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Since my grilled potatoes<\/a> were such a hit I decided I would try grilled sweet potatoes. While these were good, they weren’t great. Any advice or tips are welcome.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/g><\/svg><\/span> Print Recipe<\/a>\n\t\n\t\n<\/div>\nGrilled Sweet Potatoes: Help Wanted<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\nCourse: <\/span>Side Dish<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\nAuthor: <\/span>Toni Anderson<\/span><\/div>\n\n\nIngredients<\/h3>3<\/span> Sweet Potatoes<\/span><\/li>Butter<\/span><\/li>Brown Sugar<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\nInstructions<\/h3>Cook sweet potatoes in a microwave for 5 minutes or until slightly tender. Remove from the microwave and let cool.<\/div><\/li>Slice into wedges. Place on grill and cook onn a medium heat until tender.<\/div><\/li>Remove from the grill and brush with melted butter.<\/div><\/li>Sprinkle with brown sugar and serve.<\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\nThese grilled potatoes would have been better had I used fresher potatoes. The sweet potatoes I used had been in the pantry for a while and weren’t the best. According to What’s Cooking America:<\/p>\nSweet potatoes should be uniformly light-tan-colored. Look for firm sweet potatoes with smooth, bright, uniformly colored skins, free from signs of decay. Because they are more perishable than white potatoes, extra care should be used in selecting sweet potatoes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nAny ideas how to make this recipe better? Sweet potatoes are so good for you and cheap! I would love to find more ways to incorporate them into our diet outside of Thanksgiving dinner. Suggestions welcome. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\nOther grilled recipes you might like…<\/h3>\n\nGrilled Chicken Summer Salad<\/a><\/li>\nGrilled Chicken Summer Salad<\/a><\/li>\nGrilled Pineapple Chicken Kebabs<\/a><\/li>\nGrilled Veggie Kabobs<\/a><\/li>\nGrilled Thai Chicken<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Since my grilled potatoes were such a hit I decided I would try grilled sweet potatoes. While these were good, they weren’t great. Any advice or tips are welcome. These grilled potatoes would have been better had I used fresher potatoes. 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These grilled potatoes would have been better had I used fresher potatoes. The sweet potatoes I used had been in the pantry for a while and weren’t the best. According to What’s Cooking America:<\/p>\n
Sweet potatoes should be uniformly light-tan-colored. Look for firm sweet potatoes with smooth, bright, uniformly colored skins, free from signs of decay. Because they are more perishable than white potatoes, extra care should be used in selecting sweet potatoes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nAny ideas how to make this recipe better? Sweet potatoes are so good for you and cheap! I would love to find more ways to incorporate them into our diet outside of Thanksgiving dinner. Suggestions welcome. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\nOther grilled recipes you might like…<\/h3>\n\nGrilled Chicken Summer Salad<\/a><\/li>\nGrilled Chicken Summer Salad<\/a><\/li>\nGrilled Pineapple Chicken Kebabs<\/a><\/li>\nGrilled Veggie Kabobs<\/a><\/li>\nGrilled Thai Chicken<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Since my grilled potatoes were such a hit I decided I would try grilled sweet potatoes. While these were good, they weren’t great. Any advice or tips are welcome. 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Sweet potatoes should be uniformly light-tan-colored. Look for firm sweet potatoes with smooth, bright, uniformly colored skins, free from signs of decay. Because they are more perishable than white potatoes, extra care should be used in selecting sweet potatoes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Any ideas how to make this recipe better? Sweet potatoes are so good for you and cheap! I would love to find more ways to incorporate them into our diet outside of Thanksgiving dinner. Suggestions welcome. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Since my grilled potatoes were such a hit I decided I would try grilled sweet potatoes. While these were good, they weren’t great. Any advice or tips are welcome. These grilled potatoes would have been better had I used fresher potatoes. The sweet potatoes I used had been in the pantry for a while and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27144,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2799],"tags":[2726,2727],"class_list":{"0":"post-12340","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-side-dishes","8":"tag-grilled-sweet-potatoes","9":"tag-sweet-potatoes-on-the-grill","10":"entry"},"yoast_head":"\n
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