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Posts tagged “sweet potato”

Recipe: Chili-Spiked Sweet Potato Fries

We could - and have! - eat a plate of sweet potato fries for dinner and nothing else. They're creamy, a bit crunchy, and very satisfying. We like them kicked up with a light dusting of spicy chili pow...

Recipe: Sweet Potato Soup with Miso and Ginger

Creamy sweet potatoes, spicy ginger, and sweet and salty miso all meet in this easy, delicious soup that we've been enjoying the last few days. Technically it's a braise - the potatoes are lightly fri...

Why Is This Sweet Potato Not Orange?

Well, the answer is really not that exciting. Simply put, there is more than one type of sweet potato. Some are the bright orange-fleshed ones we're used to, but others are pale yellow like the one ab...

Gallery: Thanksgiving Potato Recipes

Sweet potatoes, white potatoes, mashed potatoes, candied potatoes. What kind of potatoes are you making for Thanksgiving? Here are our favorite potato recipes, plus a couple tips on making awesome mas...

Edith's Sweet Potato Pie
Best Pie Bakeoff 2008 Entry #27

Recipe: Edith's Sweet Potato Pie, from Leonard Category: Classic We've been waiting for a pie entry like this. This is an authentic, handed-down family recipe, and with photos to prove it too. This i...

Recipe: Sweet Potatoes and Caramelized Onions

We tore through these sweet potatoes before we had the chance to take much of a picture, so we'll have to describe them instead. These are the easiest things. So much flavor for so little work. We c...

Quick Lunch: Sweet Potato with Maple-Pecan-Shallot Butter

Okay, so there's no protein to tide you over until dinner... But a baked sweet potato is one of our favorite quick, vegetarian meals. And the jazzed-up butter makes it so much more interesting. Get ...

Recipe: Sweet Potato and Sage Gratin

We have never understood why people add so much sugar to sweet potatoes. With the exception of desserts like sweet potato pie, it seems wholly unnecessary. This sweet dish is not for dieters; it wo...

Recipe: Roasted Sweet Potato Sticks with Rosemary

Sweet potatoes make a bright addition to the table in the dark winter, and this is a fast way to put them there, without much work at all. Sweet potatoes are chopped into thick sticks - don't even p...