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Orange Sweet Potatoes

Orange Sweet Potatoes
Recipe Tip
What a Sweet Potato!
Just one 4-ounce sweet potato exceeds the Daily Value for vitamin A and provides fiber to boot!
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Eat Great, Lose Weight from Prevention® (2000) p. 230

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A tasty twist on the traditional side dish. From Prevention Healthy Cooking.
Prep Time:15 min
Start to Finish:1 hr 10 min
makes:4 servings
1tablespoon butter
3large sweet potatoes or yams
1cup orange juice
1teaspoon grated orange peel
3/4teaspoon salt
1/2teaspoon grated nutmeg
1/4teaspoon ground black pepper
1/4cup packed brown sugar
1.Preheat the oven to 375°F. Coat a 9” x 9” baking dish with cooking spray.
2.Brown butter in a small skillet over medium heat, swirling the skillet, until butter turns a nutty color. Remove from the heat and set aside.
3.Peel sweet potatoes or yams, cut in half lengthwise, and then into 1/2”-thick slices. Place in the prepared baking dish. Pour orange juice over sweet potatoes or yams. Sprinkle with orange peel, salt, nutmeg, and pepper. Top with brown sugar and browned butter. Cover and bake 40 to 45 minutes, or until sweet potatoes or yams are crisp-tender. Uncover and cook 12 to 15 minutes, or until juices are almost absorbed.
Nutritional Information
1 Serving: Calories 240 (Calories from Fat 30); Total Fat 3g (Saturated Fat 2g, Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 10mg; Sodium 520mg; Total Carbohydrate 48g (Dietary Fiber 5g, Sugars 31g); Protein 3g Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 520%; Vitamin C 45%; Calcium 8%; Iron 8% Exchanges: 1 Starch; 2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Vegetable; 1/2 Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 3 
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
©Copyright 2009, Rodale, Inc.
 
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Yum
Sweet potatoes are sweet potatoes; until I made this dish. The citrus was a wonderful twist. I noticed that the potatoes needed to bake a bit longer. Please try this recipe.
Posted at 8:21 AM on February 10 2009 by gwenjc2000
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Mmm!
I made a similar recipe with honey, olive oil and lemon juice - very delicious!
Posted at 4:15 PM on October 9 2008 by mrschef
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