Rediscovering the Sweet Potato

I've always felt a bit bad for the sweet potato, which is, in my opinion, a much maligned tuber.  Why should it always be relegated to too much sugar or too much grease?  Why not appreciate it for what it is?! A mild, nutty, sweet, compact meal that is sooo  warming and fulfilling.

 

Recently, we've been trying to appreciate sweet potatoes and all that they offer.  This was inspired by a magazine article about healthy, but easy dinners, and here's our personal (as always, gluten-free) interpretation:

 

We wash and pierce one sweet potato per person:

 



Wrap them up snugly in foil:

And then bake them at 350 until you can easily poke a knife all the way through.

Then, we split them down the middle, lightly mash the insides, and sprinkle on some goat cheese and a few walnuts.  Tah-dah!

 

Hope you give it a try- it's truly scrumptious!