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Sweet Potato Toast

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Try this delicious, healthy Sweet Potato Toast! It is so easy to make in your toaster or toaster oven! All you need is sweet potatoes! In this video Karen Breyer will show you step-by-step how to make this Sweet Potato Toast recipe.

This is the easiest recipe you may ever make! Top your Sweet Potato Toast with different spreads and toppings. It is a perfect recipe for when you are in a hurry or do not want to make a complicated recipe. You can serve this Sweet Potato Toast for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. It is also perfect for an easy snack or appetizer.

Enjoy many different toppings on your Sweet Potato Toast. You can set out different toppings for your family or guests to choose from and everyone will be satisfied! Watch this Sweet Potato Toast cooking video and make some Sweet Potato Toast today!

Yield: 1 serving

Sweet Potato Toast

Ingredients

  • 1 medium to large sweet potato
  • Your choice of toppings (see below)

Instructions

  1. Wash and dry a sweet potato.
  2. Slice the sweet potato lengthwise into slices about 1/4 inch thick. For smaller slices cut the potato in half before making lengthwise slices.
  3. Place the potato slices on the toaster oven rack or in the toaster (make sure they are long enough to get out!).
  4. Press toaster as many times it takes to make your sweet potato slices browned as much as you like. Some slices may toast faster than others so just take them out early if they do.
  5. When your sweet potato slices are toasted, spread them with the toppings of your choice and enjoy!

Notes

Some delicious toppings for this Sweet Potato Toast include butter, almond or peanut butter with fruit, hummus, tofu sour cream and chives, eggs, maple syrup, avocados, cream cheese and strawberries, chili, lentils, bruschetta and Parmesan, plus so many more possibilities!

Some of the browned spots may turn almost black and that is fine in my opinion.

You can toast the skin ends of the sweet potatoes too but they may take longer or shorter to cook.

Serve this Sweet Potato Toast for breakfast, lunch, dinner and even as an appetizer or snack!

See a cooking demonstration of this Sweet Potato Toast recipe on the Cooking Lessons for Dad YouTube channel.

© Karen Breyer

 

Crockpot Maple Almond Sweet Potatoes

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Make this Crockpot Maple Almond Sweet Potatoes recipe for dinner tonight! In this cooking video Karen Breyer will show you step-by-step how to make these tasty, healthy Maple Almond Sweet Potatoes. This is a easy, healthy side dish recipe that you and your family are going to love! These tasty sweet potatoes are simple to make in your crockpot or slow cooker. For more variety you can use yams instead of sweet potatoes.

Want a change from your regular potato recipes? Prepare this Crockpot Maple Almond Sweet Potatoes recipe as a tasty, colorful, side dish for any meal. Impress your company with this easy to put together recipe. Fix this sweet potato dish ahead of time in your crockpot and let it cook while doing other things. After it is finished you can leave it warming in the crockpot while you finish preparing dinner. Why eat the same old thing everyday? Dress up your dinner tonight with this delicious, easy, healthy Crockpot Maple Almond Sweet Potato recipe!

Yield: 8 servings

Crockpot Maple Almond Sweet Potatoes

Ingredients

  • 8 cups sweet potatoes (or yams)
  • 1/3 cup water
  • 1/2 cup crushed pineapple with the juice (canned, unsweetened)
  • 3 - 4 tablespoons maple syrup
  • 1 teaspoon salt (or to taste)
  • 1/3 cup almonds, toasted (chopped or sliced)
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla

Instructions

  1. Cut cleaned sweet potatoes into 1 inch cubes.
  2. Add the sweet potatoes, water, pineapple, maple syrup and salt to the crockpot and stir together.
  3. Cook the potato mixture for 4 - 5 hours on low or 2 - 3 hours on high until the sweet potatoes are soft.
  4. Mash the sweet potato mixture with a potato masher.
  5. Mix in the almonds and vanilla. Serve.

Notes

It is fine to use raw almonds instead of toasted.

I like to sprinkle some additional almonds on top of the finished Maple Almond Sweet Potatoes.

I prefer Kosher salt but you can use any type of salt.

Feel free to peel the sweet potatoes. I prefer to leave the skins on.

For a variation add 1/2 cup dried cranberries to the potato mixture before cooking.

You can cut this recipe in half and cut the cooking time by 15 to 30 minutes.

See a cooking demonstration of this Crockpot Maple Almond Sweet Potatoes recipe on the Cooking Lessons for Dad YouTube channel.

© Karen Breyer

 

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