My mom always brings me interesting fruits and vegetables she finds at the Asian markets. This time she surprised me with some adorable Japanese sweet potatoes. With khaki-colored skin similar to a regular American potato, it's the inner deep purple flesh that gives you a moment of pause. It's very similar to taro but has an incredible natural sweetness that makes it the perfect healthy dessert. I just poked some holes in the potato with a fork, baked these for an hour on 350 degrees, and they came out perfectly soft. Add a little butter or margarine for that extra boost. Yum!
The purple color scared away the hubby but that just means more for me!
On a side note:
I finally decided to add the Followers widget to my sidebar (underneath the Bloglovin' icon) for those who use Google Friend Connect. I'm more of a Google Reader girl myself, but I wanted to give you the option to pick your poison.
Update: After researching some more functions on Google Reader, I realized it will add all your followed blogs from Blogger. Definitely good to know!
never seen this before, but i also love trying exotic foods. would love to try it! im sure it's delicious :)
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i like those potatoes. my parents eat them all the time!
ReplyDeleteLooks yummy! If it is like taro, I probably will love it!
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haha those potatoes look kinda... well, not that good :D but i'm sure they taste delicious. my grandma once brought blue potatoes for dinner, she had got them from a localfarmer or something. :D
ReplyDeleteNatalie: Yes, I am always up for trying exotic foods! I think it helps being Asian because our culture is pretty adventurous when it comes to what we eat.
ReplyDelete.mck: I think I'm about to eat them all the time now. I told my mom that I really liked them. She is now going to grab me some whenever she goes to that store.
Dylana: It's a mix between taro and a sweet potato. I'm sure you'll like it! It's pretty yummy.
Raita 2: Yeah, that's what my husband said. He wouldn't touch it. I've never had blue potatoes before! That's the next thing on my list!
Those earrings are SO killer. LOVE!
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