Sweet potato recipes!

I love to cut up a bunch of veg and roast in the oven with a lil olive oil, salt, pepper, and whatever herbs are on hand....my Favs together: sweet potatoes, green /red bell pepper, mushrooms, red onion....the list varies with what I have on hand:)

I like baked sweet potato with tzatziki

That is a FAB idea. I love tzatziki!

I made some baby food for my son with sweet potatoes, carrots, and some sweet curry powder (it has cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamon, coriander, cumin, & fenugreek). Just cook the potatoes and carrots, put it all in the food processor until smooth. It is so yummy!! I may make something similar for myself - LOL!!

saving for later!!

One of my favourite veggie combinations is sweet potato, chickpeas and spinach. I posted a soup recipe up on another thread:

Chickpea, Spinach and Sweet Potato Soup

Ingredients
2 tablespoons sunflower oil
1 onion finely chopped
1 sweet potato diced
1 garlic clove thinly sliced
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
400 g can chickpeas drained
2 tomatoes roughly chopped
1 teaspoon honey
750 ml(11/4) pints hot vegetable soup
225 g (8 oz) young leaf spinach
salt and freshly ground black pepper

1) Heat the oil in a large pan and cook the onion, sweet potato and garlic for 5 minutes, stirring until beginning to turn golden. Add the cumin seeds, and cook for 30 seconds. Stir in the chickpeas, tomatoes and honey and cook for 1-2 minutes until the tomatoes start to soften.

2)Stir in the hot stock, bring to the boil, then cover and simmer for 10 minutes until the sweet potato is tender

3) Stir in the spinach and cook for 1 minute stirring until the spinach wilts. Season to taste, then ladle into bowls and serve.

Also, the 3 vegetables are delicious in a curry.

I have this one bookmarked for later. Looks yum! I love sweet potato

http://mynewroots.blogspot.com.au/2009/05/sweet-sweet-potato-falafels.html

I always chop them up, put the 0 cal spray butter on with a little splenda brown sugar and cinnamon and put them in the oven. It is so yummy.

Ok so it's got a lot of other stuff besides sweet potatoes, but it's delicious and it's totally in season right now.

Apple kielbasa Bake

Makes 6 servings
4 cups Brussels sprouts, halved
1 large red onion, cut into chunks
16-ounce turkey/chicken kielbasa, sliced in 1/2-inch-thick rounds
2 large sweet potatoes, cut into chunks
2 baking apples, such as Cortland, peeled, cored and cut into chunks
6 carrots, peeled and cut into chunks
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 teaspoons dried sage
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1. Heat the oven to 400 degrees.
2. In a large bowl, toss together the Brussels sprouts, onion, kielbasa, potatoes, apples and carrots. Drizzle the oil over the mixture, then toss again. Sprinkle in the sage, salt and pepper. Transfer the mixture to a large, rimmed baking sheet, arranging it in an even layer. Bake for 45 minutes, or until everything starts to caramelize and brown at the edges.

What is typical fat, calories, sodium of turkey/chicken kielbasa and where do you find it?

Sorry ive no idea how to add pics, but these are hassleback sweet potatoes...yum!!!

http://www.myrecessionkitchen.com/2011/11/hasselback-sweet-potatoes.html
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rw_X4l-oBM0/T-El_aCBsII/AAAAAAAACqk/6sIfJHSTL74/s640/DSC_0069.JPG

made these last night with a few healthier alterations, i just used a tiny bit of olive oil and honey mixed with pinenuts and diced walnuts and apple, i tell you they were yummy!!!

Here's her picture:


And in the meantime, here is a link to another topic on MFP with an awesome sounding recipe for sweet potato donuts!

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/741046-sweet-potato-donuts

Ingredients

5 lg cold mashed sweet potatoes (without added milk and butter)
1/2 Cup Milk
1/4 Cup Butter or margarine, softened
3 Eggs
1 tsp Salt
1 tsp Vanilla extract
TOPPING: (Some suggest to double ingredients)
1/2 Cup packed brown sugar
1/2 Cup Chopped pecans
1/4 Cup All-purpose flour
2 Tbs cold butter or margarine

Directions

1. In a mixing bowl, beat sweet potatoes, sugar, milk, butter, eggs, salt and vanilla until smooth. Transfer to a greased 2-qt. baking dish. In a small bowl, combine brown sugar, pecans and flour; cut in butter until crumbly. Sprinkle over potato mixture. Bake, uncovered, at 325 degrees F for 45-50 minutes or until golden brown.

Bump

bump
I usually just cut them, spray some pam on them and sprinkle with garlic powder and maybe some italian seasoning and pop them into the oven. I cut them like fries or just in rounds. Either way they are good.
BUT I would love some new ideas too.

Good luck!!

I prefer them roasted more than anything, too. They are delicious, and we make them once every week or two. Probably more in the winter. I also throw them in the oven whole (just washed and poked a couple times). When done I'll slit them down the top, scrape out the insides into a bowl, then stir in a tad bit of honey, a pat of butter, and a dash of back pepper. YUM either way!

This is pretty good: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchens/turkey-sweet-potato-hash-slimmed-recipe/index.html

Sweet Potato Enchiladas
(5 Servings)

10 corn tortillas
2 large sweet potatoes, baked and mashed
Spices to taste: chili powder, garlic powder, cumin, taco sauce or seasoning, salt, cinnamon, etc.
28 oz can enchilada sauce (I use mild red, but green would be good, too). You will have sauce left over
2 oz shredded cheese, optional
Chopped onion, optional

Mash sweet potatoes with seasonings to taste. Mix in about ½ cup of enchilada sauce. Set aside.
Spray 10x13 pan with cooking spray. Dip tortilla in sauce, then fill with 1/10th of the mixture, roll and put in pan. Pour enchilada sauce over enchiladas (eyeball it-you don’t want it swimming, but tortillas will absorb the sauce).

Top with chopped onion. Cover with foil and bake at 350 degrees for about 40 minutes. Uncover, add cheese, and bake another 10 minutes to brown cheese. They freeze well and taste better the next day.

For spices I used cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice and red peppers.

Great recipes and ideas - thanks! ; )