Baked Sweet Potatoes with Crumbled Blue Cheese

Baked sweet potatoes topped with butter, blue cheese crumbles and chopped fresh herbs. A delicious side with grilled and roasted meats.

Recipe Ingredients:

4 sweet potatoes
4 tablespoon butter
1 to 2 cups (4 to 8 ounces) crumbled blue cheese
4 teaspoons chopped fresh herbs or a few pinches of dried herbs (parsley, fennel, marjoram, dill)

Cooking Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 425ºF (220ºC).
2. Thoroughly scrub sweet potatos and dry. Lightly prick potato skin with fork and bake until tender, 40 to 60 minutes. Cut slit in top of potato, approximately three-quarters the length of potato. Push in ends of potato gently and fluff with fork.
3. After sweet potato is cooked, split open and top with butter, crumbled blue cheese and fresh herbs. Serve immediately.

Makes 4 servings.

Recipe provided courtesy of the American Dairy Association.