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Oven Baked Sweet Potato Fries

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  Ingredients: 1 sweet potato 1/4 cup cornstarch Splash of vinegar 1 tsp salt 1 tsp black pepper Peanut oil Equipment: Pot Wire wrack Colander Baking sheet Squeeze bottles Instructions: Set pot of water to med-high Peel and cut sweet potatoes into fries, heiring on the thinner side Preheat oven to 475 Once pot of water is boiling, add pinch of salt and splash of vinegar Put in fries for 6 min While fries are boiling, combine 1/4 cup corn starch with 1/4 cup cold water After fries are done, toss in corn starch slurry Add fries to wire wrack, making sure they aren't touching Drizzle peanut oil on fries Bake for 15 min Flip fries and put back for another 10 min Put fries in bowl and toss with 1 tsp salt and 1 tsp black pepper Source:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCXX7Dea6eA&t=496s Yield: Enough to be a side for two plates Description: Sweet potato is way more diabetic-friendly than regular potatoes, which makes no intuitive sense. I can't have sweets or potatoes, but I ca...

Cottage Pie (with mashed turnip)

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  Ingredients: 1 large rutabaga 1/2 cup butter 1 pound ground meat 1 cooking onion 4 cloves garlic 2 cups peas and carrots (or any combo mixed veg, corn is popular) 1/4 cup bbq sauce 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce 1 tbsp salt Cooking oil Tools: Saucepan, frying pan, colander, 8" by 8" baking dish Instructions: Peel and cube one large rutabaga Put cubed rutabaga in saucepan and cover with water Add pinch of salt, heat until boiling Reduce heat and let boil for a full 30 min While it is boiling, heat some cooking oil in a frying pan, dice 1 cooking onion and mince 4 tbsp garlic Sauté garlic and onion until fragrant and onion turns translucent Add 1 pound ground meat and cook until browned Add 1/4 cup bbq sauce and 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce, toss until mixed, then remove from heat Preheat oven to 350 F Once cubed rutabaga has finished boiling, test for tenderness. If they can be easily broken with a fork, drain them through a colander and return it to the sauce pan Add 1/2 cup bu...