Sam's Place: sweet potatoes

Here is another one where you don’t have to turn on the oven. It’s still grilling season so why not get all you can get out of it before the weather turns on us.

My daughter prepared these sweet potatoes and I grilled them for a great side dish for the evening. Apparently sweet potatoes are one of the healthiest foods that you can eat, Loaded with vitamin “A”. I’m not any kind of expert on the health benefits of sweet potatoes I just know that I do enjoy them.

What you need:

2 or 3 sweet potatoes

Olive oil

Cinnamon

Nutmeg

Sugar (optional)

How to do this:

Peel and slice the sweet potatoes ¼” or ½ thick
Brush both sides lightly with olive oil
Sprinkle cinnamon and nutmeg over one side
Sugar is optional; you can add some if you like. We did not use sugar

I set the grill on the medium setting and grilled on each side for about 2 minutes. Then I moved them to the upper rack of the grill, closed the lid, and cooked until the sweet potatoes were tender. I would say about 15 minutes.


Sweet Potatoes on the grill

As always thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy

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Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Coconut Oil

This is such a delightful compliment to any meal. My daughter made these with pork tenderloin, which I happened to cook on the grill, but I’m saving that one for another post. This one is all about these delicious roasted sweet potatoes.

Okay here is what you need:

3 to 4 medium sweet potatoes, peeled and cubed, like home fries.

3 tbs. of coconut oil

1 tsp. cinnamon

1 tsp. ginger

1 tsp nutmeg

Now this is what you do:

1.     Place the cubed sweet potatoes in a large mixing bowl.
2.       Add the coconut oil and turn over to coat the potatoes
3.       Add the three spices and turn several times to coat again
4.       Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees
5.       Spread them out on a cookie sheet, and bake for about one hour

You have to give this one a try, if you like sweet potatoes you’ll love these. All of the flavors seem to just come together. Need I say that I ate every last one!!

As always Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you enjoyed!