sweet potatoes

[red and lulu]

what's your favorite way to use sweet potatoes? i never used to care for them much, but now i'm craving them all the time, maybe because i make them for dd so often...

[somegirl99]

I like mine best cut into pieces and oven-roasted with a bit of olive oil.

[Shantimama]

I like them roasted, mashed, or in soups.

[nolansmummy]

This reminds me, i forgot sweet potatoes at the store today darn it. I've been craving them too. I like them cooked like a baked potato, topped with cinnamon, brown sugar, and butter.
Yummy.

[ambereva]

I've been eating them a lot lately. I just wash them and poke a few holes, then microwave them and pack them with me to work for snacks. I like them better oven roasted, though, with some quartered onions, olive oil and salt and pepper.

[mumkimum]

I love them topped with chili and scallions.

Oven fries are also good with sweet potatoes, and we often steam them with a bunch of other veggies.

[chezlyryan]

I usually mash like normal mashed potatoes and adding some butter and cream. One time I tried to add carrots and mash them in, but I didn't time it well and the carrots weren't cooked enough. It ended up being mashed sweet potato with chunk of carrot. A very orange side dish.

[DevaMajka]

I slightly prefer the white sweet potatoes. I cut them in fry shaped pieces, toss with oil and salt, and bake them. I also like them with lemon pepper seasoning on them- yum!

[icxcnika]

I just bake them whole in the oven (wash, poke with a fork, wrap in foil and place on rack, maybe 375 degrees or so until they're soft). Then I peel off the skins, slice them with a knife so they're not stringy, and mash them with large quantities of butter.

You can bake a few at a time and keep the extra ones in the fridge for a couple of days.

[bluebirdiemama]

[hugosmoma]

i roast them at 400 until they are overdone and caramelized. they have the best flavor with only course sea salt. if you need a bit of fat, i've put a tiny bit of toasted sesame oil on top, and it was especially flavorful. yummmm. one of my favorite things. so good with this http://www.cookusinterruptus.com/index.php?video_id=124. *love* that site.

[lisabc311]

I love sweet potatoes!

My 2 favorite ways to eat them:

-Bake in oven until really soft and caramelized. Mash with fork, add some butter, dash of salt, and sprinkling of brown sugar.

-Peel and then slice into thin slices. Dab with olive oil and then bake on both sides until soft and slightly crispy. Dip in ketchup.

[fresh_veggie]

Poke holes, cover with olive oil and rub with sea salt, bake in oven until carmelized and dripping sugar syrup (onto the foil you placed beneath it )

Take it out (after an hour or so a 375) throw in a little earth balance, maybe a dash of cinnamon or a touch of maple syrup. They don't really need anything. MEAL TIME!!!

[Koalamom]

I LOVE sweet potatoes!!

I just bought 40 lbs at my local HFS since they were on sale. So now we are eating them everyday.

I bake them till caramelized and ghee and celtic salt, and for extra health, I add a sprinkling of dulse on top.

What I want to know is what is the difference in yams and sweet potatoes? What I bought was labeled "yams".

[somegirl99]

Originally Posted by bluebirdmama1

What I want to know is what is the difference in yams and sweet potatoes? What I bought was labeled "yams".

What are called "yams" in the US are actually sweet potatoes. True yams are something quite different.

[425lisamarie]

I love them smashed wtih honey and wasabi :

[fresh_veggie]

Originally Posted by somegirl99

What are called "yams" in the US are actually sweet potatoes. True yams are something quite different.

I read about it one time, it's a complicated history, but that's the gist.