I grew to love sweet potatoes as I lived down south for a while. In the bigger cities you could find several road side stands with trailer loads of sweet potatoes, selling real cheap. When we moved north, it is harder to find them, especially off season, they become expensive. What you will see more of in stores are Yams.
What is the difference between a Yam and a Sweet Potato? Both are similiarly nutritious, although the Yam lacks the vitamin A of the sweet potato. A sweet potato is loaded in potassium and five times higher the daily recommendation of vitamin A then that of the yam. Yams are a great source for vitamin C, fiber, and the vitamin B6. Yams help protect against heart disease, and is also thought to be an anti-cancer food.
How to tell them apart?, besides the label at the grocer? Sweet potato ends will taper to a point, with the skin the color of white, yellow, orange or purple.Yams, having over hundreds of varieties, can be white, pink or brownish black, and have a rough and scaly skin. It can be hard to tell them apart with out looking at the label above the stocked produce. Is there a difference in taste? To me, none at all.
I love the yam, sweet potato, but not a big fan of regular potatoes. The possiblities are endless to the dishes you can make with them. Besides the obvious of the pie, I added below two of my favorites.
Texas Road House Loaded Sweet Potato: Cook yam in oven or the faster way in microwave. Poke several holes for ventilation. Bake on potato button if you have that option if not, 5 minutes. Cut open, and spoon out the yam into a dish. Mash, adding a little butter, and brown sugar. Then toss in marshmallows, and drizzle caramel, gently mix. Spoon back into Yam, spray top with cooking spray and wrap in foil. Place in oven and bake additional 10 minutes. Or place on BBQ.
Stringy Fries: Use your fryer, or pan fry. Peel thin strips of the yam into a bowl. When fryer is ready, toss in and fry for a minute or two. Drain onto a cooling rack, and sprinkle a little brown sugar and cinnamin onto them. Enjoy!
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Overloaded Sweet Potato
Items Needed for Baked Sweet Potatoes:
1 Sweet Potato per person
Mini Marsh Mellows
nutmeg
Butter
Caramel Topping
There is two baking methods, the longer version, requires poking the sweet potato several times, wrapping them in foil and baking in the oven at 375 degrees, for a good hour or until soft. The easier method I like is, the microwave. Poke the potato several times, and place two or three into the microwave and push the potato preset button if you have one for as many potatoes that you have. If you don't, then the cooking time is approximately 5 minutes per potato.
When the buzzer goes off, remove and repeat for the remaining sweet potatoes. Let cool slightly, cut a slit down the middle, and squeeze the sides to open. Spoon out the insides, and place in a bowl. The quantity of the next ingredients are according to your liking,and the amount of mashed potatoes you have, increasing the contents for more then three potatoes, 1 Tablespoon butter, little bit of milk, 1/2 tablespoon brown sugar, pinch of nutmeg, and mash to blend. Now add to the mashed potatoes mini marsh mellows, and caramel topping, tossing gently. Place each sweet potato onto a piece of foil that has been sprayed with non stick cooking spray and seal. Place into a warm oven until ready to serve.
If any of you have eaten out at Texas Roadhouse, you will see this is very similar to their ultimate Sweet Potato they serve. ENJOY!
1 Sweet Potato per person
Mini Marsh Mellows
nutmeg
Butter
Caramel Topping
There is two baking methods, the longer version, requires poking the sweet potato several times, wrapping them in foil and baking in the oven at 375 degrees, for a good hour or until soft. The easier method I like is, the microwave. Poke the potato several times, and place two or three into the microwave and push the potato preset button if you have one for as many potatoes that you have. If you don't, then the cooking time is approximately 5 minutes per potato.
When the buzzer goes off, remove and repeat for the remaining sweet potatoes. Let cool slightly, cut a slit down the middle, and squeeze the sides to open. Spoon out the insides, and place in a bowl. The quantity of the next ingredients are according to your liking,and the amount of mashed potatoes you have, increasing the contents for more then three potatoes, 1 Tablespoon butter, little bit of milk, 1/2 tablespoon brown sugar, pinch of nutmeg, and mash to blend. Now add to the mashed potatoes mini marsh mellows, and caramel topping, tossing gently. Place each sweet potato onto a piece of foil that has been sprayed with non stick cooking spray and seal. Place into a warm oven until ready to serve.
If any of you have eaten out at Texas Roadhouse, you will see this is very similar to their ultimate Sweet Potato they serve. ENJOY!
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