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Showing posts with label sweet potato recipes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sweet potato recipes. Show all posts

Thursday, January 22, 2015

Healthy Sweet Potato Biscuits Recipe


We love Sweet Potatoes and we love biscuits so it wasn't too hard to figure out we'd love this recipe! In fact, it was hard to keep the biscuits on the plate long enough to photograph these tasty suckers.

They go along perfectly with our Homemade Classic Chicken Noodle Soup recipe from last week and once you whip up this easy ingredient list into shape we think you'll agree! 


  • 1 c. Cooked Sweet Potato (318g)
  • 1/2 c. Fat Free Greek Yogurt (113.5g)
  • 1 1/2 c. Whole Wheat Flour (173g)
  • 4 t. Baking Powder
  • 1/4 t. Salt
  • 1/2 t. Nutmeg
  • 2 T. Butter







Wash, peel and dice up your Sweet Potato.

Put it in a pot and add water to just the top of the potatoes. 


Bring them to a boil and turn the temperature down, cover and simmer for approximately 15 to 20 minutes. (test it by poking with a fork or knife. It should slice like softened butter.)


Drain and let cool.


Now add all your dry ingredients into a bowl and whisk together.

Here's a trick.....grate your butter over the dry ingredients. This makes it easier to incorporate it into the flour mixture.

Now use a fork and mix it together until it forms small crumbs.

 By now you should be able to mash up your Sweet Potatoes. If it's lumpy, that's ok.


Measure out your Yogurt and whip it up till its nice and smooth. Add your Sweet Potatoes and blend these wet ingredients together.

Now, pour the wet ingredients into your dry and fold them together. 

You scrape around the edges and fold it over the center of the bowl. Around and around.

Helpful Tip:  You do not want to whip it up or over mix your Bisquit batter. This will make them turn out tough, instead of flakey.

Once it's all incorporated together, turn it out onto your floured counter top. You may need to knead a little more flour into your dough. 

Press it out to about 1 to 1 1/2 inches thick and cut your Bisquits. (If you don't have a Bisquit cutter, use a knife and make square ones!)

Lightly spray your tray.

Heat your oven to 425

Bake for 15 to 20 minutes ....until golden brown.


Mmmmm mmmm, hot Bisquits right out of the oven!!

A little about Sweet Potatoes: 

Our little (or sometimes big, depending on where you buy them) Sweet Potato friends are a great source of beta-carotene, vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium, potassium, iron, vitamin B6 and fiber. These orange health grenades are definitely Buff Dudes Approved and if you've never had them we think you'll agree!

 
 
 
 
 






This recipe yields 12 Bisquits

Each Bisquit contains:


  • Cal.             78
  • Fat.             2g
  • Carb.          13g
  • Sugar.        1g
  • Protein.      3g






About the Buff Blog:

The Buff Food Blog is updated every Thursday in collaboration with the Buff Mom, Diane! A lot of the recipes you'll find here every week is what the Buff Dudes consumed growing up, transforming them from a couple of simple 'dudes' into BUFF DUDES! Thanks, Buff Mom!

Thursday, November 6, 2014

Twice Baked Sweet Potato with Broccoli Recipe


Here's another recipe you can make ahead and have in your fridge for several days, our Twice Baked Sweet Potato with Broccoli Recipe!

Pull it out, heat it up and you've got a meal PACKED with vitamins A & C. Which is essential in supporting your vision,  skin, healthy bone growth and your immune system.

Even better....it tastes GREAT! Let's get started!


  • 2 Sweet Potatoes ( try to find similar sizes and plump )
  • 3c. / 216g Chopped Broccoli (steamed )
  • 1/4c. /62g Fat Free Greek Yogurt
  • 1 T. Butter
  • 1T. Granulated Garlic
  • S & P to taste


OPTIONAL:

  • 1/3c. Low Fat Cheddar Cheese




Preheat your oven tp 400 degrees.

Wash your Sweet Potatoes and let dry. 


Chop your Broccoli and prepare to steam.


Bake your Sweet Potatoes for one hour. Meanwhile, steam your Broccoli until just tender. Remove from heat, drain and let cool.


When your potatoes are done, let them cool down for 15 minutes or more. 


Sweet Potatoes are very soft. You'll need to handle them carefully.

Once they've cooled, slowly slice them in half length wise. You may decide to let them cool a little longer after you cut them since you'll need to handle them.
No one wants to get burned!


Now start scooping out the center of the potatoes.  Leave a layer all around since the skin is thin and delicate. 


In the bowl with the Sweet Potato add your Yogurt,  Butter, Garlic and S & P.
Mix this up until smooth.


Now fold in your steamed Broccoli.


Spoon this mixture back into your Sweet Potato skins. You'll have plenty so stack it high.


Sprinkle the top with the Cheddar Cheese if you choose.


Bake at 400 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes. 


It's creamy, garlicky,  sweet and delicious! 


Enjoy!















This recipe makes 4 servings

One Serving without Cheese  contains,

  • Cal.         104
  • Fat.         2.75g
  • Carb.      16.75g
  • Sugar.    3.25g
  • Protein.  4g


One serving with  Cheese contains,


  • Cal.         180
  • Fat.         5.75g
  • Carb.      17.75g
  • Sugar.    3.25g
  • Protein.  14g






About the Buff Blog:

The Buff Food Blog is updated every Thursday in collaboration with the Buff Mom, Diane! A lot of the recipes you'll find here every week is what the Buff Dudes consumed growing up, transforming them from a couple of simple 'dudes' into BUFF DUDES! Thanks, Buff Mom!