If you had asked me a year ago what my favourite type of comfort is and was I would have most definitely said pizza followed by a homemade brownie (just out the oven) with ice cream and a green tea just to balance it out.
However the Shaziya of 2014s version is comfort food rather different; don't get me wrong- pizza with always have a pizza (get it) my heart but I am more likely to do something like cauliflour rice risotto followed by a homemade brownie with yoghurt instead. Just because I've never really been a huge ice cream fan (yoghurts way better but more on that later as in another post)
As you may have gathered sweet potato was in the eons of my mind for awhile before I actually tried it and when I did it was like all my summers had come at once. You see it is seen as a health food and for someone who's Irish I'm not a huge fan of potatoes (I went through a dark period of eating a lot of mash with what resembled a diabetics worst nightmare)
In my eyes sweet potato really is the best kind of comfort food as its just so good for you and hits those sweet tooth and comfort food needs all at once making it not just a super food but a super awesome food.
For mine I tend to melt coconut oil with a little butter and cut the sweet potato into strips or circles depending on my shape bias (on Friday it was all about circles). I then line a tray with grease proof paper and heat the oven at about 200c, dip the sweet potato into the coco/butter mixture and once placed on the tray sprinkle about a teaspoon of brown sugar, a little sea salt and a bit of black pepper (sometimes I'll add cayenne pepper) over the top. I tend to cook them until they look crispy (roughly 10-15 minutes longer depending on how thick they are).
Once cooked eat with friends, by yourself or with that significant other (your flatmates ;o)) alongside some form of drink (for me its a nice glass of red wine, beer or green tea pending on mood).
Happy Sunday xo
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