Sweet Potato Chips

So, I found one lonely sweet potato in my kitchen last night and wondered what the heck I could do with it. Then I scrounged up an easy and fast recipe for Sweet Potato Chips!

Ingredients:
1 sweet potato, very thinly sliced
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon salt
ANY other spices you might want: pepper, paprika, oregano, cayenne pepper, garlic powder to name a few.

Directions:
Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
Put potato slices in a bowl and thoroughly coat with olive oil and salt/spices.
When coated, lay the slices in a single layer on a cookie sheet.
Bake chips in the oven for 7-10 minutes, flipping them over 2 or 3 times to brown evenly.

Easy as pie! Actually, pie isn't that easy to make.

BUT, my oven is temporarily out of commission, so I cooked the sweet potato chips in a skillet on the stove on high heat. It took a little longer, about 12 minutes, and the chips turned out more crunchy and soft than they would in the oven. Heavenly. They're great by themselves, or with a little salsa on top!

Sweet potatoes are a yummy way to get your daily values of Vitamin A, Vitamin C, and beta-carotene. These important nutrients help you with healthy skin and hair, teeth and gums, seeing in dim light, and resistance to infection. Sweet potatoes also have a much lower glycemic rating than white potatoes, making them a great-tasting alternative for diabetics. For more information on sweet potatoes, here are a couple of links:

http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=64

http://www.foodreference.com/html/sweet-pot-nutrition.html