One of my favorite sides to add to meals is a baked sweet potato. I used to only like them with marchmallows and sugar baked for Thanksgiving Dinner. But recently, I have started to try them without all that, and I stil love them just as much! They're perfect for my sweet tooth (sweets are my weakness) and they're also healthy and filling at the same time! I read an interesting post by somebody I follow on Instagram, Carter Good, about potatoes vs. sweet potatoes. I like it because it still shows that white potatoes have health benefits too, along with sweet potatoes (the ones we think are the most healthy)! For most meals, I have the main dish (meat) a vegetable, another side (rice, pasta, potatoes, or quinoa) and sometimes a fruit, and for me, it works out really well! I used to only use white or red potatoes, and recently added sweet potatoes into the routine and it has definately been a game changer to add a different flavor to our meals.I like to cook them in tin foil, mostly out of habit. It's simple and they taste great! Sweet potatoes caramelize a bit while cooking, so whether you wrap them or not, put a layer of tin foil or a cookie sheet underneath them so it doesn't get your oven all dirty. I prep them just as regular potatoes: wash, poke holes with fork, wrap in tin foil. SO SIMPLE! I don't add oil or salt. You can make them the same without wrapping them too. I love baked potatoes because they don't really require a seperate dish to cook them in and that makes it a winner in my book! I don't like to add brown sugar to mine unless I'm eating them as a dessert, so I like to use cinnamon and honey as an extra sweetener. You can also add many other toppings, depending on how you want it to taste.
