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Post by Ivan Drago - aka Arny/Dolph/AM on Oct 12, 2009 11:25:20 GMT -5
www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/sweetpotato.htmlInteresting read! I have been making Yam-Fries over the past couple weeks with some regularity, in canola oil and a regular teflon stove-top pan. I did a lot of research, and the Mono/Poly saturated fat ratios, burning/smoke temperatures, and overall health rating of Canola Oil is far better than #2 (Safflower), #3 Almond, or #4 EV Olive Oil. I remember when I used to think Olive Oil was a healthy fat, which it might be in the sense of comparative analysis to margerine. Anyway, prepare from yam or sweet potato fries tonight, they are amazing! Use 1carb no-suga Huntz Ketchup with some sea-salt... MMMMMMM I can use this recipe on my 300 and 500g carb days, but not on my 0g or 100g days unfortunately.
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Post by Ivan Drago - aka Arny/Dolph/AM on Oct 12, 2009 11:28:23 GMT -5
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Post by The One on Oct 14, 2009 12:15:25 GMT -5
Good stuff bro!! Too bad I hate em both, LOL!
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Post by bigrick on Oct 14, 2009 12:48:04 GMT -5
I like baked idaho potatoes, and steak fries. lol Good article. I just dont like the taste of yams or sweet potatoes.
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Post by Ivan Drago - aka Arny/Dolph/AM on Oct 14, 2009 14:14:22 GMT -5
Good stuff bro!! Too bad I hate em both, LOL! Really!? That's odd... seems like some sort of undocumented bodybuilding sin, lol. Ironically, I just had about 250g of fresh sweet potato cut up into strips and cooked in Canola Oil along with the obligatory foreman grilled 8oz chicken breast with sea salt and ground pepper - BOOYAH! I have been eating this meal frequently (every other day) during the past month of so - it is so enjoyable. I cook on pretty high heat with minimal oil, and the way I see it the high heat precludes and avoids too much oil from being soaked up into the potato strips. I count everything towards my carb cycle count, for instance today I had oatmeal (25g) blended with protein and ice this morning, and these meal makes 100g of total daily carbs thusfar. I am going for another 100g tonight at dinner, because as rare as it is around here, we are actually going out to eat at Texas Roadhouse - strip steak, vegetables steamed without butter, and sweet potato (baked) HERE I COME!  |
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Post by All American Dave on Oct 14, 2009 20:01:06 GMT -5
I love sweet potatoes and yams! My favorite is sweet potato pudding, I got the recipe from someone back in the VPX board days years ago and have been making it ever since....MMMMMMMM!!
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Post by tapo31 on Oct 14, 2009 21:15:38 GMT -5
Good stuff bro!! Too bad I hate em both, LOL! Really!? That's odd... seems like some sort of undocumented bodybuilding sin, lol. Ironically, I just had about 250g of fresh sweet potato cut up into strips and cooked in Canola Oil along with the obligatory foreman grilled 8oz chicken breast with sea salt and ground pepper - BOOYAH! I have been eating this meal frequently (every other day) during the past month of so - it is so enjoyable. I cook on pretty high heat with minimal oil, and the way I see it the high heat precludes and avoids too much oil from being soaked up into the potato strips. I count everything towards my carb cycle count, for instance today I had oatmeal (25g) blended with protein and ice this morning, and these meal makes 100g of total daily carbs thusfar. I am going for another 100g tonight at dinner, because as rare as it is around here, we are actually going out to eat at Texas Roadhouse - strip steak, vegetables steamed without butter, and sweet potato (baked) HERE I COME! I LOVE Texas Roadhouse, but I was spoiled since one was about 10 minutes from my house in Tucson....can you believe there isn't one anywhere near San Diego? |
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Post by Ivan Drago - aka Arny/Dolph/AM on Oct 14, 2009 22:10:07 GMT -5
I love sweet potatoes and yams! My favorite is sweet potato pudding, I got the recipe from someone back in the VPX board days years ago and have been making it ever since....MMMMMMMM! Attachments:
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Post by All American Dave on Oct 15, 2009 0:37:02 GMT -5
The one on the right is what wal mart calls a sweet pot but is in fact a yam i believe, which is what I use for the sweet potato pudding!
Take 8-10 large yams, wash, wrap in foil and bake for 2 hours. Leave in oven overnight or at least 6-8 hours after baking. Peel all and put into large bowls. Mix cinnamon, sweetener (spenda, stevia, etc), and pumpkin spice to taste. Cover and store in fridge and ENJOY!! Tastes just like Pumpkin Pie!! MMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!! Plus you have ready made carbs for the week....
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Post by Hoopie on Oct 15, 2009 1:46:09 GMT -5
The only type of tater i eat is a sweet tater. I absolutely love them.....I eat at least 1 Sweet tater per day at dinner. Some times depending on the size of the tater i'll eat half at dinner and the other half with my next meal. MMMMMM little bit of butter and a 1/2 Tsp. splenda brown sugar and chow time Sweet Potatoes are delicious, but they have 11g of sugar per 100g of gross weight; whereas Yams have less than .5 of a gram, which I why I am avoiding eating that Sweet Potato I bought this week at the grocery store before doing research on the variations between the two. What are your thoughts on that? Even if it is a VERY small Sweet Potato, they weigh normally around 250g, and a medium sized sweet potato is almost 300g gross weight - so 22-30g of total sugar content before bed doesn't seem conducive. My fear... is that big stores, like Wal Mart, are also not aware of the difference between Sweet Potatoes and Yams (due to their wide spread intechangeable names over the years) and has been misbranding/selling them - which means I have been taking in over 30g of pure sugar about 3x/week if they have mis-labeled their produce!!!!What do you think, about both points man? Wal Mart sells potatoes under BOTH names, so maybe I am in luck and haven't gotten screwed with inadvertant sugar intake! Maybe I should post pictures of the potatoes in my cabinet and see if you guys can tell me which is which so I am not paranoid, lol the big mystery seems to be which one is which. You look on one web site and they say that the red one is the sweet tater. You look on another and the yeller one is the sweet tater. So the mystery is which is which. If you wont my honest humble opinion i think no one knows which is which. So for me the red one that ive been eating has NOT done me wrong at all. I've eaten them over and over during prep and it worked out great. I'll say this if someone could give me a deffinate answer on which is which i would eat the yam do to the lower sugar. Ive looked at 2 different web sites and have gotten 2 different answers. Hey Arron think about this one. During your preps which one did you eat and do you think it made a difference in your overall outcome? |
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Post by Ivan Drago - aka Arny/Dolph/AM on Oct 15, 2009 11:56:48 GMT -5
The one on the right is what wal mart calls a sweet pot but is in fact a yam i believe, which is what I use for the sweet potato pudding! Take 8-10 large yams, wash, wrap in foil and bake for 2 hours. Leave in oven overnight or at least 6-8 hours after baking. Peel all and put into large bowls. Mix cinnamon, sweetener (spenda, stevia, etc), and pumpkin spice to taste. Cover and store in fridge and ENJOY!! Tastes just like Pumpkin Pie!! MMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!! Plus you have ready made carbs for the week.... - thanks so much, I am DEFINITELY going to try this recipe, I get tired of the same old repeat foods. Do you have the equivalency memorized as far as 1/4 or 1/2 cup of the pudding mixture? I just have the 100g serving size (by weight) memorized from the FDA website. I don't like using grams as a gross-weight measurement, because it ends up being confusing whether or not I am talking about the weight of the food or the carb content as being 100 grams. PS: I hate to throw a wrench into the discussion because I don't want it to be confusing, but I think Wal Mart had the elongated red potato labeled as the Yam - I am actually going to Wal Mart as soon as I respond to the posts here on the forum, I will take a picture of the signs and upload it - lol, oh boy... thanks for the help guys!! |
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