Garnet Yam Fries

[unspeakablehorror]

I made some savory garnet yam fries and a savory garnet yam mash earlier, both of which I enjoyed greatly (fyi garnet yams are actually a type of sweet potato, not a type of yam). I like making savory foods with sweet potatoes, and I'm trying to figure out what recipes I like best.  I've heard sweet potatoes are pretty healthy so I want to eat more of them, but I actually don't find a lot of the simpler ways they're dessertified very appealing (and am often not willing to exert the effort to create the more complex recipes).  I also crave savory food more often than sweets, even if I do have a noticeable sweet tooth.

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[rugessnome]

I haven't done it with Garnet yams, but now and then I like to make roasted sweet potato cubes with ...let's see--cinnamon, salt, black pepper, and probably a little cayenne? Maybe I've put some cumin and/or coriander in there before. (cut them up, oil them with 1-2 tablespoons oil, and then add some spices)

I once made a chowder recipe off the back of a creamed corn can (because one of the cornbread recipes we like involves ...part of a can of creamed corn) that had both regular and sweet potatoes in it. I imagine they'd go well in at least some other soups.

I've seen the suggestion to treat sweet potatoes kinda like baked potatoes albeit with different topping suggestions, so there's that.

[unspeakablehorror]

Ah, thanks! Always interesting to see more recipes! I would probably avoid the cinnamon as I associate it with dessert, especially when paired with sweet potato. I'd like to try coriandier on them sometime, though. That could be interesting. The spice blend I used for the things I mentioned in the post was garlic powder, paprika, and rosemary, which I felt was a good savory mixture. I baked the fries, which is how I usually make any kind of fries.

Putting them in a chowder is an interesting idea, and yeah, just cooking and eating them like a baked potato would probably work well, too. I seem to like the same spices in them that I've used on potatoes (I use garlic powder and paprika on potatoes a lot, and have used rosemary before on them too).

The sweeter recipes I'd be interested in are generally more complex than I feel up to, but if I was feeling up to it, I know I enjoy sweet potato pie, and I saw an intriguing sweet potato bread recipe earlier too.