Sweet Potato Finalists
I am pleased to announce the winning recipes from our Short ‘n’ Sassy recipe contest. I am always impressed to see the versatility of Sweet Potatoes. These delightful dishes take your taste buds on a journey around the world. We will start in America and travel to England, Spain, Italy, India, and the Mediterranean.
Lauren Soutiere, Cheesecake Sweeties
Sweet potatoes and cream cheese transform these brownies into Easter candy with a decadent design. Each bite is so tantalizing you’ll be reaching for seconds, before you have even finished the first.
Ashley Paige Bonnema, Cottage Pie
Imagine family togetherness and comfort food all in one meal and voila – you have this flavorful cottage pie. Herbs de Provence and sweet potatoes give a nouveau take on a hearty tradition.
Tracy Newel, Sweet Potato Chorizo Street Tacos
Stack spicy chorizo and tender cubed sweet potatoes on a flat corn tortilla, top with crisp cabbage, a generous dollop of sour cream and plenty of cilantro. This is how to turn a traditional Mexican dish into a culinary phenomenon.
Michelle Noyola, Sweet Potato & Rosemary Pizza
This pizza pie is unpretentiously sophisticated. The divine aromas and flavors of rosemary, smoked provolone and sweet potato slices meld together into food for the soul. California Pizza Kitchen definitely has some competition.
Kath Younger, Nutty Vanilla Sweet Potato+Kale Soup
Richly spiced with the piquant flavors of India, this exotic soup will have your taste buds turning somersaults. Sweet potatoes mixed with garam masala, real vanilla and creamy coconut milk build layers of flavor that reach new heights.
Mary Marlowe Leverette, Sweet Potato Panzanella
Sweet potatoes add a flourish of spring color to this Mediterranean style bread salad. Add in fresh spinach, basil, cilantro and French bread drenched with the full bodied flavor of olive oil and you have a modern twist on an Italian classic. Magnifico.
Individually these foods are so deliciously well balanced that they can stand alone. Together they are a divine Brunch, a heavenly banquet, or a blissful six course meal – in essence, food poetry in a Longaberger picnic basket.
More recipe evaluation and taste testing is being done at this time. The grand prize winner will be notified by telephone on the afternoon of April 22. I would like to thank everyone who entered our Sweet and Sassy Recipe Contest.