Two great recipes for cooking healthy sweet potatoes in the oven
In this article we give you the nutritional value for sweet potatoes and 2 great recipes for cooking delicious Sweet potatoes in the Oven ! Sweet potatoes are one of the healthiest dishes you can serve your family. So the next time you reach for the potatoes, grab some sweet potatoes instead! And That goes for french fries too! !!
What makes a Sweet Potato so good for you?
Sweet potatoes are one of the healthiest vegetables you can eat! They are excellent sources of vitamins A and C. and are often confused with yams, but yams are much larger, starchy roots grown in Africa. Below is a chart of the nutritional value of Sweet potatoes. Check out all of that Vitamin A!!
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Here is a great Recipe for homemade Sweet Potato Fries!
OK these fries taste GREAT your family will LOVE THEM and they are actually GOOD FOR YOU!
Ingredients for Sweet Potato Fries
1 Sweet potato per person
2. Spray non stick cooking spray
3. Salt and pepper or seasoned salt or cinnamon (it depends on the flavor you like best).
Directions!
Preheat the oven to 425F
1. Wash sweet potatoes.
2. Peel Sweet Potato (this works better if you steam them for 4 minutes first but its not necessary).
3. Slice lengthwise into ¼ inch strips
4. Place strips single layer on 18 x 26 x 1” baking tray that has been lightly sprayed
6. Spray the tops of the sweet potato fries with butter lightly
7. Sprinkle the seasoning (cinnamon,salt and pepper, or seasoned salt) over tops of the sweet potato fries
8. Bake the sweet potato fries in 425°F oven for approximately 20 minutes
9. remove from oven and serve!
Recipe #2 Oven Baked Sweet Potatoes!
Preparation
Preheat the oven to 375F
Before you start you will want to wash sweet potatoes well. This recipe will have you cook them whole as most of the nutrients are next to the skin and it is easier to cook them like this!
Punch some hole sin the sweet potato with a fork (just like with a regular potato this lets the steam escape as they cook so they don’t explode and make a mess!)
Cooking the Sweet Potato in the oven.
Place potatoes in any oven safe pan
Cook in an oven heated to 375° F for about 45 minutes or until tender.
Remove from oven and allow to cool slightly before removing skins.
Season and Serve
Slice each potato in the middle and add some butter.
Sprinkle with salt and pepper
Serve as a meal itself or with a main dish – Sweet potato goes great with any meat but is traditionally served with Turkey or Ham
OK thats it for this article
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Sweet potatoes are versatile, easy to work with and delicious. They should not be confused with yams as these two tubers are not even related. Yams are a sweeter vegetable with black or brown skin and red, purple or off-white flesh. There are many varieties, some with yellow skin and flesh and others with dark orange skin and flesh. The more common orange skinned potato is the sweeter of the two and it is often mistaken for a yam. Sweet potatoes are usually in season from October to January but they can be found throughout the year fresh or canned.
Chris