Brain Healthy Baked Sweet Potatoes with Orange-Raisin Sauce

Yield: 8 servings

 

INGREDIENTS                AMOUNT

Small Sweet potatoes 8 Orange Juice 1 ½ cups Pineapple chunks in unsweetened juice (reserving juice) 8 Ounce Can Raisins ½ cup Xylitol, Erythritol, or packed brown sugar (or ¼ teaspoon Stevia) 3 tablespoons Arrowroot powder 2 tablespoons Cinnamon 2 teaspoons Pumpkin Pie Spices 1 teaspoon Water 3 tablespoons Shredded Coconut (optional) Add as topping as desired

METHOD

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  Wash, scrub, and pierce sweet potatoes.  Bake for 45 Minutes.

2. Combine orange and reserve pineapple juice in a saucepan.  Halve pineapple chunks and add to juices, along with raisins, natural sweeteners, cinnamon, and pumpkin pie spices.  Bring to simmer.

3. Mix arrowroot powder with water and add to sauce.  Stir until sauce thickens.

4. To serve, cut each sweet potato open, fluff with fork, and top with sauce.  Top with coconut, if desired.

Adapted from traditional recipe by Dr. Nancy Emerson Lombardo, Ph.D., following the Memory Preservation Nutrition® program

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Nutritional Information per serving: 100 calories (if you add brown sugar add 135 calories), 56 calories, 20 grams carbohydrates (if you add brown sugar add 36 grams of carbs), 3 grams protein, 1 gram fat, 21 milligrams sodium, 5 grams fiber, 26,788 International Units vitamin A.