Looking for interesting ideas (read: not fries or pie or pureed) for sweet potatoes?

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My CSA sent way more than I know what to do with and I'd hate for them to go to waste.  Thank you!!

Happygoin · Answer

Excellent idea, Kristen!  I love Sweet Potato Biscuits...slathered with honey butter.

Kristen W. · Answer

Three words: sweet potato biscuits!  Yum!  (OK four words.)

Happygoin · Answer

I love to cut them into large-ish spears, bake them, then slather them with honey mixed with gojuchang.  Sweet, spicy-hot and delicious.

HalfPint · Answer

I like to roast sweet potatoes, along with other root vegetables.

Would recommend also making coconut-based curry (like Thai or Japanese curries) with sweet potatoes. The sweetness pairs well with the curry mix.

boulangere · Answer

Too many sweet potatoes: lucky you! One of my favorite dinners is to bake a sweet potato, halve it, then top it with whatever stew-ish thing I have on hand. Recent adventures in lentil-farro stew, Cuban-style black beans, and what I call Cowboy Beans come to mind. I top that with some Greek yogurt, fresh lime, and hot sauce (Cholula is king). The other half goes to work with me the next day, scooped onto a salad.

Nancy · Answer

PS Raw or cooked sweet potatoes may be frozen up to a year.

Nancy · Answer

Here are a few ways I like to cook and eat sweet potatoes -
1) SALAD. Boil or roast the sweet potatoes, peel and cube. Scatter them over a bed of assorted dark or bitter greens (arugula, watercress, romaine), top with pomegranate seeds, walnuts and a classic vinaigrette;
2) instead of or alongside regular potatoes in kugel - SAVORY CASSEROLE from middle-European and Ashkenazi Jewish cooking. Can be vegetarian or with meat ingredients – chicken fat, beef, etc.
https://www.allrecipes...
https://www.seriouseats...
3) instead of or alongside regular potatoes in TSIMMES, A SWEET CASSEROLE with many root vegetables. Can be vegetarian or made with brisket or short ribs.
https://toriavey.com/toris-kitchen/stovetop-tzimmes/
https://www.epicurious...

Brinda A. · Answer

hi renee! this ottolenghi recipe (https://food52.com/recipes...) and this ottolenghi-inspired recipe (https://food52.com/recipes...) both pack a TON of flavor and do something different (and inspiring!) with sweet potatoes. i hope you love them as much as i do!

Looking for interesting ideas (read: not fries or pie or pureed) for sweet potatoes?

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