So up until about a month ago, I HATED sweet potatoes. It’s not that they were awful but I just don’t really consider them a vegetable; a real tater. They are well.. sweet. And the fact that most people put butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon on them to me that’s dessert. It just doesn’t seem… I don’t know… right? *shrugs*
But Mr. Fantabulous loves them. Like REALLY loves them. He prefers them over real taters. He’s preached for years that I should eat them as they are super healthy for me but I just couldn’t wouldn’t succumb.
Then I decided to play around in the kitchen and THIS happened…
I know right? I love love LOVE roasted grapes and as I was making Mr. Fantabulous his sweet potatoes I threw some grapes in the oven to roast so I could snack on them.
However, after I made his I got to thinking.. “What if… What if I combined them?”
I split it open just put the grapes on it and took a bite. It was ‘okay’ but missing something. It just looked and tasted ‘plain’.
So I opted for some cinnamon and that kicked up the flavors a lot but it still wasn’t quite ‘there’.
THEN I got the honey…
Holy Sweet Mother of All that’s HOLY!!! It was that moment, that first bite, that I fell in love with sweet potatoes!
Roasted Grape Honey Stuffed Sweet Potatoes
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- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 2 hours
- Total Time: 2.5 hours
- Yield: 4 potatoes
- Category: sweet potatoes, side dishes, vegetarian, meal prep
- Method: oven
- Cuisine: sweet potatoes, side dishes, vegetarian, meal prep
Ingredients
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 450°F and bake the potatoes per THESE directions here.
- 20 minutes before the potatoes are done, roast the grapes.
- Place the grapes on a large rimmed baking sheet, drizzle with olive oil, salt and thyme.
- Using your hands gently toss coating the grapes evenly.
- Bake for 18-22 minutes or just until the grapes begin to burst and start to shrivel slightly.
- Remove the pan from the oven and allow to cool.
- When the potatoes are done, remove from the oven and cut a slit down the middle but not going all the way through.
- Putting 2 fingers at one end and your thumbs at the other squeeze inward causing the potato to “bloom” open.
- Sprinkle the inside of the potatoes with 1 teaspoon of cinnamon each.
- Next add the roasted grapes in the opening.
- Drizzle the honey over top adding as little or as much as you like.
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