These roasted rosemary sweet potatoes are not your average spud. Crispy, sweet and perfectly seasoned you’ll want to make an extra large batch for leftovers.
Ok, I’m gonna go there… I don’t like mashed potatoes. I get the appeal, but I personally would rather a bit more going on if I’m consuming a spud. Some crunch, some crispy element a little texture, something. In fact, regular potatoes are on my meh list. I wouldn’t say I actively dislike them but they’re far from a first choice.
But sweet potatoes? Completely different story.
Besides the fact that they’re way prettier, (like who doesn’t love that beautiful orange color?) they’re also more flavorful and I find the texture much more enjoyable. I set out to create a vegan, sweet potato side that would accompany a fall festive meal. What I came out with definitely exceeded those expectations.
I often test and cook early on weekend mornings. I’ll sit down Friday night, planning and writing down recipe ideas, then I’ll stop at the store to grab ingredients stock up for the week. The next morning I’ll wake up super early and rush to the kitchen. My rational: daytime is precious in the winter and I don’t have much time to waste, plus cooking early is a great kick start to my weekend.
The point of this story is that after I made and photographed these spuds, instead of storing them in the fridge like I normally would have, I decided they’d make an excellent breakfast – and that they did. It was like an even better version of home fries.
So bring these spuds to your thanksgiving dinner then eat them the next morning with a little cranberry sauce! (ok and a little slice of dairy-free pumpkin pie won’t hurt)
- 4 medium sweet potatoes chopped in 1 inch pieces
- 1 medium onion diced
- 1 1/2 tbsp of olive oil
- 2 tbsp of fresh chopped rosemary
- 1/3 cup of pepitas (shelled pumpkin seeds)
- Salt & Pepper to taste
- Preheat oven to 400º F
- Wash and chop sweet potatoes
- Dice medium onion
- Chop rosemary
- Throw sweet potatoes, onions and rosemary into a large bowl and toss with olive oil, pepitas, salt & pepper
- Lightly coat baking tray with olive oil – place sweet potato mixture on the tray
- Roast for 45 minutes – flip potatoes once after 20 minutes
You’re Turn:
- What’s your favorite kind of spud? (Sweet/regular/mashed/roasted)
- Your favorite Thanksgiving dish to eat as leftovers?
Potatoes and rosemary were meant for each other 😉
Preach! I might have a minor, ok major obsession with rosemary
Ooh, totally going to have to try this! I’ve been seeing rosemary potatoes everywhere but I don’t usually love regular white potatoes.. best of both worlds, right here!
Exactly! The onions really make it too. Regular potatoes are too dry in my opinion so this combo is killer
Sweet potatoes>Regular potatoes ANY day in my opinion. 🙂 You’re not alone there. This year we are using a really simple sweet potato dish my family and I have done previous Thanksgivings for our side–roasting some cubed sweet potatoes mixed with a packet of the onion soup mix you can buy in stores? Easy and so delicious!
Glad I’m not the only one. Sweet potatoes are just the bomb – and apparently it’s Sweet Potato Appreciation Month – but let’s face it, that’s every month for me
I don’t like mashed potatoes either! Can’t deal with the texture. But I LOVED roasted potatoes, sweet or regular. Rosemary is my favorite spice too!
Roasted or bust! I put rosemary on practically everything, it’s just so lovely
absolutely gorgeous! I know a lot of ppl who really dont like mashed potatoes.. this is such a great way to satisfy them 🙂 hahah seems we have the same work schedule 🙂 Planning also on friday night, shopping saturady morning, cooking and photographing. and then having a great “breakfast” 😀 Thank for sharing.
Aww thank you! Glad I’m not the only one. I call it the “blogger grind” and a delicious grind it is.
I’m a huge sweet potato lover, these look great. I toss veggies in Wegman’s basting oil instead of regular olive oil when roasting as it add’s such a great flavor.
Ooh great idea! I love everything Wegmans makes – sweet potatoes are epic
Mmmm! Shared this great recipe for my post today – 12 Whole30 Thanksgiving Side Dishes: http://physicalkitchness.com/whole30-thanksgiving-side-dishes/
Thanks for the inspiration!! I am sure my readers will love it.