Sweet potato

[Cat1964]

Is sweet potato a good substitute for normal potatoes.

 

[LeeLee]

YES! Lower carbs and very tasty.

 

[Cat1964]

YES! Lower carbs and very tasty.

Thanks LeeLee, guess that's what I'll be having for dinner. I take it you cook it like ordinary potato?🙂

 

[gail2]

i love sweet potatoes especially mashed and baked whole yummy

 

[AlisonM]

You can do everything with a sweet potato you can do with the humble spud. I like to make mine into chunky chips, dust them with hot paprika or ground chilli and bake them in the oven.

 

[Cat1964]

i love sweet potatoes especially mashed and baked whole yummy

Thanks Gail, I've never had sweet potato. One good thing about diabetes is I am trying lots of different veg now that I would have walked past in the shops. Does it freeze well after its mashed?

 

[gail2]

never frozen it it does not last long enough in my house lol

 

[Cat1964]

You can do everything with a sweet potato you can do with the humble spud. I like to make mine into chunky chips, dust them with hot paprika or ground chilli and bake them in the oven.

Think I'll try them mashed tonight, but good to know what else I can do with them. They sound great as chips with paprika....yum

 

[Cat1964]

Hubby just phoned me...the shop has 2 types of sweet potato. The usual type and a white flesh sweet potato. Asking me what one to get....haven't a clue!

 

[LeeLee]

Not a clue! Tell him to get some of each and see what you prefer.

 

[AlisonM]

Go on, live a little. We all need the occasional adventure.

 

[FM001]

Find they don't boil well, best eaten when baked or roasted.

 

[Cat1964]

Not a clue! Tell him to get some of each and see what you prefer.

Just told him to get the white ones.

 

[Cat1964]

Well dinner was quite a success in my humble opinion. We boiled and mashed the white sweet potato. Mashed using a small amount of light mayonnaise and pepper. Looked just the same as normal mashed potatoes. Served with pork loin steak and green beans and not one bit of salt used in the cooking. Something else new, sweet potato, and I'm impressed

 

[Northerner]

Well dinner was quite a success in my humble opinion. We boiled and mashed the white sweet potato. Mashed using a small amount of light mayonnaise and pepper. Looked just the same as normal mashed potatoes. Served with pork loin steak and green beans and not one bit of salt used in the cooking. Something else new, sweet potato, and I'm impressed

Isn't it ironic that it's called 'sweet' potato and it's better for you blood sugars than ordinary potatoes?

 

[Cat1964]

Isn't it ironic that it's called 'sweet' potato and it's better for you blood sugars than ordinary potatoes?

I know when I asked hubby to buy sweet potatoes for me he was doubtful hence me coming on to query it. He made dinner for me and gave me mine first, he said does it taste sweet and I told him I thought it has a sweetness that normal potatoes don't have. His first question was, should you be eating it then? I reassured him that it was perfectly healthy for me.

 

[Steff]

YUP its the best, was told on my XPERT course and immediately changed from normal tato to sweet so so yummy and better for me, result

 

[Cat1964]

YUP its the best, was told on my XPERT course and immediately changed from normal tato to sweet so so yummy and better for me, result

Well I have been fed up cutting out potatoes so decided to go for the sweet potato. I didn't use salt in the cooking and hubby prides himself on his mash, no lumps. So because of no salt I decided to add pepper to it too and it was nice. So I have found a fabulous alternative. I'm going to try putting spring onion through it next.

Funny Steff you say tato. We say here tatties or totties. You don't know how many times I've typed totties and erased it....lol

 

[megga]

You can do everything with a sweet potato you can do with the humble spud. I like to make mine into chunky chips, dust them with hot paprika or ground chilli and bake them in the oven.

Oh i have just got to do this.

 

[Cat1964]

Oh i have just got to do this.

I made them a couple of days ago. I coated mine in paprika and garam masala. They were brilliant.