Sweet (Potato) ...Recipes!

Let's start with Breakfast!

Paleo Sweet Potato Pancakes with Maple, Pecan Coconut Butter

Yield: about 20, 4inch pancakes

Pancake Ingredients

• 3 eggs
• 1½ c sweet potato (about 1 large)
• ½ c almond butter
• ½ c carton unsweetened coconut milk (we used So Delicious brand)
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• ½ tsp nutmeg
• ½ tsp salt
• coconut oil (*for the griddle/skillet)

  

For the Maple, Pecan Coconut Butter

• 3 TB coconut butter* (or use butter if you eat dairy)
• 3 TB toasted pecans, chopped
• 2 TB maple syrup
• 1 tsp cinnamon

Mix all the ingredients together, let chill and spoon on top of the pancakes.

  

*NB :: Coconut butter is a puree of coconut meat. You can buy it at many health food stores, or if fresh (medium) coconut meat is available you can make your own!

Method

• Peel, chop into small pieces, and boil your sweet potato until it’s fork tender.
• Once the sweet potato is cooked and cooled, add all ingredients to blender and blend thoroughly.
• Your batter should be pretty liquid-y thin. if it's too thick add more coconut milk until you get the right consistency.
• Heat your griddle/skillet over medium heat. Melt a generous bit of coconut oil and pour in the batter, in whatever shape or size you’d like.
• When the pancake begins to have surface bubbles near the center flip and cook other side (each side 2-3 minutes).

*Tip :: Add more coconut oil to cook surface as needed between batches.

Also, getting your heat right is KEY. If it’s too hot you’ll burn your pancakes before they’re cooked through! (*Try a small dollop of batter as a “tester”, so you dont botch your whole batch!)

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Next up... Lunch!

Bacon-Wrapped Sweet Potatoes

*2 things ::

1) if you don't like REAL bacon, we're not friends! **JOKING**

But, seriously, you may not enjoy Paleo, as many of the more creative/flavorful recipes involve REAL bacon

2) Turkey Bacon isn't Paleo, Cavemen had no processing capabilities. But, if you're not concerned about "eating Paleo", it WILL work for this recipe!

Ok... What you need

• 2-3 large, uniform width sweet potatoes
• 3-4 strips of bacon per potato
• toothpicks (*or kebab skewers & you can do a few on each)

Method

• Peel the sweet potatoes and coin them (*slice them widthwise) at approximately a two-thirds of an inch section (*i.e. smaller than the width of a piece of bacon but still, nice wide chunks of sweet potatoes, don’t go to skimpy!)
• Place in boiling water for approx 12mins (you want to soften them, but not cook right through)
• Stick a fork in them, should still be a little hard in the center
• Once done, drain them and let them dry a bit.
• Wrap a piece of bacon all the way around the outside of the sweet potato piece and secure it with a toothpick.
• When ALL chunks are wrapped, throw them on the BBQ (on low/med-low) for about 5mins per side (*until the bacon is done as you like it)

*TIP :: Make sure to watch them!!

Bacon has lots of fat & fat causes fire flare ups!

cooking them on low will help, but if you get lots of flames, move them so they don’t burn.

The cleaner your BBQ/grill, the better.

**Blogger's Note :: I usually have 2of these ON a Baby Spinach & Strawberry Salad with Raspberry-Walnut Vinegrette.

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Dinner is SERVED!

This recipe is extremely easy!! It’s simply baking the sweet potatoes will oil and spices.

* TIP :: You can also use carrots, or any other root vegetable instead of sweet potatoes.

Ingredients

• 2 Lb of sweet potatoes cut in large wedges. You can leave the skin on or peal it, I prefer to leave it on, for fiber & i like the taste.1/4 cup of olive oil, coconut oil. (*or mix 1/8cup of olive oil + 1/8coconut oil, to make sure your olive oil doesn’t burn)
• 2-3 tsp of your favorite fresh/dried herbs & Spices (I like nutmeg & rosemary)
• Salt and pepper to taste. You can easily omit the salt, but it is a great taste addition, SPARINGLY.

Method

• Preheat your oven to 425 F
• In a bowl, coat evenly the sweet potato wedges with the oil and the herbs.
• Add the S&P
• Place the wedges on a baking tray in a single layer so they cook evenly
• Roast to sweet potato fries for about 20 minutes
• Test with the tip of a knife and see if the knife easily slips in. If not, bake for an other 5 minutes and test again

When they're done... youre DONE!

**NB :: Obviously, this is a SIDE DISH, SO... Serve with your choice of vegetable/fruit/nut side (*I like Dark Greens with Nuts) & your Fish/Meat (*Again, Paleo abhors Soy-based products, beans & grains, which were NOT concidered historical "hominid" dietary ingredients)

**Blogger's Note :: I have served these with Turkey Burgers & Steamed Broccoli, Baked Salmon with Asparagus & Honied (*honeyed?) Pecans, and Grilled Bacon-wrapped Pork Loin with Caramelized Onions & Brussel Sprouts (*FYI :: that was AGES ago, haven't had a double-pig-day in a WHILE!)