This is one of the treats anybody would welcome into their life – an easy simple baked sweet potato meal that can be so versatile and delicious that you would want a week worth of this delectable food. Interestingly, the majority opts for sweet potatoes occasionally and on holidays. But to truly to add a variety and nutritionally balanced meals, we gotta go for this nature-given gem as often as we could. Why?
Sweet potatoes are rich in vitamin A, its Beta-Carotene variety. This fat-soluble vitamin is a must for our healthy eyes!
Digging deeper, we can fully benefit from vitamin C – great anti-oxidant and a must for collagen building. Good skin relies on vitamin C!
Studies have shown that phytonutrients found in sweet potatoes lower the potential health risks posed by heavy metals and oxygen radicals when this food passes through our digestive tract.
The benefits of having a sweet potato as your food choice has great benefits for your quality lifestyle. Eating the foods like sweet potatoes offers massive anti-inflammatory benefits that thwart diseases inside our bodies. Don’t wait for holidays – start enjoying your own sweet potatoes prepped easily in the oven. Add veggies, your choice of proteins, and you’re in business with a nutrient-packed dinner or lunch.
Easy prep and about 45-60 minutes in the oven is all it takes to bake some of the best Baked Sweet Potato recipe.
Tip 1 – Pierce all sweet potatoes with fork before placing into the oven.
Tip 2 – Sweet potatoes will cook faster when not covered in foil.
Tip 3 – Add some good fats to sweet potato meal – BetaCarotene in sweet potatoes will be absorbed more fully.
You can modify whether you wish to cook these yummies wrapped in foil or not based on the time and occasion. I love sweet potatoes in foil when I have visitors and it is a Holiday Season. It is very handy to serve them wrapped and allow guests to add any fixings to their meal in the foil.
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Add Salt, Pepper, Butter to Taste & Enjoy
Simple. Affordable. Nourishing.
Ingredients
- 4 sweet potatoes, pierce the skin with fork for quicker baking
- Salt, pepper to taste
- Butter to taste
Instructions
- Fire up your oven to 400F.
- Lay down sweet potatoes pierced with fork on a foil-covered baking sheet.
- Bake for 45-60 minutes.
- Allow to cool for a few minutes.
- Cut in half each potato, place in bowl, add salt, pepper, butter and enjoy!
17 thoughts on “Simple Baked Sweet Potato Recipe For Daily or Holiday Cooking”
This looks so simple and delicious! I need to give these a try soon.
So simple and very healthy! I love sweet potatoes because it is a complex carbohydrate which makes me feel full longer. The Vitamin A and dietary fiber it provides makes it a superfood for me!
This is great information about sweet potatoes! That is a vegetable that I sometimes forget to cook with. My daughter is a vegetarian now so I have had to become very aware of where she can get good nutrients. I need to make more sweet potato foods for her!
When my husband eats low carb, I frequently make him a baked sweet potato. It’s surprisingly easy, and he just loves it.
I love sweet potato. Just a boiled one added with sugar is my normal way to cook it. Glad I learned a new way to cook it.
I love sweet potato because it is a healthy alternative to most empty snacks. Thanks for this recipe.
I love sweet potato. I often cook it in the microwave, faster 🙂 Sweet potato is very healthy!
This recipe is definitely a keeper. Easy and great flavor. Like previous reviewers advised I cut in 1/2 inch disks. I cooked for 40 minutes and some were charred so would probably take out at 35 minutes next time. Also, with 4 sweet potatoes I needed 2 9×13 dishes not one.
I love that they’re so simple to make but very filling and tasty as well! I usually make mashed sweet potato or sweet potato fries! I think this would be a nice side or a good dish for lunch! YUM!
You definitely weren’t kidding about this being simple! I love how easy this is to make and it totally fits my diet as well. I can’t wait to try it at home.
My husband absolutely loves sweet potatoes. I admit they are not my most favorite thing, so we don’t have them very often.
Sweet potatoes are my favorite side dish. This is such a easy way to make them. I will have to give this a try on the weekend.
I love making sweet potatoes and love making them on the regular! This makes me want to make one for tonight! E
So simple but yet bursting with flavor. Great lunch idea for me today.
I buy sweet potatoes by the box full at the Farmer’s Market because I love them to death. I’ve never put salt and pepper on mine but I can’t wait to try it.
I love sweet potato but never thought of baking it in this way. Now I am tempted to try this later this week. 🙂 Thanks for sharing,
We really only have sweet potatoes on Thanksgiving. I don’t know why we don’t eat them more…..we should.