Herb Crusted Sweet Potato Bites.
Way to be positive in 2012! But seriously.
Because we had precisely one billion tasks to accomplish in the last week with our time off, I decided to download Temple Run on my iPhone. Hey. Is your resolution to play six solid hours of games on your mobile device? Because I think you can cross if off your list. I did it for you.
I generally prohibit myself from downloading games on my phone and what not because I have uh, no self control. If it was up to me I’d play virtual skee ball all afternoon with Dawson’s reruns on in the background. And I’d probably crave those nasty nachos and cheese from arcades too.
You’re talking to someone who killed all versions of Angry Birds in one sitting. Got it??
But I downloaded it anyway. And then two days later when I finally came up for air, I peeked out of my blanket fort to find Mr. How Sweet browsing the internet on the iPad and it hit me: we could download Temple Run on my iPad too, and then, OMG… we can both play it. Like, all the time.
I grabbed the tablet from him and shouted “we have to download this game!!” while he stared at me completely uninterested. Or disgusted. Or both. “Just play it once!” I yelled.
And I haven’t seen him since.
Well, sort of.
Now we just take turns. Me on my phone… him on the iPad. Him on my phone… me on the iPad. Thank goodness we now have two portable Apple devices (God bless your soul Steve Jobs) to waste our entire lives with.
You know how you go out to a nice, fairly expensive restaurant and see a young(ish) couple not even making eye contact with each other, sitting at a table with a bottle of wine and each head buried in their smartphone? Yeah. That’s us. Except like, four hundred times worse.
Temple Run somehow mastered the art of making the most disgusting sounds when your character dies. It’s like they specialize in skull crushing and flesh burning, because every single freaking time my little runner man is about to bite the dust or get eaten by skull-faced monkey things, I feel EXTREME anxiety. Really.
Just ignore me.
I did break long enough yesterday to make some lunch, which included these sweet potato rounds. But that was really only because we are fiiiiinally out of cookies. I never thought I’d see the day.
These are crispy and delicious and get this – sweet. Who the heck knew?
Oooooh and I also made a dipping sauce. It’s the best part.
I want to slather this on my face it’s so good. Little bit of greek yogurt with the teeeeeniest tiniest bit of truffle oil, for real – just a drop. SO MUCH FLAVOR. My head almost exploded.
I’m eating these every day for the rest of my life.
Herb Crusted Sweet Potato Bites
serves about 2 (maybe more)
2 sweet potatoes, peeled and sliced into uniform rounds
1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 cup panko bread crumbs
2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
1 teaspoon fresh thyme
2 garlic cloves, minced or pressed
2 teaspoons finely grated parmesan cheese
1/4 teaspoon pepper
pinch of salt
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Place a wire rack on a baking sheet and spray with nonstick spray.
In a small bowl, combine panko, parsley, basil, thyme, cilantro, parmesan, salt, pepper and garlic. Mix with a spoon and use your hands to get everything combined.
Peel (if you want) your sweet potatoes and slice into rounds about 1/4 of an inch thick. Place in a bowl and drizzle with olive oil, then stir with your hands to make sure each piece is coated back and front. Add in panko + herbs, stirring again with your hands and pressing lightly to adhere. Some will stick – some will not. That’s fine! Place rounds on the wire rack, and then sprinkle the leftover panko + herbs from the bottom of the bowl over top of each round.
Bake for 25-28 minutes, or until crust is golden and sweet potatoes are soft. Serve immediately with smoky basil truffle sauce!
Smoky Basil Truffle Dipping Sauce
3/4 cup plain low-fat greek yogurt
1 teaspoon truffle oil
1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika
1 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
pinch of salt & pepper
Whisk ingredients together until smooth, then serve.
Update: I just looked over and Mr. How Sweet has set down his half-eaten bowl of three meat chili to play the dumb game. Now THAT is a problem.
107 Comments on “Herb Crusted Sweet Potato Bites.”
My boyfriend has an iphone and an ipad. Sometimes he plays both at the same time. We haven’t had a proper conversation for months.
These are so dinky – love anything that can be eaten in a bite especially with a dipping sauce and the combo of sweet potato and crunchy topping sounds just perfect.
I love sweet potato chips! These are perfect for snacking on while making dinner. ;) Yum!
These look wonderful! I just love my Sweet Potatoes! Correct me if I’m wrong, but I do believe two days in a row with vegetables! Wow, Impressive! :) I love these dishes you have put together the past couple of days! They all look wonderful!! Have a great day!!!
I tried to adapt the potato puffs this weekend but couldn’t think of a good savory flavor combination for the sweet potato version – these look awesome though!
I used to be on my iPod Touch all the time. Now I just use my laptop instead – maybe I am getting old. Or maybe it is because I love to see your photos on the big screen! :-)
An iPad in my house would mean me looking at recipes the whole time I am at home, rather than just 90% of the time. If I did that, when would I cook??
Baked Sweet potatoes are one of my all-time favorite foods! I can’t wait to try them with this yummy dipping sauce. We have the same problem with apple products in out house. I was using the ipad for reading but my husband always wanted it for his Angry Birds addiction- cause it’s too small on his phone he complains. So I got a kindle and now we can spend days without speaking- ahhh….technology.
These look great :) Happy New Year!
My family came to visit and my parents commented that it must be the year of technology. From the 3yr old to the adults everyone was on their iphones, ipads, Nooks, Kindles, itouch, etc….It was funny.
Yummy yummy!!!
Your love for Angry Birds sounds like my ABSOLUTELY AND COMPLETELY (not exactly) normal addiction for Instagram.
(iwantthosebites.)
i didn’t think it was that serious until you said that he stopped eating the chili…do i need to stage an intervention?! :)
Ooooh loving this recipe Jess!
I don’t know how my husband ever made it through a long road trip without angry birds! He is so addicted! …..I am addicted to checking my things and making sure nothing piles up.
I could take a pile of these! Looking good!
Luckily I don’t download games on my phone, but the idea of a Dawson’s marathon is extremely tempting. These little bites look perfect!
Mmm these sound like an ideal Temple Run intermission snack!! I can’t say I’m really that into games, but the Pinterest iPhone app.. now that’s a different story!
Temple Run intermission… hahahah.
Ooooh and I HATE the Pinterest app! I find it so hard to navigate??
I have to agree with you on that one, but when you’re sitting in a doctor’s office or waiting for a very slow sibling to finish doing her hair, it’s a saviour!
um. those look amazing. Sweet potatoes are one of my favorite veggies! So good.
I am addicted to Angry Birds! I haven’t downloaded Temple Run…yet! These sweet potato bites look delicious, and I love that you use smoked paprika in the dipping sauce…I love that stuff!
That is exactly why I’ve held strong on not downloading any games, including Angry Birds! It’s also why I haven’t joined Pinterest. I have no more hours left to lose in my day!
Roasted sweet potatoes are one of my favorite things in the world. Herb crusted roasted sweet potatoes WITH Smoky Basil Truffle Dipping Sauce?!?! Like seriously, that last picture makes me feel like I might explode with want.
Whoaaaa these look so goooooood!! And I love angry birds! And I love love temple run! At least I will love it as soon as i download it I’m sure.
Don’t do it…
My cousins downloaded Temple Run onto my phone a couple days ago. I had planned to delete it after I left, but….
And the sweet potato bites look delicious!
It’s so horribly addicting!
Oh how I love truffle oil, but never in a million years would I have thought to pair it with sweet potatoes! Love this recipe, I’m having a party on Friday and I think these would be perfect to make. Happy new year!
Wow, those look amazing. A definite must make for our next gathering!
Hi.larious. My husband is an Angry Birds addict, too. We’ll be in bed, he’ll grab his phone and he’ll start playing that stupid game. It kills me!
Yum, these look so good. I love sweet potatoes
Oh these are awesome!!
Look, lady, I have THINGS TO DO. All caps lock things that must be done. I don’t need to hear about your fabulous new iPhone game.
FINE. I’ll download it and just give a 5 minute test run. Then I’m deleting it and going back to being productive.
Maybe.
Okay… those look divine… BUT… it’s the last line that caught my eye- THREE MEAT CHILI??
Where my love is the recipe for that big bowl of hearty lovin’?
Um, those look utterly delicious.
And I had NO games on my phone, until my son told me that I HAD to put some games on there. I spent HOURS of Christmas break playing spider solitaire. (Yes, I’m 80.) Will have to tell the kiddo about Temple Run.
I can never have too many sweet potatoes in my life!
And my family, too, is completely Apple-product dependent….:-(
Sometimes I ask my husband to hide my phone at night so I’m not up until 4am trying to make a word with no vowels, except “y” which I’m still not sure is really a vowel… either way. Games are the devil.
Truffle dipping sauce?! I bet that’s amazing. If the teeeeny bottle didn’t cost so much I think I’d have to give it a try! Someday.. someday.
Oh man, I have been playing Temple Run for over a week now. I. Can’t. Stop. I wish I had your warning about it being so addictive before I downloaded it. But then again, I probably still would have downloaded it just to see how addictive it was. Either way, my family is starting to get really annoyed with me.
Ughhh, can you be my neighbor? This looks deliiiicous!
My daughter (and me) would LOVE these!!
Temple Run?? *running to look it up NOW*
I refuse to download the games too because I become instantly addicted. You have me intrigued now though…
I need a car to go to the store to buy sweet taterrrrrrrs!!!
“Serves about 2”? Not if I made them. I’m a sweet potato junkie, so it’d be “serves about half.” :) Thanks mucho! This looks amazing!
Those look perfect for a dinner party!
being a big sweet potato fan, i now must make these. and serves about 2? yeah, I’d be eating all of those 2 servings in one sitting.
Yeah… I totally get that. ;)
Sweet potatoes are my jam! Especially prepared in savory style. These look awesome!
I am terribly addicted to my iphone it is terrible!
These look delicious by the way. Oh and I made your roasted red pepper dip for new years eve! It was a total hit,we should have made a double batch!
So glad you liked it!
okay, funny, because I downloaded temple run on my phone as well over my holiday break. now my son and I wrestle as to who gets to play it first when I get home.
as for the food-awesomeness as usual. what a great little treat and i’m guessing i probably just found my second addiction in this post. i love sweet potatoes anything.
“wire rack on a baking sheet”. totally mis-read that as: “place a wine rack on a baking sheet”. I’m like, what the hell is this woman doing???
LOL!
I love sweet potato fries but they’re awfully darn skinny….Enter the sweet potato chip! Plus the sauce! Yum! :)
You had me at sweet potato! And then I saw truffle and it was all over…looks amazing!
What a neat idea!! I love baked sweet potatoes – they are the best!
Yum!!!! I love this dish!
Yum! Yum!!
These are great looking! I *just* made sweet potato fries yesterday for Scott and you’d think I would have cured cancer or something the way he raved about them (the man loves his taters) and if I made these for him, I could write my own ticket for anything :) They look amazing!