Sweet Potatoes

Sweet potatoes are seriously one of the easiest things to cook--AND they are good for you!! We've been eating more of them around here since I realized how easy they are.

Here's what you do:

Turn on your oven to some temperature (maybe 400?), put the sweet potatoes in a baking dish, and bake them until they are soft. This takes somewhere around an hour depending on your temperature. You can test the doneness by sticking a fork in the potato. The outside will be a bit crusty and the inside will feel nice and mushy.

Cut the potatoes in half, and squeeze the flesh into a bowl (be careful, they are very hot!).

To be simple add (per one or two potatoes):
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
2-3 tablespoons milk

To be a little fancier add:
2-3 tablespoons milk
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1/8 tsp salt
and then top with a mixture of:
1 tablespoon softened butter
1-2 tablespoons chopped pecans
1/4 tsp cinnamon

Stir everything all up and you are done!