Roasted Sweet Potato Wedges with Cilantro Yogurt
I’m always looking for new ways to prepare sweet potatoes. I’ve tried so many different ways to bake them, so that they come out tasting fried. But, guess what? They never taste fried when they are baked. What a bummer. I’ve pretty much given up trying. But, I still love sweet potatoes over their white and yellow cousins.
When I saw the sauce for these potatoes, I was definitely intrigued to give them a try! The combination of flavours is different, but works really well together. Also, these can be eaten warm or at room temperature. Bonus! The cinnamon in this recipe adds a warmth to the potatoes that is almost unexpected. I also really like the caramelization that happens the longer you bake these potatoes. The original recipe suggests roasting your potato wedges for 25-30 minutes, but I think they are better roasted for 40-45 minutes, so you can achieve that yummy caramelization. They aren’t burnt, even though they may look it. They are perfect!! You can leave the skin on these beauties! It helps to hold them together.
To sprinkle the cinnamon evenly onto the wedges, I added it into my salt and then mixed the two together.
I find cinnamon can clump when sprinkled on its own and blending these two ingredients together made it easy to distribute them generously over each wedge.
These are a year-round sweet potato recipe. They would pair just as well in the fall with a side of turkey as they would in the summer with a burger.
What is not pictured in the photos is a drizzle of sriracha. It adds a nice kick, but be careful not to add too much. Michael got a mouthful of hot sauce and couldn’t taste much else. Oops! 🙂 I actually made these for a second night in a row last night, and I kept the sriracha off to the side, so that we could add it if we wanted. Michael opted not to add any. It’s really a personal preference if you want to add a bit of heat or not.
The next time I make this recipe, I do think I will serve both the yogurt sauce and the sriracha on the side, so that everyone can control how much of what they want on their potatoes. Leila wasn’t as interested in the sauce, but really loved the sweet potatoes. I had already drizzled all of the sauce all over them and she was bummed about that. I won’t make that mistake twice…or three times.
Enjoy!
Roasted Sweet Potato Wedges with Cilantro Yogurt
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup plain Greek yogurt
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 bunch fresh cilantro, very finely chopped, plus more for serving About 1/2 cup once finely chopped
- 4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 2 pounds sweet potatoes, cut into 3/4-inch wedges
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Sriracha, for drizzling (optional)
- 3 tablespoons toasted pine nuts
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
- Mix together the yogurt, garlic, cilantro, 2 tablespoons olive oil, 1/2 teaspoon salt and a 1/4 teaspoon pepper in a medium bowl and set aside.
- Toss the sweet potatoes with the cinnamon, 2 tablespoons olive oil and 1 teaspoon salt.
- Spread evenly on a sheet pan lined with parchment. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes.*
- Transfer the sweet potatoes to a serving plate, and dollop with the yogurt sauce (serving any remaining on the side), drizzle with sriracha (if using), and sprinkle on the pine nuts and remaining cilantro.
Notes
Deconstructed Egg Roll – Must Make!
Don’t judge all of my food based on my pictures. I’m still learning. lol But, you need to make this tonight! Or, at least, this week. It’s so good and such a perfect weeknight meal. Works great as leftovers for lunch as well.
Michael sent me this email with a bunch of different Keto recipes attached. Most of them were meh. But, I saw this one and I was intrigued, mainly because it was super easy and quick – and healthy!! Requires no weekend prep, which is so nice, because much of my Sundays are spent prepping our food for the week.
Bonus, my kids gobble this up!! This dish is at my finger tips if I’m in a pinch (or if I’m not) for dinner or lunch on the weekends.
First things first. If you have not tried Coconut Aminos you MUST!!!! Ladies, especially, throw the soy sauce away! Replace it with this. Soy is no good. Honestly, this tastes sooooo good with sushi and is a direct substitute for soy sauce. I LOVE this stuff! You don’t have to get this brand (although it’s good). I’ve tried others that are also good. I get this at Whole Foods, but I’ve also picked it up at Noah’s Natural Foods.
As long as you have a bag of coleslaw in your fridge and 1 pound of ground beef (grass fed preferred) in your freezer, you are on your way to making this dish! Easy peasy.
You are going to finish this dish with Sesame oil, so use a good one, if you can. I love this brand.
One last note I would make to this recipe is that you must use the required amount of garlic and ginger, especially. There’s a real lack of flavour if you chince on these two ingredients.
Let’s get to it!
What you need to do:
1 tablespoon olive oil
4 cloves of minced garlic
3 tablespoons minced ginger (or 3/4 teaspoon ground ginger)
1 lb Ground Beef (Grass fed preferred)
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 lb shredded coleslaw mix
1/4 cup coconut aminos
2 teaspoons sesame oil
1/4 cup green onions (optional)
Heat oil over medium high heat. Add garlic and ginger and saute until fragrant.
Add beef. Season with S&P. Cook until browned – 7/10 minutes.
Reduce heat to medium/low. Add coleslaw and coconut aminos. Cover and cook for 5 minutes.
Remove from the heat and stir in toasted sesame oil.
Enjoy!!
Source: https://(https://www.wholesomeyum.com/recipes/low-carb-crack-slaw-egg-roll-in-a-bowl-recipe/)
Homemade Pesto (Whole 30/Paleo Compliant)
This isn’t the normal mix of ingredients that I use for my typical homemade pesto. I’ll have to post that another time. I was wanting to make sure that I was staying in line while on this Whole 30 program, so I used a variation of this pesto that is Whole 30 compliant. But, Whole 30 or not, this pesto is very tasty! I didn’t miss the cheese at all! Here’s what happened…
I really could’ve taken a better photo… That aside, I’m gonna get right to the recipe since it’s really straight forward. Something to consider when you are making pesto is that ingredients don’t need to be exact, and you’ll realize that the more you make it. It’s pretty forgiving. For the oil, while there is a measurement for the purpose of the recipe, getting your pesto to the right consistency is more important than following an exact amount given. Also, if you add too much salt to your pesto, just adjust how much you might add to the dish you are including your pesto with. I, also, didn’t measure out might lemon. Just a squeeze will do to start. If you feel it needs more after you taste it, go for it! Here’s what you need to do…
Homemade Pesto (Whole 30/Paleo Compliant)
2 cups packed basil, washed and dried
1 clove minced garlic
1/8-1/4 cup pine nuts, toasted
1/4 cup olive oil
1 tsp of lemon
salt and pepper to taste
In your food processor, add your toasted pine nuts, garlic and a bit of oil and pulse till combined. Add your basil and pulse while adding oil. You’ll see the mixture magically turn into pesto. Add your lemon, salt and pepper. Taste and adjust your seasonings as needed.
If you don’t use all of your pesto in one serving, add the remainder into an air tight container and cover the top of the pesto with some additional olive oil.
Enjoy!
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