Thursday, February 8, 2018

Roasted Sweet Potato with Pesto and Tomatoes


I readily admit to being a disorganized cook. By that I mean that a lot of what I do is concocted in my head from something I once read and then neglected to save. I hope there are some of you readers who do the same thing!

Take this recipe for Roasted Sweet Potato. I read it on my iPad at one of the many food digests I subscribe to, thought I'd try it, then by the time I'd made it up to my computer, I'd gotten involved in something entirely different and then forgotten about printing out the recipe.

The thought stayed with me though and I knew I wanted to try a version of it anyway. So, here goes. My apologies to Epicurius or Food 52 or wherever else I may have first spotted it. All I do remember is that along with the sweet potato, there was guacamole.

I decided to substitute pesto instead. I enjoy pesto with so many things, especially when I have some of the homemade variety on hand. This time I didn't, so resorted to the store bought, which was very tasty indeed. I also added some tiny tomatoes and sliced black olives for added contrast and flavor. And, at the last minute, hence not shown in the photo of the ingredients, I chopped up some fresh basil to sprinkle on top.

The amounts are totally up to how much you want on your sweet potatoes. Hope you enjoy!


What you'll need:

1 medium size sweet potato or yam
2 tbsp. pesto
2 small tomatoes, cut in half or smaller if you like
4 black olives, sliced
2 tsp. virgin olive oil
chopped basil to garnish




What to do:

1.  Preheat oven to 400F

2.  Cut sweet potato in half, place cut side up on baking tray lined with parchment paper, and brush top with extra virgin olive oil.

3.  Roast for 30 minutes.

4. Add 1 tbsp. pesto on top of each half, then add sliced tomatoes and black olives.

5. Place back in oven for 5 minutes more.













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6 comments:

  1. I'm sure my sweet great aunt in Tennessee is rolling her eyes in Heaven right now because I'm thinking I'll like pesto with my sweet potato! She was a straight-forward Southern lady cook who always made some fabulous dishes when I visited her during the summer. Sweet tea, candied yams, baked ham all were on her menu. Thanks for the recipe today!

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  2. It sounds like that was the place to visit each summer! Thanks for sharing your story, Linda. I hope you enjoy the recipe.

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  3. I never in my life thought of putting pesto or olives or (yikes!) guacamole with sweet potatoes. I'll have to think about this. My sweet potatoes seem to involve butter and maybe brown sugar and cinnamon - ha!

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  4. This sounds as yummy as it looks! Thanks Linda. Looking forward to Marinating in Murder.
    from the ever anonymous Nancy R

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  5. I'm with Kay. I have to roll around in my mental mouth and taste buds the idea of sweet potato with pesto or guac.

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  6. I think both pesto & guacomole would be good & interesting flavors for sweet potatoes.

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