Sweet Potato Raisin Salad Food

SWEET POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• Place potatoes into a large saucepan, and fill with enough water to cover. Bring to a boil, and cook for about 8 minutes, or until tender. Drain, and cool slightly.
• In a large bowl, stir together the mayonnaise and brown sugar. Stir in the sweet potatoes, walnuts and raisins until evenly coated. Chill for at least 1 hour before serving.

SWEET POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• Cook potatoes until they are fork tender in boiling water. Drain the potatoes and cool them completely. Soak the raisins in hot water for 15 minutes and then drain. Combine all the ingredients and mix them thoroughly, but gently. Chill for 24 hours before serving.

SWEET POTATO SALAD WITH ORANGE-MAPLE DRESSING

Steps:

• In a large pot fitted with a steamer basket, steam the sweet potatoes in batches until just tender, 12 to 15 minutes per batch. Transfer them to a large bowl and let cool to room temperature.
• Meanwhile, in a small bowl, make the Orange-Maple Dressing by whisking the olive oil, maple syrup, orange juice, vinegar, ginger, nutmeg and salt.
• Add the green onions, parsley, pecans and raisins to the cooled sweet potatoes. Pour the Orange-Maple Dressing over the potato mixture and toss gently to combine. Season to taste with salt and pepper. This salad can be made several hours ahead of time; cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.

SWEET POTATO & RAISIN SALAD

Steps:

• Place raisins into a bowl, cover with boiling water, and let stand to plump.
• Place sweet potatoes into a saucepan, cover with 2 cups water, and bring to a boil.
• Add honey, butter, salt, cinnamon, black pepper, turmeric, and saffron to potatoes; reduce heat to low.
• Simmer until potatoes are tender but not mushy, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Drain raisins and stir into sweet potato mixture.
• Continue to simmer until mixture has thickened, about 10 more minutes.
• Let cool before serving.

SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE WITH WHITE RAISIN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Mix eggs, sugar, melted butter, raisins, milk, and vanilla extract in a large mixing bowl. Add mashed sweet potatoes; stir to combine. Spread the sweet potato mixture into the prepared baking dish.
• Mix brown sugar and flour together in a small bowl. Mash butter into the mixture with a fork until crumbly; add pecans and stir. Sprinkle the brown sugar mixture over the sweet potato mixture.
• Bake in preheated oven until golden brown, about 30 minutes.

SOUTHERN SWEET POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add sweet potato cubes. Boil about 5-7 minutes just until tender but firm enough to hold their shape. Drain into a colander and rinse under cold water. Drain well. In a large bowl gently toss sweet potatoes with celery, green onions, raisins, pineapple and pecans.
• In medium bowl, mix together mayonnaise, sour cream, vinegar, honey, salt and pepper. Gently toss with sweet potato mixture. Cover and refrigerate until serving time.