Recipe: Baked Sweet Potato

Baked Sweet Potatoes

4 Sweet potatoes (*They should be even in size)
Vegetable Oil
Butter
Salt (to taste)
Paprika

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Scrub the potatoes; brush all with vegetable oil. Arrange the potatoes on the oven rack and bake for 40-50 minutes until tender. Remove and prick with a fork to let out the steam. Cut a 1 1/2" cross in the center of each potato. Hold each potato with a pot holder and press upwards until the filling bursts through the cuts. Top with butter and sprinkle with salt and paprika. Serve.

*Johnna's tip: In need of comfort food that won't depress your diet?? Try a sweet potato! They are the other potato that tastes delicious especially after you season with salt, pepper, maybe even a little garlic (*You know our fetish with garlic...). Serve alongside some well seasoned baked chicken (*Note we state "well seasoned"...Seasoning is the key to a good baked chicken, otherwise it's just shriveled up chicken meat on a bone...)

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