If you like traditional potatoes, try incorporating their tasty, tuber cousin into your cooking — sweet potatoes! These kid-pleasing dishes are rich in fiber, carbs and vitamins. A few easy ways to try them:
Candied sweet potatoes
To make a vitamin-A packed dish that will melt in your mouth, peel and cut several sweet potatoes into one-inch chunks. Toss them in enough melted butter to coat them before stirring in a generous scoop of brown sugar and pinches of cinnamon, ground ginger and salt to taste. Cook in a covered baking dish in a 375-degree oven until they are easily pierced with a fork. Serve warm.
Sweeten up your mash
With very little modification, your favorite mashed potato recipe can become your favorite mashed sweet potato recipe. Milk and/or butter go just as well in either mash-up. To complement the sweet taste, you can try adding in a tablespoon or two of brown sugar or maple syrup when you’re mixing everything together.
Experiment with replacing just one or two potatoes with an equally-sized sweet. It will add a delicious flavor and bump up the vitamins and antioxidants.
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Jasmin Woodside of First Alternative Co-op and her children.
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