Cinnamon Pecan Sweet Potatoes - *****

 

HOLIDAY EDITION: Cinnamon Pecan Sweet Potatoes

This holiday, skip the obligatory traditional dishes.

"I can't wait for the cranberry sauce" is a rare remark. Yet year after year, like clockwork, there it remains. Free your time and your mind of the traditional imperatives of a Thanksgiving meal, focusing instead on a few worthy dishes that make your taste buds and nostalgia sing. You'll stress less, evading that spikein cortisol levels that's as predictable this time of year as the turkey itself; plus, you'll have more time to dedicate to embellishing the dishes you actually enjoy.

The most vibrant of resistant starch sources, sweet potatoes get their bright orange color from the antioxidant beta carotene. Their holiday spice flavorings - cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves - are a potent insulin sensitizing trio, helping to curb the imminent glucose spike of the ensuing pumpkin pie.

To make sure your gut bacteria also procure a well-deserved Thanksgiving meal, use the cooking and cooling method below to enhance the resistant starch content of the sweet potatoes.

Bredesen Protocol Approved 

Plant Paradox Approved

Paleo

Gluten Free

Grain Free

Dairy Free: Replace ghee with hazelnut oil or almond oil. Do not use coconut oil as the roasting temperature exceeds the smoke point of coconut oil.

INGREDIENTS

3 Sweet Potatoes (~4 cups cubed) 2 Tbsp Ghee, Melted 1 tsp Cinnamon 1 tsp Pumpkin Pie Spice

1/2 tsp Sea Salt

1/4 c Pecans, Chopped

1. Preheat air fryer to 400°F.

2. Wash, peel, and cut sweet potatoes into 3/4-1" cubes. Place the

3. cubes into a large bowl.

4. Combine the melted ghee, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, and sea

5. salt in a small bowl. Stir until combined.

6. Pour the mixture over the sweet potatoes and stir until evenly

7. coated.

8. Place an air fryer tray on top of a baking sheet. Transfer the sweet potatoes to air fryer tray and air-fry for 12 minutes, stirring or

9. shaking halfway through. At about 8 minutes, add the pecans to

10. the tray with the sweet potatoes, and stir again. Air-fry for a few

11. more minutes, watching to make sure that the pecans don't burn and

12. testing the sweet potatoes to make sure they're tender.

14. To enhance its resistant starch content: Transfer sweet potatoes to

15. the refrigerator overnight, or to the freezer for 1 hour.

16. When you are ready to serve, warm the sweet potatoes back up in

17. the oven at 350°F for 10-15 minutes.

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