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Article: Food for the soul
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- Better Nutrition
- Article date:
- August 1, 2003
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SAVORY DISHES WITH AFRICAN-AMERICAN ROOTS
Baked Sweet Potatoes
SERVES 6
This simple method of baking sweet potatoes harkens back to the way they were cooked in fireplaces in colonial times.
6 medium-sized sweet potatoes
2 Tbs. vegetable oil
1 tsp. butter per potato
Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
Freshly grated nutmeg to taste
1. Preheat oven to 400F.
2. Wash sweet potatoes, and oil skins. Place sweet potatoes on oven rack, and bake, 45 minutes.
3. When soft, split potatoes, scoop out flesh, and mash with butter and seasonings. Serve hot. PER SERVING: 150 CAL; 2G PROT; 4G TOTAL FAT (2.5G SAT. FAT); 28G CARB; 10MG CHOL; 50MG SOD; 3G FIBER; 11G SUGARS
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