Side Dish Recipes
Sweet Potato Polenta
Yield: about 6 cups
Ingredients
- 2 large sweet potatoes
- 2 cups + 1/4 cup light soy milk or skim milk
- 2 cups water
- 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 cup polenta or cornmeal
Instructions
- Heat oven to 400 degrees F.
- In a nonstick baking pan, bake sweet potatoes until tender. (Try to do this ahead of time because it takes 45 minutes to 1 hour.)
- Once they are cool, use a spoon to scoop flesh into a bowl and mash lightly with 1/4 cup of the milk. Set aside.
- In a large pot, combine remaining milk, water, cinnamon and nutmeg.
- Whisk in polenta or cornmeal. Bring mixture to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer, stirring frequently, about 20 minutes, until mixture is thick enough for a spoon to stand upright in it.
- Stir mashed potatoes into pot, mixing well.