Sweet Potatos

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Wash them, chop off the ends and place them in water in a saucepan and boil. To see if it's done, poke a knife into it, it should be soft and mushy (like normal potatoes :P). But you can bake them as well. I think it's just like making a normal potato.

Hope that helps =]

Cut into french fries and bake in the oven. Sprinkle with seasoning when almost done or at the end of cooking.

I usually prepare them two ways:
Cut up:
1) Preheat oven to 425F
2) Wash the potatoes well & peel them.
3) Cut the potato widthwise so you have 3/4" thick "coins" then quarter the coins. (Don't make the pieces too small otherwise they will stick to the pan and don't manke them too big or they will take forver to bake!)
4) Place cut potatoes in a bowl and drizzle with olive oil (or any oil you normally use) shake them around in the bowl or stir them up - use enough oil to coat all the pieces (if you use too little oil they might stick to the pan)
5) Place on a sheet pan that's large enough to accomodate all the pieces - pieces should not be touching or overlaping - spread them out evenly.
6) Bake at 425F for 25 - 30 min or until fork tender.

or
Whole:
1) Preheat oven to 400F
2) Wash potatoes well
3) Rub some oil and kosher salt on the outside of the potato
4) Pierce the potatoes with a fork several times
5) Bake for 1 hour at 400F

Enjoy!!

i poke holes in them and just nuke it in the microwave for 4 minutes. im making it right now and gonna put it in my oatmeal. good preworkout meal!

Use a small baking pan, put 1Tbl oil in to coat pan. Peel yam (sweet potato) cut in 1" pieces, put in pan, coat the yam with the oil in pan. Sprinkle cinnamon, pumkin pie spice, nutmeg, 1-2 packets of splenda on yams. Mix with oil and seasonings. Bake 375 degrees about 30-40 minutes. Enjoy, tastes like pumpkin pie. :bigsmile:

Ok, I don't know how good this is because I've never actually tried it, but I have heard a couple people on here say that cottage cheese is good on top of them...?

We have 2 favorite ways to make sweet potatoes.
One is to scrub them and cut into about 1 inch "coins." Coat both sides of potato with EVOO and place on heavy baking sheet. Sprinkle with sea salt and freshly ground pepper. Bake in 405* oven for about 25-30 minutes. Delish!
The other way is to peel, cut into chunks and boil until tender. Drain water and mash with electric mixer. Add a few pats of butter and enjoy! Also delish!

First post! Hey.
I'm a sweet potato fiend, I have them most days! I get a medium sized potato, peel the bugger (I'm a man - peeling does not come naturally to these hands), chop them into chip-shapes (I cut them slightly smaller than I used to - they take longer to eat!) and boil them for 6 minutes until they're nice and soft. Spray a baking tray with fry-light spray (that stuff is amazing!) and I sprinkle some chili flakes, oregano and chili power (I'm also a spicy fiend), then throw the potatoes on the tray and make sure they're nicely covered with fry-light and nice spices.

Bung them in the oven as hot as it'll go for around 20 minutes, although I check and turn them regularly after 12 minutes, need to get them crispy without going too far and burning them! I have them for lunch with 1tbsp of reduced sugar/salt ketchup, and it comes in to about 190 cals, provided you've got about 150g of sweet potato. Very filling!

Apologies for the sheer amount of brackets used just now, my post must read quite badly! I've lost 34 pounds so far, since Jan 17th. Still a long way to go (I'm 18 stone 7lbs right now) - the sweet potato has really helped me to stay full since I've cut out bread!

Thanks guys, great forum - I've found myself gaining positivity from many posts on here in times where I've just wanted to go and eat 10 pizzas.

Michael

Some great ideas bumping for later :bigsmile: