On a similar note to the Butter Nut Squash...
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StephCracknell
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They are free on both and make lovely wedges, soups, or baked like a jacket potato. The only note is that they don't take as long as regular potatoes to bake and bake up soggy in foil!!
They also make nice mash (at home at thanksgiving we mash with a bit of spread and a bit of cinnamon and sprinkle tiny marshmallows on top and grill until golden and melted) ummmmmm, sounds weird, but it's lovely, but I digress.
For the wedges leave the skin on and if you have the HE B, a tsp of olive oil (1/3 HE B) carmelises them and makes them gorgeous!!
Also nice to chop them up and roast them with other veggies.
x
Steph
They also make nice mash (at home at thanksgiving we mash with a bit of spread and a bit of cinnamon and sprinkle tiny marshmallows on top and grill until golden and melted) ummmmmm, sounds weird, but it's lovely, but I digress.
For the wedges leave the skin on and if you have the HE B, a tsp of olive oil (1/3 HE B) carmelises them and makes them gorgeous!!
Also nice to chop them up and roast them with other veggies.
x
Steph
MrsB
Team FFF!!!
They are definately not free on red days apparently, I thought they were but my swc seems to say they aren't, I was gutted because i was having those as wedges instead of normal potato on red days 
I used to just spray mine with fry light and either crush garlic or sprinkle curry powder on them before cooking
I used to just spray mine with fry light and either crush garlic or sprinkle curry powder on them before cooking
Bumpy0
Full Member
Just checked, raw, boiled or steamed sweet potatoes are 1 sin per 28g and flesh only baked is 1.5sins per 28g on red
Yep i agree my food opt book says the same! But i love them cubed with red onion and butternut squash sprayed with frylight and roasted.....yummy!!
StephCracknell
Silver Member
Many apologies I thought they were as well!!! I just looked them up and boiled they are 1 syn for 28g on a red day and 1.5 if they are baked! How cr*p is that? I am so dissapointed, I have alternated having them and bns chips on a red day! O'well I will just take em as syns as they are slightly less than potatoes.
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Steph
Hi Smigget
We're talking about sweet potato - it's a funny, long shaped red potatoey thing.
Butternut squash is completely different and is DEFINITELY FREE on BOTH days!
They're both really versatile and a change from normal potatoes. Sweet potato is only FREE on GREEN days.
Hope this helps!
Annette x
We're talking about sweet potato - it's a funny, long shaped red potatoey thing.
Butternut squash is completely different and is DEFINITELY FREE on BOTH days!
They're both really versatile and a change from normal potatoes. Sweet potato is only FREE on GREEN days.
Hope this helps!
Annette x
BigV
Full Member
Sweeter version
Hi, Rainbow
Just stumbled across this site and hope to be a regular. I was brought up in South Africa and as a kid my mother made Butternut with sugar and butter (yummy)....I now make the Butternut with a little powder sweetner and mash it. (Its extra good with a nice curry.) or
put a little sweetner and cinnamon in the Butternut. or
Grate the butternut with a pineapple and sprinkle a little powder sweetner (or sugar free jelly crystals, pineapple or orange flavour) and chill it in the fridge and have it as a side salad with grilled or barbequed meat or with curry. and
my mom used to make sweet potato with sugar and a dash of cream (very yummy) but again you can make the sweet potato with a little powder sweetner and/or cinnamon.
Enjoy:drool:
Hi, Rainbow
Just stumbled across this site and hope to be a regular. I was brought up in South Africa and as a kid my mother made Butternut with sugar and butter (yummy)....I now make the Butternut with a little powder sweetner and mash it. (Its extra good with a nice curry.) or
put a little sweetner and cinnamon in the Butternut. or
Grate the butternut with a pineapple and sprinkle a little powder sweetner (or sugar free jelly crystals, pineapple or orange flavour) and chill it in the fridge and have it as a side salad with grilled or barbequed meat or with curry. and
my mom used to make sweet potato with sugar and a dash of cream (very yummy) but again you can make the sweet potato with a little powder sweetner and/or cinnamon.
Enjoy:drool:
