How do you like to cook sweet potatoes so they're still healthy?

Question

I bought some sweet potatoes and am looking for ways to cook them aside from candied yams. What sorts of toppings/spices do you use on yours that makes them tasty and still healthy? Thanks!

Answer 1

You can bake them in the oven till tender and mix one tablespoon butter witha sprinkling cinnamon, nutmeg or even pumkin pie spice and let that melt into the soften baked swt pot. Or even add some warmed pineapple or baked cinnamon apple slices on top.

Answer 2

I luv them Baked
Here's 1 of my fav ways to eat them
Small sheet of Foil
1 Sweet patato~ quartered or cut smaller
Spray foil with Olive Oil, Place sweet patato pieces on foil, add salt pepper & Rosemary to taste, sprinkled with more Olive Oil Flod up into a packet...bake at 375. 20-30 minutes.

Answer 3

I use honey to thicken Orange Juice and then I add Chopped Pineapple to the mixture and pour it over Steamed Sweet potatoes with a pat of butter on it.

Answer 4

If you like potato salad, there's a great recipe for sweet potato salad.
It's basically whole grain mustard, apple cider vinegar, olive oil, season to taste. If you want the whole recipe, go to epicurious.com, and search it. It tastes awesome, and is very healthy.

Answer 5

I had a heck of a time getting my new hubby to eat vegetables
I use the LAGRILLE vegetable Seasoning By Clubhouse and he requests that I make them Clubhouse makes some of the best spices out there
Garlic Plus is good too it makes great Garlic toast clubhouse seasoning as well
here's a link
http://www.clubhouse-canada.com/productdetail.cfm?ID=10329
that tells you uses and recipe
I use it on all my vegetables
He eats vegetable now and never did before!!
It is so so delicious!

Answer 6

I make baked french fries out of them. Cut them, toss them in a ziplock with a little olive oil, salt pepper or any spices you like and bake them on a cookie sheet.

Answer 7

Wrap them in foil and bake them. When they're done, put on a little butter/margerine and some cinnamon or cinnamon-sugar. Yummy and still quite healthy.

Answer 8

you can make baked sweet potato french fries...you cut them like fries than bake them(or deep fry**not healthy but can be done) then top with confectioners sugar
Or
Cut them put them into a casserole dish top with sugar or splenda Bake for 45 mins and serve.

Answer 9

baked with cinnamon and just a little butter
definitely the french fry/potato chip thing mentioned above
they are also good in soup

Answer 10

I like to bake them and cinnamon, a little equal and a sprinkle of molly macbutter. Also if you accidently overcook them just smash in a little milk.