Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Healthier Sweet Potatoes



I know! Don't they look yummy?! Well, not only were they yummy, they are slightly healthier then the regular version (especially if you're a butter fan!)

Believe it or not, this entire dish was made out of a gigantic sweet potato that weighed almost 2 lbs (1 lb 15.2 oz to be exact) and wasn't the easiest to chop up, but I got it done.

The recipe was calculated with the calculator over at Calorie Count.

Ingredients:

2 lbs of sweet potato
1/4 cup of stevia
1 tbsp cinnamon
1/4 cup ground flax seed
1/2 cup of applesauce
1 1/2 cups marshmallow

-Preheat over to 350 degrees F.
-Peel, chop & boil the sweet potato.
-Once done, mash the sweet potato.
-Mix in the stevia, cinnamon, applesauce & ground flax seed.
-Top off the dish with the marshmallows.
-Bake for 10-15 minutes (I like my marshmallows crisp, so I left it for a few minutes longer)

Makes approx 6-1 cup servings. Nutritional info is based off of 1. 

Calories: 213
Total Fat 3g
Trans fat 0g
Cholesterol 0mg
Sodium 64mg
Total Carbs 43.9g
Dietary Fiber 7.6g
Sugars 16.4g
Protein 4.4g

Good Points:

Very low in saturated fat
No cholesterol
Low in sodium
High in dietary fiber
High in manganese
High in potassium
Very high in Vitamin A (581%!)
High in B6
High in Vitamin C (50%!)

Bad Points

High in sugar

Sooo much good stuff going on with this recipe. Hope everybody enjoys it & bon apetite!

xo,
Nancy

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