I did not grow sweet potatoes this year, but a nearby house did and had so many extras they sold them alongside the road. I bought a few and am putting them to good use. First up – Food Network’s sweet potato waffles with marshmallows. I have to admit that I had a little trouble…
Category: Sweet Potatoes
Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Maple Thyme Glaze
Time to finally finish off my garden sweet potatoes. A sad but satisfying feeling. I used any potato that even hinted at being big enough and we still only had enough for a half recipe.These almost didn’t make it to the dinner table. Roasted sweet potatoes are one of my favorite side dishes, the maple…
Dragon Bowl with Sweet Potato, Kale, Chickpeas, Avocado & Egg
Sweet potatoes from my garden, yes there are still a few… I love anything topped with egg, especially roasted vegetables. Combine that with my new discovery of rice bowls, and you have a beautiful, colorful satisfying base for the egg.There are also spiced chickpeas to add flavor and texture. The recipe calls for sprinkling them on top,…
Sweet Potato Pecan Bread
I am still enjoying cooking with the sweet potatoes from our fall harvest. There are still a few nice-sized ones left; so I grabbed a couple to make some bread.The sweet potato bread turned out great. I often find pumpkin bread to be overly moist and sweet. This was perfect, the texture was great and…
Roasted Fall Vegetables with Pumpkin Seed Oil
It was a night when I needed to make a relatively fast dinner, but had no idea what I wanted to make. I stopped at one of the local farm markets and picked up a cauliflower; I decided I would do something with the cauliflower and some of the sweet potatoes from my garden….
Black Bean and Sweet Potato Turkey Chili
I first found this recipe several years ago, and it has been a regular addition to our fall eating since. I want to thank Sara at Our Best Bites for the original version of this slow cooker recipe. I change it a bit each time I make it, but I always work from her recipe,…
Yummy Baked Sweet Potato Fries
It was meatloaf night at our house. So the sweet potato fries needed to be the flavor that would accompany my husband’s delicious onion soup based meatloaf. Of course, that would be onion and garlic powder seasoned fries! These are great! So simple, yet so tasty. I did not make enough. No worries though, I…
White Pizza with Sweet Potato
Time to really shift gears into the fall harvest. It was a very good year for sweet potatoes. My first ode to the sweet potato – a white pizza with sweet potato as the topping. Scrumptious! And I am not usually a fan of white pizza, but I loved this. White Pizza with Sweet Potato…
Kale and Sweet Potato Hash with Poached Eggs
It has been a strange spring in my garden. The vegetables that usually grow well, such as sugar snap peas, were basically failures and the ones I usually struggle with, such as cauliflower and the kale below, have done well. So dishes I had been looking forward to making will have to wait until next year as I…
Creole Sweet Potato Fries
Who doesn’t love sweet potato fries? How about Cajun food? Marry the two by adding some creole spice to the sweet potato fries. Sweet potatoes from the garden. They are disappearing all too quickly. We started with this many, but I do not think we will have any left come February. EDIT: I decided…
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