My mother informs me that sweet potatoes are much better for you than their white cousins, who are composed of nothing but delicious, delicious starch and turn into complex sugar faster than you can say 'yum'. Since home-fries are a staple of what I believe constitutes a tasty breakfast, this substitution of sweet potatoes for regular and a couple spicy twists gives me both a healthy and happy breakfast. I got the idea from the "Vegan With a Vengeance" cookbook by Isa Moskowitz of Post Punk Kitchen fame. The original recipe included watercress and all-spice, but having neither of them, I ended up making these instead. Fine by me, they're delicious.
Ingredients
1 large sweet potato, peeled and cut into 1/4 dice
1/3 large onion (yellow or white), cut into 1/4 dice
1 clove garlic, minced
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon cloves
Pinch of nutmeg
Pinch of ginger
Heat the olive oil in a large skillet or frying pan on medium-high heat for a couple minutes, then add the onions. Saute for about 2 minuets, then add the garlic and saute for another minute. Add the cinnamon, pepper, salt, cloves, nutmeg and ginger and stir to coat the onions and garlic. Then add the diced potatoes and saute, stirring fairly constantly. The smaller you chopped them the shorter time it will take to cook, but you'll still need to leave them in the pan for about 15 minutes. Keep 'em on the heat until they soften. I like mine a little crispy, a.k.a. burnt, so I let them sit for longer in between stirs. Once you've got them cooked to your preferred consistency, remove them from the heat and serve. I like mine with muffins and some faux-sausage.
You'll notice the potatoes shown in this particular recipe don't have onions in with them. I made this recipe once when we were out of onions and Alex decided he likes them better without - so now I leave them out. Personally, I don't think home-fries are quite the same without onions, but whatever floats your gravy boat.
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