sweet potatoes

[hammerman]

Got some of the above for dinner tonight but don't know what to do with them. Got to be cooked healthily as im on a low GI, low fat diet.

Any suggestions ?

HM

[wiggal]

Hmm, the only ways I have known them are roasted or baked like a jacket potato with cheese on! Both are lovely but not very healthy sorry.

Ooohhh, you could try making a soup?

[masterchef]

They make lovely jacket potatoes but don't take as long as regular potatoes so you have to be careful not to make them too soft by cooking longer than necessary.
They are also very tasty when roasted just like regular potatoes again and once again they don't take as long as regular potatoes. Roast in a little oil instead of fat.
Can also just be boiled and mashed.

[RATTER15]

We buy them to feed to the dogs, they love them mixed with their meat :-)

[NoMercy]

Use them instead of regular potatoes to make fishcakes. You can also make a nice mash out of them.

[merciasounds]

You can do anything to them that you can an ordinary potato, but with less cooking time. Personally. I can't stand them - but there you go, each to their own!

[sandyRoe]

This may sound really stupid, are they very sweet?

[ummmm]

I bake them. I don't use butter with them either.....don't think they need it.

Sandy...yes.

[ummmm]

Sorry....sweet, but not very sweet.

[hammerman]

Thanks guys. probably going to saute them in frylite oil.

One question ***dons tin hat***, is the skin edible like potatoes or should i peel them ?

ta muchly

[ummmm]

I'd peel them.

[pastafreak]

Do them in the oven...don't fry them...you won't need much oil....and parboil them for a few minutes.They will caramelise on the edges...yum.
If you were to have them as jackets,I'd not have cheese with them...it just doesn't *work* IMO.

[hammerman]

Thanks for all your answers...i started off roasting them but probably did them a little too big so they were taking a bit of time. Took them out of the oven and cut them into smaller cubes then fried in fry-lite.

They were absolutely delish and all the family loved them....even our Japanese student.

Thanks again

HM