sweet potatoes

The sweet potato is a large, starchy, sweet-tasting, tuberous root used as a vegetable. The young shoots and leaves are sometimes also eaten as greens.
The sweet potato or sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the bindweed or morning glory family, Convolvulaceae. Its large, starchy, sweet-tasting, tuberous roots are used as a root vegetable. The young shoots and leaves are sometimes eaten as greens. The sweet potato is distantly related to the common potato (Solanum tuberosum), both being in the order Solanales. Although the darker sweet potatoes are often referred to as "yams" in parts of North America, the species is not closely related to true yams. Cultivars of the sweet potato have been bred to bear tubers with flesh and skin of various colors.

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    Recipe Fried Sweet Potato Balls Pecorino-Thyme Flavoured

    Fried sweet potato balls with Pecorino Romano cheese and thyme, they work because we handle sweet potatoes as if they were as pumpkins: they both pair perfectly with tasty flavours, something that here Pecorino Romano, thyme and other aromas enhance without overpowering them. There is no need to...
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    Recipe Sweet Potato Latkes

    Made for Thanksgiving, 2013, when the date for Chanukah and Thanksgiving meshed up. Expand ingredients upwards for a crowd. 1 cup shredded sweet potato (this is about one moderately large sweet potato). You may wish to peel, first (I simply peeled off the thicker, rougher portions of the...
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    Recipe Stuffed Delicata Squash (with Sweet Potato, Cranberries)

    STUFFED DELICATA SQUASH - with cranberry, sweet potato, onion, apple. (You can stuff other types of squash, but this one has an edible skin/casing. You might need more stuffing for larger squash.) 1 medium-sized delicata squash 1 large sweet potato, sliced about 1 inch 1/2 medium onion...
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    Recipe Quinoa with Sweet Potato and Peppers

    Back in the day, I was a member of what is now Food.Com. I am going back to collect some of my recipes from there - I stopped using that site because the required recipe formatting was a pain in my (whatever). Apparently, I hadn't even been back since 2012. But, I'd put some good recipes...
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    Recipe Sweet Potato-Pecan Waffles

    Sweet Potato-Pecan Waffles 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour 1/4 cup sugar 1 TB baking powder 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon 1/2 tsp. salt 1 1/2 cup milk 1/2 cup mashed sweet potatoes 4 TB. unsalted butter, melted 3 large eggs, separated, at room temperature 1/3 cup finely chopped pecans Pure maple syrup...
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    Recipe Curried Sweet Potato Chicken Salad with Cashews

    Another great recipe for using leftover chicken Curried Sweet Potato Chicken Salad with Cashews 1/2 small red onion, thinly sliced 1 1/2 lbs. sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1" chunks 5 TB. extra-virgin olive oil 2 tsp. Madras curry powder salt and pepper 1 lime, zest and juice 3 TB. mango...
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    Recipe Citrus Sweet Potato Butter

    Citrus Sweet Potato Butter Recipe by Vivian Howard, Deep Run Roots cookbook 1½ pounds roasted peeled sweet potatoes Zest of ½ an orange (microplaned) Zest of ½ a lime (microplaned) Zest of ½ a lemon (microplaned) ½ cup of orange juice ¼ cup cup light brown sugar ⅓ butter, melted 1...
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    Recipe Sweet Potato Casserole

    Sweet Potato Casserole 1 can (2 lbs. 8 oz.) cut sweet potatoes, drained 1 can (8 oz.) crushed pineapple, drained 1/2 cup maple syrup 1/2 pecan halves 1/4 cup sliced dried apricots 1/4 cup packed brown sugar 1 TB. butter, melted 1 tsp. ground cinnamon 1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice 1/4 tsp. salt...
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  17. Elawin

    Recipe Sweet Potato Burgers

    Prep. time: 5 mins Total cooking time: 20-25 minutes Makes 4 Ingredients: 300 g sweet potato, peeled and diced ½ sweet green pepper, seeded and finely chopped 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped ½ red onion, finely chopped 1 tsp ground cumin ½-1 tsp hot chilli powder, to taste Salt Black pepper...
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    Recipe Sweet Potato Chips with a Coffee, Nutmeg and Cinnamon Spices

    Ok ,this counts as weird and we're not 100% sure on it but... We also did the flavouring with both ground coffee and instant coffee. To be honest, we are not sure which one we preferred. Ingredients 2 large organic sweet potatoes 1-2 tbsp Olive oil 2-3 tbsp ground coffee 1/2 tsp sea salt 1 ½...
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    Recipe Sweet Potato and Black Bean Chilli with Chipotle in Adobo and Coffee

    For weird combinations that work this definitely qualifies. As with all chilli recipes, this is one where you'll want to adjust the chilli quantity according to your tastes. I like my chilli hot, and the quantities used reflect this. If you need to store coconut milk, you can decant it into...
  20. GadgetGuy

    No more Stringy Sweet Potato Filling!!

    Today, I just made some sweet potato filling for 2 pies. Instead of the usual ricer that I use, I pulverized them in the performance blender. Not one trace of stringy matter in the mixture. It was so smooth & velvety.1 A new way to get rid of that pesky stringy crap!! :wink:
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