slo’s WEDNESDAY 7/17 poll - Baked Sweet Potato

[slo]

It seems like sweet potatoes are getting a lot more love lately than they ever did in the past. When I was a kid I don’t recall restaurants offering sweet potato fries or baked sweet potatoes. My mom didn’t serve sweet potatoes any time other than Thanksgiving (she does now) and there wasn’t tons of different recipes for sweet potatoes. I’m a big sweet potato fan, so I love how they are offered more today, and order sweet potato things in restaurants and I make different sweet potato recipes at home. Let’s just focus on baked sweet potatoes today. So tell me……

What is your opinion of baked sweet potatoes?
If you eat them…..what do you put on them?
(multiple choice)



For Me…..I love love love them I fully admit that I’m VERY guilty of turning something healthy into something not very healthy. I put butter, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon sugar and sometimes marshmallows on mine. I told you….not healthy, but so so very yummy

 

[unrequited23]

I know you said you're sticking to baked sweet potatoes...but I suggest using them for hash browns, even better if you use coconut oil vs other types.

 

[Wood Nymph]

I loved baked sweet potatoes. I used to eat them plain. But once I made the mistake of putting butter on them, I couldn't go back to eating plain ones again. I used to make a sweet potato in the toaster oven at work. It would fill the office with delicious smells. It was really good.

 

[Jeannie]

I never liked sweet potatoes growing up and have never had a baked one. Now I cut them up to roast with other vegetables or do a half sweet potato / half white potato for mashed potatoes.

 

[slo]

I know you said you're sticking to baked sweet potatoes...but I suggest using them for hash browns, even better if you use coconut oil vs other types.

I never liked sweet potatoes growing up and have never had a baked one. Now I cut them up to roast with other vegetables or do a half sweet potato / half white potato for mashed potatoes.

Both great ideas - thank you for posting them

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

I have tried before, but I wasn’t too into it. I haven’t found any type of sweet potato that I like really like. It’s not that I’m grossed out or find the off-putting, they just do not excite me. It seems like everyone else I know loves them.

 

[Babs Johnson]

I enjoy baked sweet potatoes topped with butter and cinnamon sugar. Yum.

 

[jo-jo]

ok, I need you to fill in the blanks........the restaurant that used to be in the contemporary , didn't they have sweet potato pancakes with pecan butter. Or maybe pumpkin? I remember it was wonderful.

 

[WDWEPCOT]

LOVE sweet potatoes and I’m so happy that you can eat them besides Thanksgiving!!!
I will fix one and have it for dinner sometime plain just baked - sometimes I go crazy butter / brown sugar maybe some marshmallows

I’m doing a vegetable medley I’ve got sweet potatoes in there I may have regular potatoes some sweet potatoes some carrots some zucchini I like to mix it up - add a little olive oil then throw on the grill delicious!!!

 

[Micca]

They're ok, butter/sour cream/salt/pepper maybe a sprinkle of cheese. Having typed that, some bacon would be nice too. I'd prefer a regular baked potato.

 

[Meriweather]

I like them a lot.....better option that a regular potato.
I like them baked, mashed, fries and in a lot or recipes.
I like them more, the more we eat them.....and DH likes them now too. We never buy regular potatoes. I put them in soups, stews, etc,

For baked, just butter, and pepper (sometimes a little salt).

 

[jalapeno_pretzel]

Love them. I rarely eat one just baked though. Most often I chop them up and roast them along with broccoli, brussels sprouts, and chickpeas. We cut them in wedges, season them, and grill them. I get sweet potato fries when they're on the menu at restaurants. Love the Thanksgiving sweet potato casserole - I have a recipe I like with marshmallows and one without. I also like to sauté some onions, mushrooms, and spinach, and put that over a baked sweet potato.

 

[Forevermarypoppins]

Sweet potatoes are my choice for baking at home. I like putting them on the grill partially foiled. I eat them with only a sprinkle of cinnamon.

I also cut one up when I make mixed grilled veggies!

 

[BlueStarryHat]

LOVE a good baked sweet potato with cinnamon and butter. Longhorn Steakhouse has a good one. I get it with a nice medium rare filet.

 

[CGB]

My daughter is my partner in crime with sweet potatoes. We love them! We were walking through Wal-mart the other day and she was like "Mom! Look at this big sweet potato!"DH, though... doesn't like them and always makes faces. Because of that, I don't make them very often. However, the sweet potato casserole goes in the biggest dish at Thanksgiving so we have TONS of leftovers.

 

[ronandannette]

I’m with Slo’s Mom...sweet potatoes are only fit to be a side at turkey dinners.

 

[MIGrandma]

Love them, with lots of butter and brown sugar

 

[Dan Murphy]

I like them but we never seem to have them at home other than holiday time. I might have to talk to Marie about that today, and on her birthday today no less.

If they are an available choice in a restaurant I will often get one. Usually butter, a little salt and pepper.

 

[ftbaker1313]

I love a good baked sweet potato when I am having a ribeye. Also when out camping I will chop up sweet potato and put in foil with a little butter, salt, pepper and roast in coals.

 

[monsterkitty]

Love them and so do my pups!

Try them with black beans, rinsed and cooked, plain Greek yogurt mixed with chili powder to taste, avocado, and a bit of cheese.

You can even put soap suds on them if you can eat cilantro