{"id":14065,"date":"2011-08-17T11:13:59","date_gmt":"2011-08-17T15:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=14065"},"modified":"2011-08-17T11:13:59","modified_gmt":"2011-08-17T15:13:59","slug":"loaded-baked-sweet-potato","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2011\/08\/loaded-baked-sweet-potato\/","title":{"rendered":"Loaded Baked Sweet Potato"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/loaded_sweetpot2.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14069\" title=\"Loaded Baked Sweet Potato\" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/loaded_sweetpot2-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/loaded_sweetpot2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/loaded_sweetpot2.jpg 467w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>This is my newest obsession, the loaded baked sweet potato. \u00a0A little while back I wanted to try creating a loaded baked sweet potato.<\/p>\n<p>I love sweet potato and pumpkin as savory items more than I do sweet. Hence why I put <a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2010\/01\/sweet-potato-and-squash-chili\/\">pumpkin in just about every chili I<\/a> make now and why I think sweet potato fries should contain chili powder.<\/p>\n<p>Previous meals, I had a little bit of cheese mixed in with my baked sweet potato and it was glorious. \u00a0I decided at some point I was going to jump in with both feet and make a savory baked sweet potato.<\/p>\n<p>Last week I tried it out and will never go back to butter and cinnamon on a sweet potato again.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Andrea&#8217;s Loaded Baked Sweet Potato<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sweet Potato<\/li>\n<li>Pepperjack Cheese<\/li>\n<li>Sour Cream (I use Greek Yogurt)<\/li>\n<li>Hot Sauce of Choice<\/li>\n<li>Chopped Green Onions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Bake sweet potato in oven at 400 for about 1.5 hours. \u00a0How long will depend on how big your potato is. \u00a0Baking a sweet potato is similar to <a title=\"Perfect Baked Potato\" href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2011\/06\/perfect-baked-potato\/\">baking a regular potato<\/a>. Poke holes in it first. \u00a0I do not put anything on the skin of the sweet potato. I line a baking sheet with foil, spray with oil and bake the sweet potato as is.<\/p>\n<p>After baking, cut open and top with the above toppings. \u00a0Amount is up to you.<\/p>\n<p>Eat and enjoy!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/loaded_sweetpot.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14068\" title=\"Loaded Baked Sweet Potato\" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/loaded_sweetpot-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/loaded_sweetpot-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/loaded_sweetpot-449x300.jpg 449w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/loaded_sweetpot.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The first time I had it, Scott had a regular sweet potato with butter. \u00a0He told me I was crazy. \u00a0He said that it was a little odd.<\/p>\n<p>Then he had a bite.<\/p>\n<p>Now he&#8217;s converted.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve never tried sweet potatoes as savory, I highly suggest you give it a taste. \u00a0Just to see. \u00a0Maybe you&#8217;ll surprise yourself.<\/p>\n<p><em>Have fun guys, and remember, always play with your food! \u00a0Enjoy!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is my newest obsession, the loaded baked sweet potato. \u00a0A little while back I wanted to try creating a loaded baked sweet potato. I love sweet potato and pumpkin as savory items more than I do sweet. Hence why I put pumpkin in just about every chili I make now and why I think [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[33,34],"tags":[36,16,35],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4KYWa-3ER","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14065"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14065\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}