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I just bought heaps of sweet potatoes from our coop in the hope of getting my children to eat them more often. But I am stuck for easy cooking ideas - they are not over keen on having them baked (even with sugar) thought would probably like the baked fries. Does anyone have any recipes for incorporating them into a casserole (with chicken) or baked goods?
Thanks.
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I have a sausage and sweet potato soup that we like as well as a lentil and sweet potato casserole that is yummy. I'll find the recipes later and post them.
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I'm sure any pumpkin recipe can work with sweet potatoes. My kids love pumpkin muffins. If you cook and mash large batches of sweet potatoes ahead of time, baking with them will go faster.
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I have found a few in my Simply in Season cookbook. I will peruse and share later. Bridget - the pumkin bread idea is great. And Monique - I used to put sp in lentil stew ages ago - great idea. I would love to see your recipes.
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Here's one even my sweet potato averse DH likes:
*Dice 4 medium, scrubbed, unpeeled sweet potatoes into ~1" pieces
*Toss with 2 TBS olive oil, 4 cloves minced garlic, 1 TBS dried rosemary, 2 tsp salt and 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
*Spread potatoes in a single layer on greased baking sheets and sprinkle with 1 tsp paprika
*Bake at 375 degrees for 35-40 minutes or until the potatoes are easily pierced by a fork
Serves 4-6
We also mix sweet potatoes 1/2 and 1/2 with white potatoes in mashed potatoes.
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Curried Lentils with Sweet Potatoes and Spinach
1 T. olive oil
1 cup chopped onion
2 large garlic cloves, minced
1 T. curry powder
1 T. minced fresh ginger
1 tsp. ground cumin
1 cup lentils, rinsed
2 1/2 cups vegetable broth
1 medium sweet potato, peeled and cut in 1/4 in cubes
4 cups baby spinach leaves
salt to taste
1 cup plain, yogurt
1/3 cup chopped raw almonds
Heat olive oil in a medium pot; add onion and garlic and saute. Stir in curry powder, ginger, and cumin and cook for 1 min. stir in lentils and broth; bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer, covered, for 10 minutes. Add sweet potatoes, cover and cook for 10 minutes longer until water is absorbed and sweet potatoes are just tender. Stir in baby spinach and cook for 1 minute longer, until spinach is just wilted. Add salt to taste.
Transfer to serving bowls and top each with 1/4 cup yogurt and 2 T almonds.
I double this recipe and omit the yogurt and almonds. I got this out of a Delicious Living magazine.
Spicy Sweet Potato and Smoked Sausage Soup
12 ounces smoked sausage-diced (I use Turkey Kielbasa and could be optional if you want vegetarian)
3/4 cup onion
3/4 cup celery
1 tsp. cayenne (I use less so the kids can eat it--about 1/4 tsp.)
4 1/2 cups sweet potatoes, peeled and diced
3 T. flour
4 1/2 cups chicken stock
salt and pepper to taste
Saute sausage in a large sauce pan for 5 minutes over medium heat; add vegetables and continue to saute for an additional 5 minutes; add flour and cook for 2 more minutes; add stock, salt and pepper and stir until smooth. Simmer for 20 minutes until potatoes are soft.
This is one of Leanne Ely's recipes from the recipes she provides for Flylady!
Hope you enjoy them!
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Sweet Potato Patties
Shred them with a cheese grater
mix with an egg white (holds them together but could go without)
Form them into patties
"fry" in olive oil until they are a little brown around the edges
Great as a side dish and my family loves them.
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Thanks everyone for the yummy recipes and ideas.
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Chicken and Peanut Stew
1 whole chicken,separated into its parts
2 sweet potatoes, peeled & cubed
1 can diced tomatoes, drained
1/2 c. smooth peanut butter
chicken stock
diced onions
In a dutch oven, sautee onions and then add chicken pieces (seasoned to taste) to brown. Add tomatoes, peanut butter, chicken stock and/or water to almost cover. Boil and then simmer until chicken is cooked.
Serve with rice.
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