Cooking & Baking
Related: About this forumI had sweet potato today
In a healthy choice. I thought it was carrots not bad. Then I had chocolate cake

japple
(10,459 posts)elleng
(139,456 posts)may have Butterfinger later tonigh!
LoisB
(10,464 posts)multigraincracker
(35,684 posts)Heavenly
yellowdogintexas
(23,237 posts)It can also be made with black beans or chick peas instead of beef.
It is just your basic beef stew: beef, carrots, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, onions, garlic, beef or vegetable broth. After the sweet potatoes are tender, add 1/2 pound (or more) of fresh green beans, cover and simmer until beans are tender.
Now this stew can have 2 different seasoning paths:
1. Jamaican Jerk Powder
2. Cajun Spices.
I hated sweet potatoes for years until I had sweet potato chips.
chowmama
(775 posts)Just baked plain, like you'd bake a russet. Break it open and anoint its steamy self with a healthy sprinkle of parmesan or other aged cheese and a good grating of black pepper. Doesn't even need butter. (I often use parm instead of salt, if it suits the food.)
And when I'm roasting a variety of winter squash to food-mill and freeze for the winter, if I have any doubt that they're sweet enough, I'll include a sweet potato in the batch. (A batch is 2 half-sheet pans full.) This mash gets used for everything all winter, from side dishes to 'pumpkin' pie.
LoveTheDU
(125 posts)arkielib
(397 posts)PIE!

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