How to fix Yams/Sweet Potatoes

[2Shy]

How to fix Yams/Sweet Potatoes?

I bought some of those big dirigible-mutant-looking things at the supermarket the other day. The only way that I know of (besides the Thanskgiving brown sugar syrup and marshmallow method) to fix these is baking in the oven. That just seems boring.

How can I season/fix these to make them easier going down? Any suggestions?

(edited to include question marks)

 

[mrzap]

Haha ya they do look odd as hell. I usually just peel mine, wrap in foil, and bake in the oven for a long ass time. Very boring though. Bump for suggestions

 

[teresand77]

well, i don't really do anything exciting except that sometimes i put that molly mcbutter stuff on them when they're warm. not too much though since it's kind of high in sodium.

although, i did read something in last month's muscle and fitness but i can't find mine! one of the bodybuilders that they featured put something like sugar free syrup and cinnamon on them or something. but whatever it was it sounded good so you may want to find that magazine

 

[2Shy]

Can you eat the skins like regular potatoes? Or are they nasty?

 

[teresand77]

it's weird because normally the skins are good except for sometimes the ends. i usually tear the ends off and don't risk it because sometimes they're kind of bitter or something.

but i like sweet potatoes or yams or whatever they're called (i know there's a difference but i don't know what it is) even without anything on them so maybe i'm weird!

 

[2Shy]

The skins of the ones I've baked have been pretty papery, so I opted not to.

I like to cook, so might experiment with these some. Sliced up half of a leftover baked one for lunch today and threw it in with my chicken and some garlic. I figured with enough garlic, how bad can it be? It was pretty good that way. Surprised me. I think the texture would have even been better if the tater had started out raw rather than pre-cooked, though.

 

[teresand77]

i never thought of doing that...i DON'T like to cook and my food can get pretty blah so keep posting your new ideas! i appreciate it. i'm going to try your tuna recipe too...i don't know why but i never thought to cook tuna!

teresa

 

[2Shy]

Cool! Let me know if you like it. I think the dry pack tuna works better for cooking.

I'm thinking of roasted cajun yammers or something like that for my first experiment.

 

[MuscleDm]

Chop up yams into bite size pieces or even as thin as chips. Line a pan with foil, spray with canola oil. Bake the yams for about 45 - 55 minutes on 400degrees. Sprinkle with molly mcbutter and cinnamon.

Ryan

 

[2Shy]

Shy's Roasted Cajun Yammers

Okay, tried these last night and even my husband (who is incredibly picky) liked them.

Just a note here. I'm using sweet potatoes, not yams, but yammer sounds so fun.

Shy's Roasted Cajun Yammers

Makes 2 Servings

1 Large sweet potato, peeled and cut lengthwise into steak "fry" pieces
1 TBSP Cajun seasoning
1 TBSP olive oil
1 TBSP minced garlic (I get the stuff in a jar that you refrigerate)
2 tsp or so Louisiana Hot Sauce (you can leave this out if you're worried about the sugar--You could sub with some chili powder and/or cayenne).

Preheaat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a large baking pan or cookie sheet with Pam. Arrange the sweet potatoes in casserole in a single layer. Drizzle with olive oil. Sprinkle with Cajun seasoning and hot sauce. Bake for about an hour until crisp. Flip the taters and bake an additional 15 minutes.

Per serving: 162 Cal, 7g Fat, 23.5g Carbs, 1.5g Protein

*Note, the hot sauce says it is 0 calories/carbs, but as we all know, FDA regs don't require them to list same for the given serving size. I'm sure the "trace" amounts add up.