Sweet potatoes, every which way šŸ 

3 show-stopping sweet potato recipes that take center stage

Author

Kristina Todini, RDN
February 29, 2024

Stop being boring with your sweet potatoes

Did you ever go through a boring ā€œchicken and sweet potatoesā€ phase? You know what that stage of life is like, when you try to eat ā€œhealthyā€ and you end up eating boring baked chicken breasts and a side of sweet potatoes.

That was the stage I was in until I realized a) I donā€™t want to eat meat anymore, and b) there are SO MANY interesting things to do with vegetables that donā€™t relegate them to being just a boring side accompaniment on your plate.

Around these parts, vegetables are not the sideā€¦they are the STAR. šŸŒŸ

So today in 5 minutes or less Iā€™m sharing:

  • 3 show-stopping sweet potato recipes

  • A fun fact to finally squash that question about potatoes vs. yams

  • My first ever video (cringey, but includes sweet potatoes)

  • A new zero waste dish washing experiment Iā€™m running

  • I want to know, ā€œDo you even meal prep?ā€

  • How to kickstart your plant-based meals for under $2/week

šŸ  + ā­ļø,

Kristina
sweet potato superstar

P.S. Happy Leap Day! Even though this is a daily newsletter, I wonā€™t share another newsletter on February 29th for another 4 years.

SWEET POTATO RECIPE 1ļøāƒ£

Slice and bake sweet potatoes into crispy rounds

With thousands of Pinterest shares, this sweet potato recipe is my most popular way of making sweet potatoes (and itā€™s a crowd pleaser)

DID YOU KNOW? šŸ§

Sweet potatoes are not actually potatoes (tubers), but roots. Yams are big edible ā€œtubersā€ categorized as monocots (plants with one embryonic seed leaf) and belong to the Dioscorea genus. Sweet potatoes are edible ā€œrootsā€ categorized as dicots (plants with two embryonic seed leaves) from the Convolvulaceae or Morning Glory family. They are native to the Americas, growing best in tropical and warm temperate regions. The sweet potato has long been a favorite crop in the United States, especially in the Southeast. Over 50% of the countryā€™s sweet potatoes are grown in North Carolina. (source)

SWEET POTATO RECIPE 2ļøāƒ£

Add a dash of sweet and spice to your potatoes

Serve up your sweet potatoes with a dash of spice and everything nice for a sweet and savory side dish

FOOD (QUOTE) FOR THOUGHT šŸ’­

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Some people think I look like a sweet potato, I consider myself a spud with a heart of gold.

Shirley MacLaine

SWEET POTATO RECIPE 3ļøāƒ£

Sweet potatoes andā€¦fruit? Yup, and itā€™s divine

Listen, if youā€™re not roasting up sweet potatoes with fruit then what are you even doing with your life? Try this starter recipe with a favorite fruit and then get creative on your own.

TODAYā€™S VIDEO šŸŽ„

The first video I ever created! I cringe a little when I watch it, but this 60 second video took me about 9 hours of my life to create 3+ years ago so Iā€™ll continue to share it (because of course I want you to make this recipe, but also because I will never get that 9 hours back so Iā€™m going to make it worth it šŸ˜‰).

SECRET RECIPE OF THE DAY šŸ¤«

Today Alejandra left this glowing recipe review on my Pinterest pageā€¦

LINKS Iā€™M LOVING šŸ”—

Iā€™m on a mission to reduce waste in my kitchen and one of the things Iā€™ve been testing out is switching from liquid dish soap that I buy in bulk to a dish soap bar. I connected with the mom and daughter-owned company No Tox Life, who sent me a sample of their popular dish block with a dish brush and cute wooden holder.

No Tox Vegan Dish Block

Verdict? Honestly, Iā€™m not sure yet. Iā€™ve been using it for handwashing dishes and I like it well enough but it wonā€™t replace my preferred dish washing method (my dishwasher). However, if you live without a dish washer or if just prefer to hand wash your dishes (I know you weirdos exist out there) then I suggest giving the bar a try to ditch the plastic bottles of liquid dish soap.

Iā€™M CURIOUS šŸ§ā€¦

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