Crispy Sweet 'Taters...
Confession: I have eliminated refined sugar from my diet. Which is a good thing and a bad thing. It is hard! Not just because you crave sugar, but because everything has sugar hidden in it. So almost everything has to be homemade. I cook a lot anyway and have been off sugar before, but I miss a few things (uhem... chocolate...). I feel better, I have a lot more energy and I sleep so much better which is great! With all this no sugar stuff, I am constantly looking for creative and healthy things to make in the kitchen. A recipe that I ran across this week was for crispy sweet potatoes from Smitten Kitchen . I love sweet potatoes anyway, so I thought I would give this a try. It was wonderful! The hubby loved it and the kids even gobbled it up. I love that the tops of the slices get crispy, it gives so much texture to a normally mushy veggie. I thought with Thanksgiving here this week, it might be a healthy alternative to those marshmallow encased sweet potatoes out ther