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Sweet Potato & Endive Hash Recipe with Sriracha Buttermilk Sauce

Feb 18, 2013

Sweet Potato & Endive Hash with a creamy Sriracha Buttermilk Sauce is a healthy and delicious way to do diner food. When I think of eating breakfast or brunch at a restaurant, the first thing that pops to mind is hash browns (well, right after a rip-roaring Bloody Mary). Golden brown, slightly crispy potatoes are [...]

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Mashed Sweet Potatoes Recipe with Blue Cheese Breadcrumbs

Oct 31, 2012

Mashed Sweet Potato Recipe with Blue Cheese Breadcrumbs by Cookin

Whether you’re looking for a vegetarian side dish for your Thanksgiving table, or a comfort food recipe for a cold winter’s night, mashed sweet potatoes seem to fit the bill. This low-fat version uses surprisingly little butter, and just a touch of non-fat milk, to achieve the creamy texture. A punch of flavor and texture [...]

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Roasted Sweet Potato Soup with Quinoa Recipe (No Cream)

Oct 3, 2012

Roasted Sweet Potato Soup with Quinoa Recipe (Dairy-Free) by Cookin

If you didn’t catch yesterday’s announcement, I am hosting this month’s Monthly Mingle and we’re celebrating SQUASHES. Show me what you’ve got! In keeping with the fall vegetable theme, I had to share this silky, creamy (but healthy) sweet potato and quinoa soup. And yes, it’s been a quinoa kind of week, kicking off with [...]

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Sweet Potato Hash Recipe with Canadian Bacon, Red Pepper & Sage

Mar 2, 2012

Hash browns are my breakfast nemesis. You know, the thing you just can’t resist no matter how many healthy choices are placed in front of you. Or maybe it’s the bacon. Or the Eggs Benedict. Clearly, eating out for breakfast can be an issue and potentially hazardous to my healthy eating and weight loss efforts. [...]

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Sweet Potato & Pecan Fudge Recipe

Dec 10, 2011

As Christmas approaches each year, we bake up our favorite treats, such as the spritz cookies from my husband’s great-grandmother and one of my favorites, Louisiana Pecan & Butterscotch Ball Cookies. Last year, we added Chocolate Nutella Fudge with Sea Salt to our repertoire and I can guarantee that it will be part of the [...]

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Twice-Baked Sweet Potato (Yam) Recipe with Chipotle Pecan Streusel

Nov 8, 2010

With American Thanksgiving just a couple of weeks away, you are likely being inundated by recipes and entertaining suggestions on the web, in magazines, and on television. I am guilty of this myself, writing about Green Beans with Balsamic Roasted Shallots and Savory Bread Stuffing with Sausage and Herbs in the last week. Well, I [...]

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Roasted Vegetable (Sweet Potato, Eggplant & Tomato) Spread or Dip Recipe

Sep 23, 2010

Roasted Vegetable (Sweet Potato, Eggplant & Tomato) Dip or Spread Recipe

As the clock flicks past midnight tonight, summer officially turns to fall. To get myself in the proper frame of mind for this autumnal arrival, this morning I slid a baking sheet full of root and other vegetables into the oven. Sweet potatoes (or yams, as your grocery store may call them), eggplants, tomatoes, a [...]

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African Tomato & Peanut Soup Recipe with Sweet Potato & Chickpeas

Mar 10, 2010

As a I stepped on the scale this morning, I decided it was time to share my innovative weight-loss plan. You know, as a kind of public service. This ground-breaking plan is sure to get results in a matter of days. The first step is to take two young children, preferably your own, to the [...]

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Mini Sweet Potato Biscuits Recipe

Nov 25, 2009

I can hardly call myself a southern gal. The phrase “Y’all” refuses to pass my lips and my feet can only seem to do one step of the Texas Two-Step. These shortfalls, however, did not stop me from whipping up a batch of a southern classic. Biscuits. In the December issue of Bon Appetit Magazine, [...]

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