The sweet potato. Long relegated to the sweet and sticky Thanksgiving dish when yams were unavailable, they are now coming back into healthy favor!
The sweet potato is chocked full of the good stuff we like to talk about! It is a high calorie complex carbohydrate that can be used throughout the day by the body. It is a great source of beta-carotene and vitamins A, C, D, E, K B-12, B-6, thiamin, niacin folate and riboflavin. Some minerals in a sweet potato are iron calcium, magnesium, manganese, and potassium. This super spud also contains some protein and dietary fiber.
Sounds great but you may be wondering exactly how do you make this simple tuber a meal? Glad you asked! I went on a sweet potato dinner journey for seven days to challenge myself to come up with new and yum ways to eat a sweet potato without getting food boredom. I used one medium sized sweet potato and here’s what I came up with:
Day 1: Baked sweet potato with fresh steamed carrots and broccoli, sauted fresh corn and diced onion, and salt and pepper to taste
Day 2: Baked sweet potato (2 for 1 bake time) with sauteed fresh corn, peppers and onions, and salt and pepper to taste
Day 3: Sweet potato soup made with diced sweet potatoes in a veggie broth and almond milk combo, add in sauted fresh corn and onions and fresh or frozen peas, salt and pepper to taste
Day 4: Sweet potato hash made with cooked diced sweet potato, sauted in 1 tsp. butter with cooked chopped fresh carrots, fresh corn, and diced onions salt and pepper to taste
Day 5: Sweet potato waffles made with carmelized onion and shredded sweet potatoes and topped with chopped avocado and tomato, salt and pepper to taste
Day 6: Sweet potato with carmelized onion rings, baked in an almond milk white sauce, topped with frozen peas, salt and pepper to taste
Day 7: Sweet potato mashed and added to sauted onions, fresh steamed carrots, brocolli and fresh corn, 1 tbsp. butter or healthy fat, salt and pepper to taste.
It was a great week of delicious experimentation I would call a success! If you’d like to find out more about how I made the sweet potato meals, contact me or email me at kimgerhardt@drsearscoach.com to set up a cooking session. 🙂
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