Recipes for Steam Cooking

Side diSheS, Vegetarian diSheS
and CaSSeroleS
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OVEN ROASTED
SWEET POTATOES
INGREDIENTS
2 – 2½ lbs. sweet potatoes
½ tsp. paprika
½ tsp. curry powder
2 tbsp. olive oil
Salt
2 ripe avocados
1 red jalapeño pepper
Juice of one lime
Black pepper
SETTINGS
STEAM CONV, 300°F
15 – 20 minutes
Baking Pan
22
Wash and peel the sweet potatoes, then halve lengthways and cut into bite-sized chunks.
Place in the baking pan.
Stir the paprika and curry powder in with the oil and use this to season the sweet potatoes.
Bake as indicated and then add salt.
Meanwhile, peel the avocados and remove the stones. Cut the avocados into small cubes
and mash with a fork. Halve the jalapeño pepper, remove the seeds and cut into thin rings.
Mix in with the avocado.
Season the avocado mixture with lime juice, salt and pepper. Serve together with the sweet
potatoes.
DID YOU KNOW:
Often confused with the yam, sweet potatoes have pale yellow esh and are not as sweet
as yams. The orange esh of the yam is deeper in color and has a higher sugar and moisture
content. Sweet potatoes and yams are interchangeable in most recipes.
Serves 4