Colorful Sweet Potato Hash
About eight years ago I worked with a functional nutritionist to help me get creative with ways to satiate my palette while also increasing dietary fiber to balance blood sugar and eliminating grains and dairy to calm systemic inflammation. The recipe below is a collaborative effort between myself and the nutritionist and then evolved over time to include cranberries and pears to align with the autumnal season. I brought this dish to a Thanksgiving dinner at a friends house a couple of years ago, mainly so I had a potato dish to indulge in that was dairy-free; was surprised how much everyone liked the dish and made it disappear before anyone could have seconds.
Wishing you all an enjoyable and delicious Thanksgiving,
~ Cyndi
Ingredients
4 medium sweet potatoes, scrubbed and diced into 1-inch pieces
1 medium red beet, diced into 1-inch pieces and boiled for 7 minutes before putting into recipe
1 small fuji apple, scrubbed and diced into 1-inch pieces
1 small green Anjou pear, scrubbed and diced into 1-inch pieces
1/2 - 1 cup of organic cranberries (fresh or frozen)
1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1 teaspoon cinnamon.
1/2 teaspoon ginger (powdered)
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
2 tablespoons coconut oil
1 tablespoon avocado oil
1/4 - 1/2 cup pumpkin seeds
Optional: 1/4 cup brown sugar
Preparation
Preheat oven to 375°F
Bring 4 cups of water to a boil; drop in diced beets. Slow boil for 7 minutes; drain and put beets to the side.
Heat coconut oil; pour into 9 x 13 glass dish; put sweet potatoes and boiled beats into dish, mix with oil to ensure potatoes have oil on them. Bake for 25 minutes.
Take potatoes and beets dish out of the oven; combine diced apple, pear, cranberries, spices, avocado oil and optional pumpkins seeds / brown sugar. Mix well so all ingredients are coated with oil and spices. Place back into oven for an additional 20 minutes. Check tenderness of potatoes and beets and bake for 5-10 minutes longer if you desire these foods to be softer.
Can be stored in fridge up to 3 days; can be eaten cold or warm
