Tip:
Highlight text to annotate it
X
What is the best way to cook a sweet potato?
You can bake a sweet potato like a regular potato. They are delicious with butter, and
they are amazing with cinnamon, sugar and butter.
That sounds like candied yams.
Yams and sweet potatoes taste a lot alike. And they look a lot alike.
What is another option?
If you like potatoes au gratin, you can use sweet potatoes instead. Unlike potatoes, you
don't have to remove the skin before making it, and you end up with a version that is
healthier than recipes with regular spuds.
I've seen restaurants start serving mashed sweet potatoes.
You make them the same way as regular mashed potatoes, but you get a sweeter recipe.
At least it's better than funky looking French fries.
You can buy sweet potato fries. If you want to make your own, you can fry them in peanut
oil when it reaches 350 degrees.
Next thing you know, they'll be replacing hash browns.
You just grate the yams and sauté them with olive oil. It isn't hard.
So sweet potatoes and potatoes are interchangeable?
Not in every dish. But sweet potatoes are popular because they have fewer calories and
more vitamins than regular potatoes.
Except that they cost a little more.
And you get a good source of vitamin A in return. If you want something different, bake
the potatoes on the grill with your steak or hot dogs.
How long does that take?
If you cut it into slices, it only takes 20 minutes. The meat takes that long.
I want a simple recipe.
So roast it. You can roast sweet potatoes for 45 minutes along with onions, squash and
carrots.
That’s a vegetarian dish. I’m a meat-a-tarian.
Yes, you can add beef or chicken to that.