Caribbean Spiced Roasted Sweet Potatoes

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!  I love this holiday...all the amazing food!  Not to mention the chance to really thing about everything that we are thankful for.  I can't believe how blessed we are.  We have so much excess stuff, great health, an unstressed bank account, amazing friends, the best family, and an amazing God that has blessed us with this all.  We are so thankful.  Anyways, back to food... I thought in honor of Thanksgiving, I would share my very favorite sweet potato recipe!  I just love these.  The best part is, they are eons healthier than the traditional sweet potatoes loaded with marshmallows and brown sugar. For a more traditional taste, you can eliminate all the spices but the sugar, salt, and pepper.  Hope you enjoy and Happy Thanksgiving!

 

Caribbean Spiced Roasted Sweet Potatoes

Ingredients:

3 Medium Sweet Potatoes

1 Tbsp. Vegetable Oil

2 tsp. Sugar

½ tsp Salt

¼ tsp. Pepper

¾ tsp. Ground Allspice

¾ tsp. Dried Thyme

½ tsp Garlic Powder

¼ tsp Cinnamon

1/8 tsp Cayenne Pepper

Directions:


Preheat oven to 325. Peel sweet potatoes and cut into rounds approx. ½ inch thick. Place a cooling rack on a baking sheet. Place potato rounds onto wire rack and bake for 30 minutes. (See Above)Remove from oven and increase temperature to 475. Remove potatoes and cooling rack from baking sheet and place baking sheet in oven. After allowing potatoes to rest for 10 minutes, then toss potatoes in oil.

Mix spices together and sprinkle over potatoes. Remove baking sheet and put potatoes on it. Return to oven and bake for 15 minutes, flipping potatoes once at 8 minutes. Let cool and enjoy!

 

 

A Movie Suggestion... Chasing Mavericks



This past week, my husband and I went to see the movie Chasing Mavericks.  It is the story of a young boy convincing a father-figure surfer to train him to surf the Mavericks, one of the largest surf breaks in the world.  The 40 foot plus waves that roll in at this California surf break are technical and extremely dangerous to even the most talented surfers.  The movie is based on the true story of Jay Moriarity. 

 

This movie was one of the most inspiring I have seen, and not just because I love surfing.  It shows the journey one takes when training for an event.  It shows how truly grueling it can be, but also how very rewarding it is in the end.  The lessons learned can apply to many areas of life, but to anyone in training for an athletic event or anyone needing some inspiration to take the risk of training, it is truly inspirational.  Last time I posted, I shared that I am training for the XTERRA, an extreme of road triathalon.  I found many applications throughout the movie to this current adventure that I am in.

 

I highly recommend each of you take the time to watch this movie.  Training for any challenge is risky to the body, but even moreso to the mind.  You give youself the chance to fail.  But if you never take the risk, you never feel the thrill of success and accomplishment.  Watch this movie and you will see how beautiful taking the risk of training can be.