummy!

marycmeadows

after they come out of the oven (or microwave), I cut it open and put one Laughing Cow Cheese Wedge and a tablespoon or two of plain greek yogurt and mash it up a little - it is SOOOOOOO good! you have to try it! i have it like once a week.

I'm trying this TODAY!!

Slo83

Sometimes I just squeeze on a little fresh orange juice.

FruityLoops

I like to microwave up a sweet potato and have it with just the same toppings as you'd have on a normal baked potato, my faves toppings are prawns, or tuna mayo, or cheese and baked beans, yummo!

Mashed with carrot, and/or potato is also yum.
Cut into wedges or chip shapes, toss in a smidge of oil, seasoning and some light breadcrumbs, and roast.
Sweet potato in curry (either in place of meat or as well as) is also fab.

Defo one of my favourite veggies!

nwilson1213

I am trying to widen my eating horizon and love these great tips for sweet potatoes. Thanks!

SLaw4215

My family likes Sweet Potato Soup with Ginger

Here's the link to the recipe
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/creamy-sweet-potato-with-ginger-soup/

Gosser

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Some of these are really delicious sounding, got to try them :happy:

twoscimitars

Boil 'em, Mash 'em, Stick 'em in a stew

(that's it inner-geek, fly free.......)

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