{"id":106,"date":"2006-11-20T19:19:32","date_gmt":"2006-11-21T02:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.taodekitchen.com\/?p=106"},"modified":"2006-11-20T19:19:32","modified_gmt":"2006-11-21T02:19:32","slug":"sweet-potatoes%e2%80%a6hold-the-marshmallows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taodekitchen.com\/tasty\/general\/sweet-potatoes%e2%80%a6hold-the-marshmallows\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweet potatoes\u2026hold the marshmallows"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to the North Carolina Sweet Potato Commision, sales of sweet potatoes a.k.a. yams<\/a> peak during the month of November. No doubt many a Thanksgiving table will feature a casserole of butter and brown sugar coated sweet potatoes hidden under a blanket of (no doubt another hot November seller) mini marshmallows.<\/p>\n

I have to admit my family would have my hide if I didn\u2019t make the candied yams. My family loves their traditional Thanksgiving dishes and don’t dare mess with tradition! I heard a mighty ear full during my early cheffing career while trying to ‘explore new tastes.’ Then when I decided to be more health conscious and cut back on the sugar and butter – whoa! Mom’s favorite dish was messed with! I went home with my head hung low and the dish barely touched. So I have learned not to mess with tradition when it comes to my family’s Thanksgiving dinner! …though I have managed to accidentally forget the mini marshmallows the last few years… <\/p>\n

If I could re-write the traditional menu, I would make this sweet potato dish that our good friend R shared with us a few years ago. For a more colorful salad, use a mix of yellow, orange and purple sweet potatoes.<\/p>\n

Sweet Potato Salad with Dijon Vinaigrette<\/p>\n

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
\n——– ———— ——————————–
\n Dijon Vinaigrette
\n2 tablespoons Bragg’s apple cider vinegar or White wine vinegar or White Balsamic Vinegar
\n 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
\n 1\/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
\n salt and pepper<\/p>\n

1 1\/2 pounds Sweet potato or Yams — steamed and diced
\n 2 each scallion \u2013 thinly sliced<\/p>\n

Whisk together dijon vinaigrette ingredients.<\/p>\n

Cook sweet potato by putting halved unpeeled sweet potato in a single layer in a steamer. Steam til tender – about 1\/2 hour. Remove from heat and cool. Peel and dice into 1\/2 – 3\/4″ dice.dice.<\/p>\n

Toss sweet potatoes with scallions and vinaigrette. Serve at room temp or slightly warm. <\/p>\n

Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

According to the North Carolina Sweet Potato Commision, sales of sweet potatoes a.k.a. yams peak during the month of November. No doubt many a Thanksgiving table will feature a casserole of butter and brown sugar coated sweet potatoes hidden under a blanket of (no doubt another hot November seller) mini marshmallows. I have to admit […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-recipes"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/taodekitchen.com\/tasty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/taodekitchen.com\/tasty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/taodekitchen.com\/tasty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taodekitchen.com\/tasty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taodekitchen.com\/tasty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/taodekitchen.com\/tasty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/taodekitchen.com\/tasty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taodekitchen.com\/tasty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taodekitchen.com\/tasty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}