Comments on: Adventures in the produce section

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:03:38 +0000

Your attempt to put away the sweet potato fries reminds me of a grilled vegetable dinner I had. I sliced, brushed with olive oil, and grilled sweet potato, zucchini, and umm…other veggies. The goal was some that night with garlicky aioli, and save some for a pizza the next day. The sweet potatoes did not make it to the next day!

And now I have a couple more yummy recipes. I didn’t know you could make healthful “fries”, and never thought of chili peppers in adobo with sweet potato! Woohoo!

By: lovelines

lovelines — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 07:35:54 +0000

Mm, those sweet potato fries sound delicious!

By: Melissa

Melissa — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 11:11:04 +0000

Pastaqueen,

Can you give us an example of your daily menu now that you are so close to goal? Do you eat snacks, dessert? Thanks!

By: Mymsie

Mymsie — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 01:06:08 +0000

Mmmm mmmm, love sweet tators! You can easily cook them in the microwave like you would a regular tator. Just make sure to poke holes in it with a fork so it doesn’t explode! Then you’d have sweet tator microwave scrapin’s. :)

By: Debbie

Debbie — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:34:45 +0000

It’s hard to believe you’d never had a plum before. I love them.

I don’t like sweet potatoes that much, but I love yams. Go figure.

By: Teresa

Teresa — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 10:48:13 +0000

Your such an inspiration. Love the blog. One of the easiest ways to make sweet potatoes is to pierce and wrap it in tin foil then bake. The same way you would make a regular baked potatoe.

Wishing you continued success.

By: Mia

Mia — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 10:46:02 +0000

I adore sweet potatoes. I’ll take them over a baked potato any day, only in restaurants it’s really hard to resist the butter and brown sugar that they come with.

Your sweet potato fries recipe sounds REALLY good. I’m going to have to try them out….if I can find a sweet potato at the grocery store. Like you, I don’t know the produce section well and have probably passed by them a million times and not noticed. I’m adding it to my shopping list this week.

By: Lose Weight With Me

Lose Weight With Me — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 09:12:05 +0000

Silly me, I refused to eat sweet potatoes for years. Then, in a moment of carb-o-weakness right after I started losing weight, I had a baked sweet potato.

I loved it.

Now, sweet potatoes have replaced regular potatoes in my diet nearly 100%. We even have a recipe for oven baked sweet potato french fries that is awesome.

Brian

By: Pam

Pam — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 07:42:49 +0000

Okay, nobody asked, but I’ll tell you anyway: my 12 year old daughter’s current favorite is roasted cauliflower. Just chunk it up into 1″-2″ florets, drizzle with olive oil, sprinkle with something: herbes de provence, curry powder, or parmesean cheese – you get the idea. Bake at 400 degrees for 30-45 minutes till they look roasted. Or, chunk up any combo of sweet potato, red pepper, onion, eggplant, squash, cauliflower and roast – eat with hummus in a wrap.

By: Debbi

Debbi — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 06:58:24 +0000

My young grandson calls plums “plumps.” Which my daughter and I find hilarious.

Can you stand one more way to prepare sweet potatoes? Peel and slice crosswise into rounds. Spritz with olive-oil cooking spray and sprinkle with fennel. Grill until tender. Serve at room temperature or chilled.

If you don’t care for fennel, I think cinnamon would be a wonderful substitute.