Baked Sweet Potatoes

I love potatoes. I am referring to the white, starchy ones. But, we all know those aren't the best things ever for you. I do like sweet potatoes, just not near as much.

We had hamburger patties (no buns!) this last week with avocado on top and what I really wanted were some nice, crispy french fries...but instead we had baked sweet potatoes.
They were really good!

Here is what you'll need:
-3 large sweet potatoes
-2 tablespoons olive oil
-pinch of salt
-pepper
-pinch of oregano

Preparation:
Preheat your oven to 350. Peel and cut the potatoes into cubes. Pour the olive oil into a casserole dish and then put the sweet potatoes in making sure to coat them in the olive oil. Season with the seasonings and then bake for an hour or so...until the potatoes are soft.
Season more if need be.

Try these instead of your regular baked or fried potatoes next time.

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The Perfect Baked Potato

I am a sucker for going to a restaurant and ordering a loaded baked potato. They are so delicious and always satisfying. If I am in a hurry, I will wrap a potato up in saran wrap (I am sure I am breaking some sort of plastic rule by doing that...) and zap it for 2-3 minutes.

But, when I really want to have a good and perfect baked potato, baking them in the oven is the only way.

Here is what you'll need for a perfect potato...60% of the time it works, every time. (Anchorman reference, anyone??)
(Sorry for the bright flash look, I was in a hurry and there was no natural light)
-Canola oil
-Kosher salt
-Russet potatoes

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
Poke 8-10 holes in your potato with a fork.
Put the canola oil in a bowl and roll each potato in it until it's nice and covered.
Sprinkle kosher salt all over each potato. This gives the skin (you better eat that delicious skin) a delicious salty taste :)
Put each potato on the middle rack and put a cookie sheet underneath to catch any drippings. (My cookie sheet is sitting on top of a cast iron skillet I keep in the oven to season.)
Bake for an hour or so or until a fork can easily be inserted into the center of the potato.
Put any kind of toppings you like on it! The potato is your canvas (haha!)
We like butter (duh), sour cream, salt and pepper, and sometimes cheese. But since we served them with Parmesan crusted pork chops, we decided to skip the cheese on the potato. How healthy of us :)


This is the best way in my opinion to bake a baked potato. Even the same with sweet potatoes.
How do you bake your potatoes?