Un-Recipe – Roasted Sweet Potato

Posted on May 28, 2013 by thecompletebook

I nearly forgot about our un-recipes – can’t remember when I last shared one with you. Yesterday was one of those “suckers-on-my-butt” kind of days and didn’t leave the computer until it was nearly supper time. I know, I know – I should have planned ahead. I needed food but wasn’t much in the mood for cooking so a quick non complicated meal was required. These tasty sweet potatoes were the perfect accompaniment to some left over roast pork.

Un-Recipe – Roasted Sweet Potatoes

Ingredients

Sweet potatoes
Grapeseed oil
Salt
Ground cinnamon
Ground ginger

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C.
Peel and slice, dice or wedge sweet potatoes.
Place sweet potatoes on a baking tray and drizzle with a little oil salt and the spices.
Bake until sweet potatoes are cooked.

44 thoughts on “Un-Recipe – Roasted Sweet Potato”

Chica Andaluza on May 28, 2013 at 09:10 said:

Gorgeous and it seems like a recipe to me…you put cinammon and ginger on! Have a lovely day Mandy 🙂

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- thecompletecookbook on May 28, 2013 at 10:18 said:
  
  Hee hee, too true Tanya – a recipe it is then. Have a lovely day. 🙂 xo
  
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Sous Chef on May 28, 2013 at 10:12 said:

Yum, as you know I love sweet potatoes. I often have those days where you get so involved on the puter that food gets totally forgotten 🙂

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- thecompletecookbook on May 28, 2013 at 10:20 said:
  
  This puter is bad news some days! It does get to have a bit of a breather when Pete is home though so guess it all balances out…right? Have a fab day. 🙂 xo
  
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Angie@Angie's Recipes on May 28, 2013 at 10:15 said:

I could have finished the whole plate! They are so delicious right out from the oven.

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- thecompletecookbook on May 28, 2013 at 10:20 said:
  
  What a lovely compliment Angie, thank you! Have a super day. 🙂 xo
  
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Bluejellybeans on May 28, 2013 at 11:25 said:

Hi! This is a great idea, one I’m planning to use today for lunch. Thanks! 😉

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- thecompletecookbook on May 28, 2013 at 13:22 said:
  
  Fantastic Giovanna, I would love to hear how you enjoy it. Have a lovely lunch. 🙂 xo
  
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dedy oktavianus pardede on May 28, 2013 at 12:37 said:

Sounds great,
i had this before and it served with a lightening flambee…
try pour some rhum and light it out, preety damn good!

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- thecompletecookbook on May 28, 2013 at 13:22 said:
  
  Great idea Dedy! Have a lovely day. 🙂
  
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Choc Chip Uru on May 28, 2013 at 12:59 said:

I want to go jiggy with that plate of goodies, they look delicious 🙂

Cheers
Choc Chip Uru

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- thecompletecookbook on May 28, 2013 at 13:23 said:
  
  Awesome CCU! Have a super day. 🙂 xo
  
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moi du toi photography on May 28, 2013 at 13:22 said:

I love roast sweet potatoes! Yummy yummy yummy, I’m going to try mine with cinnamon and ginger next time, thanks Mandiferous ♥

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- thecompletecookbook on May 28, 2013 at 13:36 said:
  
  You are welcome my friendy. Was so lovely chatting again yesterday evening! 🙂 xo
  
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chef mimi on May 28, 2013 at 13:47 said:

It’s still a recipe!

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- thecompletecookbook on May 28, 2013 at 13:51 said:
  
  You very sweet Mimi, thank you. Have a super day. 🙂 xo
  
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Karen on May 28, 2013 at 14:06 said:

Your sweet potatoes are prefect…some recipes just have a couple of ingredients but are still delicious. 🙂

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- thecompletecookbook on May 28, 2013 at 14:17 said:
  
  Karen, thank you for such a lovely compliment. Have a lovely day. 🙂 xo
  
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bitsandbreadcrumbs on May 28, 2013 at 16:21 said:

You know as many times as I’ve cooked sweet potato fries in the oven, I’ve never put ginger on them…what a brilliant idea! Yours look so yummy, and the color is so different from the red ones we get here. Have a great day, Mandy!

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- thecompletecookbook on May 28, 2013 at 16:35 said:
  
  Hi Betsy, the ginger is a wonderful flavour with sweet potatoes. The one I buy have a reddish pink skin but the inside is white. Have a lovely day. 🙂 xo
  
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Lisa the Gourmet Wog on May 28, 2013 at 23:25 said:

ooooh Cinnamon and ginger on sweet potatoes is a whole new concept for me! Great (un)recipe 🙂

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- thecompletecookbook on May 29, 2013 at 12:04 said:
  
  Thanks Lisa. Hope you give it a try. Have a lovely day. 🙂 xo
  
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Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial on May 28, 2013 at 23:54 said:

Easy and they sound intriguing with the cinnamon and ginger – will have to try it! Thanks Mandy! xx

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- thecompletecookbook on May 29, 2013 at 12:05 said:
  
  I would love to hear what you think Celia. Have a super day. 🙂 xo
  
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Kristy on May 29, 2013 at 01:02 said:

I love roasted sweet potatoes! I’m the only one in the house that will eat them, but I don’t mind that at all. I just get to keep them all for me then. 🙂

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- thecompletecookbook on May 29, 2013 at 12:05 said:
  
  Exactly Kristy, all the more for you to enjoy. Have a lovely day. 🙂 xo
  
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Hotly Spiced on May 29, 2013 at 04:28 said:

I love sweet potato and white is my favourite. I too often have days where I’m glued to my chair until dinner time and it’s not good for me. I try now to get up every 20 minutes or so and walk around to keep the circulation going xx

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- thecompletecookbook on May 29, 2013 at 12:06 said:
  
  I’m up every 20 minutes to make another cup of tea! I’m a shocker when it comes to tea. Have a lovely day Charlie. 🙂 xo
  
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kathryningrid on May 29, 2013 at 07:38 said:

Oh, my, yes. Anything that can masquerade as a side dish and dessert at the same time gets my vote!!! xoxo

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- thecompletecookbook on May 29, 2013 at 12:06 said:
  
  A double win Kath! Have a beautiful day. 🙂 xo
  
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Raymund on May 29, 2013 at 11:55 said:

Roasted sweet potatoes are always a good replacement to regular potatoes.

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- thecompletecookbook on May 29, 2013 at 12:07 said:
  
  They are also so much healthier Raymund. Have a super day. 🙂 xo
  
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dianeskitchentable on May 29, 2013 at 19:55 said:

Looks like a recipe to me, or close enough to one. You’ve got the ingredients, how to put it together, cook & of course the final, beautiful photo. I didn’t think they were sweet potatoes – they look so white. I wonder if they taste the same as our orange ones that we have here. In any case, love sweet potatoes.
It seems lately that all I make are un-recipes.

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- thecompletecookbook on May 30, 2013 at 09:50 said:
  
  Diane, you are very kind, thank you! I think the orange sweet potatoes do taste a little different, I haven’t often seen them here so can’t really say. Oh, I too am making more un-recipes than recipes of late. Hope you are well. 🙂 xo
  
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Purely.. Kay on May 29, 2013 at 22:01 said:

Can I just say those sweet potatoes look amazing, delicious, and so wanted by me right now 🙂

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- thecompletecookbook on May 30, 2013 at 09:51 said:
  
  Thanks Kay! Have a super day. 🙂 xo
  
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Norma Chang on May 30, 2013 at 02:13 said:

Baking concentrates the flavors and make the sweet potatoes even sweeter.

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- thecompletecookbook on May 30, 2013 at 09:53 said:
  
  You are so right Norma, baking does seem to intensify the sweetness. Have a lovely day. 🙂 xo
  
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Jessica Maher (@kbelleicious) on May 30, 2013 at 04:10 said:

I love your un-recipe! those are the best kind! and I truly feel like roasted sweet potatoes always turn out better than frying them!

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- thecompletecookbook on May 30, 2013 at 09:55 said:
  
  Thanks Belle. I have never fried a sweet potato before – how odd. Have a beautiful day. 🙂 xo
  
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My Inner Chick on May 30, 2013 at 19:59 said:

Mandy,
can you hear my tummy growling? Are these sweet potatoes white? Ours are orange.

How are you, sweets? Xxx

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- thecompletecookbook on May 30, 2013 at 20:16 said:
  
  Aah, what a lovely compliment darling Kim, thank you. We get both white and orange sweet potatoes. I’m very well thanks! Getting ready for a magical getaway with my ever loving husband – cannot wait! How are you? I have been thinking so much about you lately with Kay’s walk coming up in just a couple of days! Much love to you from a sunny South Africa, 🙂 xoxoxo
  
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  - My Inner Chick on May 31, 2013 at 18:56 said:
    
    Thank you,
    
    Have fun w/ your loving husband, dear. Xxxx
    
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    - thecompletecookbook on May 31, 2013 at 19:29 said:
      
      Thank you dear! 🙂 xoxoxo
      
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