Maple-Glazed Sweet Potatoes

You'll need to peel and section a lemon for this dish. Take care to use only the flesh by removing the skinlike, white membrane from each section.

This recipe goes with Caribbean Sweet Potatoes and Black Beans

Yield: 12 servings (serving size: 1/2 cup)

Ingredients

• 8  cups  (1-inch) cubed peeled sweet potato (about 3 pounds)
• 4  cups  water
• 1/4  cup  lemon sections (about 1 large lemon)
• 1/4  cup  packed dark brown sugar
• 3  tablespoons  maple syrup
• 2  tablespoons  butter or stick margarine
• 1/2  teaspoon  ground cinnamon
• 1/8  teaspoon  ground red pepper
• Dash of salt

Preparation

Combine first 3 ingredients in a large saucepan; bring to boil. Cook 20 minutes or until tender, stirring occasionally. Remove sweet potatoes from pan with a slotted spoon, reserving cooking liquid. Bring cooking liquid to a boil; cook until reduced to 1/3 cup (about 12 minutes). Stir in sugar and remaining ingredients. Stir in sweet potatoes; cook 2 minutes or until thoroughly heated.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

142 (14% from fat)

Fat:

2.2g (sat 1.3g,mono 0.6g,poly 0.2g)

Protein:

1.5g

Carbohydrate:

29.8g

Fiber:

2.7g

Cholesterol:

5mg

Iron:

0.7mg

Sodium:

46mg

Calcium:

30mg