YAMS!

I never used to be a fan of Yams aka Sweet Potatoes...until I tried them.  I'm kind of a picky eater and often I will say I don't like something even if I've never tried it.  I am getting better in my old age and will pretty much try almost anything.  I tried sweet potatoes fries when Tommy was away at school at Appalachian (pronounced Appal-atch-an-trust me if you say Appa-lay-chin you will be corrected!) State.  There was a great restaurant-Cafe Portofino that had the BEST grown up grilled cheese sandwich served with sweet potato fries and boy were they awesome.  Since then, I've tried many forms of this yummy orange spud and have begun to be a HUGE fan.  They are pretty healthy too when not deep fried or smothered in a brown sugar sauce and marshmallows (yum!).  I have recently been making my own baked sweet potato fries and boy are they yummy-and good for you!  I thought I would share the recipe.  You can serve these with pretty much everything.  We had grilled chicken and wild rice tonight but these are a great side to a lot of dishes from grilled cheese to steak!  Guess what-this recipe is also SUPER easy-the hardest part is slicing these bad boys-they are so hard to cut...but are so worth it!

Baked Sweet Potato Fries

Pre-heat the oven to 425

Wash, skin (or leave the skin on if you please!) and cut yams into french fry like slices.  I skin mine but will leave a little behind.  I used one very large yam and it made enough for both Tommy and I.

Place the slices on a tin foiled lined cookie sheet

Drizzle with olive oil.  I use regular olive oil but you could use extra virgin too.
Sprinkle with salt (I used Jane's Salt or Kosher Salt) and pepper and Garlic Powder

Toss in the oven for 20 minutes turning half way through.

YUM!

 

Our dinner was super yummy-Tommy cooked the chicken to perfection.  Since I was getting trigger happy while waiting for dinner to cook I took a few shots of the two people I love the best!

The Griller

Lilly's getting down!

Big smiles for Daddy!

Enjoy!!!