Sweet potato HEAVEN!!!

I've never had a sweet potato before....so I decided to try one today with my lunch.....and AHHHHHH they are SOOO GOOD!!!  I put a bit of butter and brown sugar on it and nomnomnomnom.  It's like a dessert!!  Where have sweet potatoes been all my life??!  Damn me and my previous potato-avoidance!

What else can you put on these things?  I think I might have just fallen in love....with this sweet potato.

I am curious now, *nomnomnom* what other amazing *nom* foods are out there *nomnomnomnom* that I've never tried!

I LOVE sweet potatoes also!  I put cinnamon & nutmeg on mine & it pretty much doesn't need anything else.  Also tasty making them into sweet potato fries in the oven!

What a heck does *nom* means? I wanted to say it's a "local" thing, but you are also in UC system.

UD

i love sweet potatoes too! i usually bake them and then just add a pinch of salt and some cinnamon.

but you could also try mashed sweet potatoes (the dining hall at my school makes them with coconut milk- so good!)

you could also try some baked sweet potato "fries".

Welcome on board!

I tried sweet potato after reading about it in Rosemary Conley's book... and have never looked back.

I eat mine just as it comes out of the oven, maybe some tuna / ham / cream cheese on it, big lump of salady stuff, some peppers roasted in oven while baking the potato and now you're talking about lunch / light dinner!

love love love sweet potatoes.  I think I eat like 4 a week, lol.

I like them on the savory rather than sweet side.  I either slice them up and sprinkle them with garlic salt and red pepper flakes and bake them.. OR I bake the sweet potato and stuff it with mashed black beans and cottage cheese.  That might sound weird but its really good and filling!  :)

Another thing to do with them is mix baked sweet potato with 2 egg whites, a scoop of vanilla protein powder,&nbs p;vanilla extract, cinnamon, and 1 tsp baking powder.. bake it in the oven at 350 for like 20 min or so and it makes a little sweet potato cake with tons of protein, great for before or after workouts :)

loooove sweet potatoes<3 like the poster above them i eat them about 4 times a week.

i put cinnamon sugar, cottage cheese, or maple syrup on them. mmm so good

Wow these ideas are great, I will try them!!

"nom" is the sound that you make when you eat something yummy (or at least the sound that I make :] ) And I put nomnom's in my post because I was devouring the sweet potato as I was writing the post! :D I don't know why I like that word, I just find it cute.

Thanks for all of the great suggestions!! Keep them coming! ^.^

*rubs belly with happiness*

LOL xsmelly- My family says nummynums or nummynummies TOO funny!

I'm not sure if anyone mentioned this, but try cinnamon and syrup (sugar-free, light, regular, whatever you fancy). It's delicious... Way too good to be a vegetable.

Hey sweet potatoes club, can anyone help me to find out how many calories are in a 277g raw sweet potato?

Thanks.

Original Post by safina1:

Hey sweet potatoes club, can anyone help me to find out how many calories are in a 277g raw sweet potato?

Thanks.

Around 200. CalorieKing.com has a pretty good database, with values based on weight.

UD

i love sweet potatos. their an addiction especially fries. oh their so wonderful. When baking them how do you get the crispy?

oh man i am all aboard the sweet potato heaven train.. LOVE them - had them with my din last night actually :)

How do you make sweet potato fries...I'm clueless!

Every Thanksgiving I make sweet potatoes with maple syrup, butter, a little ground ginger and dried cranberries.  Sooooo good.  I also just like to make a roasted root veggie casserole with sweet potatoes, rutabaga, parsnip or whatever other veggie catches my eye. 

I'm amazed - I've only had sweet potatoes served plain! My family only ever had sweet potatoes at Christmas, and one good thing about cooking for myself is that I get to have sweet potatoes whenever I want!

Apparently Oprah loves them too!:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu7JeCGALcg

Lmao! I personally LOVE Sweet Potatoes myself. I use to cut them up and roast them in the oven sooo good. (they are VERY hard to cut raw though, so you may want to nuke them first in the microwave if you ever do decide to cut one up. Ha Ha.)

I usually eat them plain, they are good all on their own.

oooh sweet potato casserole around thanksgiving is sooo yummy! my aunt makes the BEST

I bought 2 more sweet potatoes yesterday.....they are sittin' on my fridge as I type....little do they know their grim fate!!!  It's their own fault for being so delicious!

:D

do you store them in the fridge? how long can they stay without cooking?