This vegetable is very nutritious and easy to prepare.  Featured on the Waltham Public Schools’ lunch menus throughout October, you may see sweet potatoes served as fries, baked wedges, or even in a cake or muffin!  Here is an easy way to prepare sweet potatoes at [...]]]> Vegetable of the Month for October 2009 is: Sweet Potato!

This vegetable is very nutritious and easy to prepare.  Featured on the Waltham Public Schools’ lunch menus throughout October, you may see sweet potatoes served as fries, baked wedges, or even in a cake or muffin!  Here is an easy way to prepare sweet potatoes at home.  This recipe comes from the Waltham Public Schools cafeterias:

Baked Sweet Potato Wedges

Ingredients:

4 medium sweet potatoes cut into 1/2 inch thick wedges

3-4 tablespoons butter (lower fat option: 1 tablespoon butter, 1 tablespoon olive oil)

2 tablespoons brown sugar

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Melt butter and stir in sugar.  Place sweet potato wedges in bowl and drizzle on melted butter mixture.  Toss to coat evenly.  Arrange potato wedges on a baking sheet and bake 15 minutes in the oven, turn them over, continue baking for another 15 minutes or until tender.