Calypso Sweet Potato-Fruit Salad

morgainegeiser's Note:

The vegetabel-fruit salad combines the ever-popular and abundant pineapple.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 5 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

• 2 large sweet potatoes
• 1 cup pineapple
• 2 large oranges , peeled and sectioned
• ½ cup nonfat vanilla yogurt
• 1 tablespoon honey
• ½ teaspoon grated orange rind
• 2 teaspoons shredded unsweetened coconut

Directions:

1. Preheat over to 375 degrees.
2. Pierce sweet potatoes several times with a sharp knife and bake 45 minutes until tender.
3. When potatoes are cool enough to handle, peel them and cut into 1-inch cubes.
4. Place cubes in a large bowl and add pineapple and orange sections.
5. In a small bowl, combine remaining ingredients, except shredded coconut. Mix well. Spoon over sweet potato mixture. Mix gently, until evenly coated. Chill several hours or overnight.
6. Just before serving, mix well and sprinkle with coconut, if desired.
7. NOTE: Preparation time does not include chilling time.

Reviews

[Lavender Lynn]

This is an unusual way for us to use sweet potatoes. It almost made the sweet potatoes feel like a fruit also. Beautiful golden color set off by the coconut made it a really attractive serving. Made for ZWT5 for the Genies of Gourmet.

[Sydney Mike]

DEFINITELY A WINNER RECIPE at least for me, since I really, really love recipes of all kinds that include sweet potatoes, & this one is a great way to serve them ~ A very satisfying combo of the SPs & all that fruit! Thanks for a very, very nice keeper! [Tagged, made & reviewed for FAMILY PICKS in ZWT5]