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yamaneko2
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Posted: 29 April 2005 03:43 am |
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This recipe is very quick and easy to do and a tasty way to get more vitamin A!
1 large yam cut into fry shape
Extra virgin olive oit- enough to lightly coat fries
Salt & pepper, garlic powder, cayenne pepper etc. Any seasoning you like! Or even try them plain.
Bake the fries in a 375° oven until tender (depending on how thick the fries are, I like them small so it only takes 10-15 min) Turn them once.
Enjoy!:D
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momof2busybees
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Posted: 10 May 2005 02:07 am |
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Wow these sound good, I am going to try them and see if the kiddo's like them.
Thanks for sharing!!
Hugs,
Laura
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Krystin
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Posted: 15 July 2005 12:33 am |
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| I've tried these dipped in the contents of an onion soup packet. Super yum!! Last edited on 15 July 2005 12:34 am by Krystin
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moya99
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Posted: 15 July 2005 03:49 pm |
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Krystin wrote: I've tried these dipped in the contents of an onion soup packet. Super yum! I'm a newbie to this forum, so bear with me with all these questions!!:D So, are yams low in calories? Also do you still use the oil if you are using the onion soup mix? Or can you just use water or the moisture from the yam so the soup mix sticks? Then maby a non stick spray on the pan. Last question, what are the calories in this, and what is considered one serving?
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Krystin
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Posted: 16 July 2005 12:39 am |
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| The serving size for a yam is about 1 cup, which equals about 160 calories. That sounds like alot for a veggie, but it's loaded with nutrients (and fiber to fill you up if you eat the skin). I use the smallest amount of oil possible, usually 1 1/2 tsp of olive oil, because oil has about 110-120 cal per tbs. I've invested in an oil spritzer so I can spray the oil on evenly without using too much. I haven't tried water, so I can't really say how well that would work. If you want to save cal from the oil you might try laying out the cut yams on a baking sheet and spray with Pam, then sprinkle the yams with the onion soup mix. 1 serving of soup mix (according to the label on Lipton soup mix) is 1 and 2/3 tbs for 50 cal. I use less because it has alot of sodium, it saves me calories, and a little bit adds a lot of flavor. All in all, the yams usually cost me 200 calories total.
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moya99
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Posted: 18 July 2005 03:37 pm |
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Krystin wrote: The serving size for a yam is about 1 cup, which equals about 160 calories. That sounds like alot for a veggie, but it's loaded with nutrients (and fiber to fill you up if you eat the skin). I use the smallest amount of oil possible, usually 1 1/2 tsp of olive oil, because oil has about 110-120 cal per tbs. I've invested in an oil spritzer so I can spray the oil on evenly without using too much. I haven't tried water, so I can't really say how well that would work. If you want to save cal from the oil you might try laying out the cut yams on a baking sheet and spray with Pam, then sprinkle the yams with the onion soup mix. 1 serving of soup mix (according to the label on Lipton soup mix) is 1 and 2/3 tbs for 50 cal. I use less because it has alot of sodium, it saves me calories, and a little bit adds a lot of flavor. All in all, the yams usually cost me 200 calories total. Fantastic Krystin! :) I'm looking forward to trying these.
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Absinthe
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Posted: 27 July 2005 03:55 am |
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:D
The restaurant where I ate today had sweet potato fries. They were cut shoe string- style. Boy, were they yummy! I do not know if these particular fries were baked with oil or if they were deep fat fried, but they did not seem greasy at all.
Is a yam is exactly the same thing as a sweet potato or a variation of it? Either way, your recipe sounds delicious.
Last edited on 28 July 2005 06:29 pm by Absinthe
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Peter
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Posted: 27 July 2005 04:03 am |
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This is normally a great site for such questions, though I just read it and I'm still confused!
http://www.foodsubs.com/Sweetpotatoes.html
I do have both listed on my veggies list using the USDA database as my source.
Peter
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Absinthe
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Posted: 28 July 2005 06:39 pm |
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That's an interesting web site! It certainly told me more than I ever knew about sweet paotatoes, yams and all their brothers and sisters.
When we lived in Venezuela, we had a sweet potato/yam/tropical sweet poatao that was different from anything I ever ate in the U.S. The interior was white. It was harder and denser , too, harder to mash. I used it for Thanksgiving, but the taste, hard to describe, was different from what we call a standard U.S. sweet potato. I actually came to kind of like it, but it was hard to work with. It was good chopped up in veggie soup, too.
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Hoosier
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Posted: 3 March 2006 05:48 am |
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Your recipe is a variation of one I use. We usually slice crosswise. We grill the oiled slices on the gas grill in the summer. I usually don't season, but have tried with Mrs. Dash. We grill all kinds of veggies and sometimes fruit, including peaches, pineapple, etc. Hoosier.
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Krystin
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Posted: 3 March 2006 07:19 am |
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| I've never had grilled fruit, but if its good heated up in a pie, I'm sure its great on the grill!
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vgreet
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Posted: 17 January 2008 06:46 pm |
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| Great idea on the grill and the spritzer. I've found that I love to have this with baked with olive oil, but I think I'm going to try the grill. May be able to cut back on the cals and still have the great taste! Thanks!
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