what can I do with a sweet potato?

[Non]

I just bought one sweet potato.

Now, I dont really want a recipe, but how can I prepare it in such a way that it's edible? Should I soak it in water and eat it the next day? Sprout it?

Raw sweet potato has high trypsin inhibitors, will sprouting reduce this, or soaking it?

[January Noir]

I read that it shouldn't be eaten raw, so to me, that means you have to cook it in order to eat it. I would love to hear what others say about it. SPs are one of my favorite foods, plain baked with nothing on it but a pat of butter

[EscapeArtist]

^ I dont know about that... I eat raw sweet potatoes every once in awhile and did not feel any negative effects. I just ate them plain so unfortunately I can't offer you any advice. I did see a smoothie recipe that somebody just posted on on this forum though, I think they said it was orange, sweet potato, ginger and banana. They just posted it under "good new first day" or something along those lines. I'm guessing you'd need a pretty good blender to bread it up smoothly, they said it was 'bitty'

[Dimond]

Blend it into a soup or pudding.

[Non]

yea I think i'lll just make dehydrated sweet potato fries. not sure if it would be raw tho since the first 45 mins u have to put it at 145 F.

[Mary Kay]

Most feel that the first hour or so at a higher temp is ONLY a higher temp in the air of the dehydrator, and due to evaporation and cooling of the food, that the internal temp of the food is still low, so it is raw. LOL, just re-reading this...does that make sense?

I've had some pretty good raw sweet potato-pancake like things at a potluck and also some pumpkin pie....but honestly, I also like them cooked better. I'll actually occasionally steam them and add them to a pumpkin-pie-type smoothie, where all the other ingredients are raw except the sweet potatoes. I do this with winter squashes too---does anyone know, before I go Google crazy, if they also have the enzyme inhibitors as well?

Oh, and someone else did some sweet potato chips, where they said they would grnd them up first/add spices etc, then make chips....rather than just thin slices.

Mary Kay

[Mindatrisk]

I did see a smoothie recipe that somebody just posted on on this forum though, I think they said it was orange, sweet potato, ginger and banana. They just posted it under "good new first day" or something along those lines. I'm guessing you'd need a pretty good blender to bread it up smoothly, they said it was 'bitty'

This is me. Sweet potatoes are apparently a protein inhibitor, but at the same time they are extremely nutritious and very high in complex carbs, so I just use them in a smoothie at least 3 hours before exercise to get long lasting energy. They are barely noticable in a strong fruity smoothie, and like I said, for me they are just there for the nutrition. :)

[GlimR]

I add them to juice.just juice them along with everything else...never seemed to cause any distress...also make chips.very yummy snackfood!

[Zaphirah]

NOBODY mentioned hashbrowns? :confused: ;)

I like to grate a sw pot, add fresh garlic, olive oil and salt. Put in the dehydrator overnight and in the morn-Voila: "Instant breakfast" !

[Raw Angel Mom]

Corn and peas are in season. Make a white sauce any white nuts or recipes. Then chop an onion, graded your sweet potato, add corn and peas and enjoy.

A suggested white sauce

1 cup of macadamian nuts
200 ml of lemon juice
seasoning (fresh herbs, sceltic sea salt anything you like, basil is great and theragon)
Ginger/garlic (one piece of garlic and maybe a tea spoon of ginger)
A little bit of sweetner (optional) raw honey, true raw agave...


Blend with a good blender (vitamix), add water if need more liquid.


This is a very quick salad and very nourishing.

If no corn or peas, you could use chery tomato, cucumber cube, zukini cube

Just be creative

[Non]

thanks all. hmm. I think I'll soak them in water overnight just to make sure some of these trypsin inhibitors reduce, perhaps dehydrating them does too? Though I think not, since enzyme inhibitors become active when seeds dry..

[blizzardfrisbee]

Hmmm good ideas for sweet potatoes!

[green jeanie]

soak it, blend it, sweeten it = carbohydrate custard:D

[MelanieBear]

Steam it.

(sorry....is that subversive? *wink* )

[Seductive Arts]

I read that it shouldn't be eaten raw, so to me, that means you have to cook it in order to eat it. I would love to hear what others say about it. SPs are one of my favorite foods, plain baked with nothing on it but a pat of butter

It is okay eaten raw. Nothing happened to me. Same with white potatos. However, I don't eat them raw all the time. They taste better cooked to me, but I would put sweet potatoes in my smoothies.