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Don’t know about you, but I love me some sweet potato fries. The good news is, sweet potatoes are really good for you… the bad news is frying them kinda counters the health benefits. So I decided to try them in another way and found a recipe for BAKED SWEET POTATOES.
It was time consuming to peel and cut all the potatoes, but the end product was definitely worth it! And there is the added benefit that they smell terrific, both the first time around and when I reheated them for lunch the next day. I don’t remember why anymore (this was almost a month ago) but for the main course I went with PLEASANT PORK CHOPS.
The sauce was good but I think the porkchops I chose were too thin. But we are not finished yet, there was yet a THIRD item on the plate. Ok, it was just broccoli that I put in a steamfresh bag and threw in the microwave… but still, it isn’t often you find three things on a dinner plate that came from my kitchen.
The next morning I put some chicken tenders in the remaining sauce to marinate for the day and then made a HORSERADISH DIPPING SAUCE to accompany it that night. I’m not exactly sure why I chose to make that since neither my boyfriend or I care much for sour cream, but oh well. It satisfied us for dinner that night considering we were not very hungry and just needed a little something in our stomachs.
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Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 12:10 pm
i looooove sweet potatoes (especially the fry variety) so I will have to try these. wow, all this cooking, you are impressive. i am still working on my frozen pizza skills as I accidentally broiled my pizza (to carbon black) yesterday instead of baking it. nice huh?
Friday, July 10, 2009 at 2:20 pm
Lol, as my family members have attested to on this site, I used to be that girl too. Actually, frozen pizzas were always my specialty. But I did burn TopRamen once. My claim to fame.
Friday, July 3, 2009 at 9:09 am
if you like sweet potatos you shoul try this recipe: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/garlic-hasselback-potatoes-with-herbed-sour-cream-recipe/index.html I tried it once just as it is with the sauce and it was delicious, the other day i wanted to try it and mix it up a bit.. so i used sweet potatos instead of regular potatos and i did it w/o the sour cream topping (i also cut the butter by about 2/3 to lighten it up) it’s really easy – and i usually eat the skin so i never peel them. Also, since they take SO long to cook – i sliced them they way you’re supposed to, put them in a bag and nuked them for about 5-6 minutes, it cuts the baking time in 1/2. came out AMAZING! Also, backed sweet potatos w/ a little cin. and sugar… YUM!
Friday, July 10, 2009 at 2:22 pm
Those look fancy! I’ll put them in the “goal” recipe box, haha.