February 4, 2009
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For the record:
you CAN eat the skin on a sweet potato.
I just did it tonight.
This requires less peeling work
but more chewing work and ultimately means
that I eat MORE food - gram-wise, that is
but if I'm still only eating ONE sweet potato
and I eat the skin, isn't that just a more
economical use of my food?
And, isn't the skin supposed to be all
good for you and crap?Also, for the record, I WANT a mandolin
so that I can make sweet potato chips of an
even, reproduceable size like my friend Colleen.
Sadly, I think if I had a mandolin, I would eat MORE
sweet potatoes and regular potatoes and anything
else that I could think of to try on my mandolin.
And I don't want to spend money right now.
*sigh*
But my birthday is coming up. Surely I deserve a present.
From myself if nothing else. Or I could make it my
next 10lbs weight loss goal (for getting under 150lbs.)
Not that I'm going to talk myself into buying a
mandolin or anything. I also want an immersible blender
for when I make soup. I think I need to visit Bed, Bath and Beyond....
Comments (6)
I'd like to have one of those mandolins, too, but I live in an apartment with a teeny tiny kitchen, so I gotta reel myself in on the appliances. The good ones are kinda expensive, too. Man, now I really want one!
A mandolin makes cooking veggies much more fun and interesting. Of course, it does indeed make potatoes much more tempting. And my immersible blender....LOVE IT! LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT! I think it's particularly great for making healthier recipes, because you can often get a soup to taste and feel much thicker/richer without adding no-no's like butter and flour. Now I think I might have to pick up some sweet potatoes to make on Friday. mmmmm
i always eat the skin on the sweet potao. i cook mine in the oven, wrapped in tinfoil, until they are really, really done - almost the consistency of mashed potatoes when you cut them. then, i add a little salt, some pepper, some hot pepper flakes, and sprinkling of feta cheese. oh, man. that's a party in your mouth for sure.
I have a really good mandolin and now you make me want to make sweet potato chips! But then, would I need a deep fryer? Since you're eating healthy, I'm guessing you bake them, right?
@ponderous - I think that I am going to need to buy more sweet potatoes to eat that. Mmmm - feta + sweet potato!!! Oh my!
@KameraSutra - I think frying sweet potato chips would be too much. There is so much sugar in them - combine them with the fat...ugh. Of course, aside from my occasional Taco Bell runs, I don't actually eat anything deep fried and very rarely pan fry food - if I do it's usually fish breaded with bread crumbs and then I'm using olive oil....my food has become, to some extent, quite a bit more boring since starting to eat healthy. But, on the other hand, while eating unhealthy I would have NEVER tried sweet potato fries. Or the baked steak fries we made last night (there were also of the good) and tonight on my way home from work, I'm going to stop at the grocery and get a butternut squash to try those as fries...so, I guess my food tastes are expanding and changing. Now, if only I could come up with some sort of DIP for sweet potato fries - something savory and creamy that would compliment the sweet taste of the fries and the pop of the pepper....
@Kellybones - hey, you can make some seriously good dips using lite sour cream or plain yogurt. i am not sure what the ww points of LSC/or FF plain yogurt are, but add some spices and you've got yourself a dip. maybe add some chili powder, garlic powders, and some salt? the other night, i added cumin, cilantro, red pepper, lime juice, salt, and pepper to some SC, and it was pretty decent (the dip was for tacos). might take some experimenting, but it can be done.
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