Ingredients

The following ingredients have 4 Servings
  • 1 pound sweet potatoes
  • 2 garlic heads
  • 2 teaspoons canola or olive oil
  • 1 medium avocado
  • 1/3 cup sliced onion
  • 1/2 lemon juice
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • Fresh parsley (or any herb of your choice)

Instruction

  • Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Clean and dry the sweet potatoes, poke holes into the sweet potatoes, place in the microwave and cook for about 4 minutes.
  • Cut the top 1/4" to 1/2" off of a whole head of garlic, so that each individual clove should be visible. Make sure every garlic clove is exposed.
  • Place the head of garlic on foil paper .Drizzle the top of the garlic with a bit of oil, about 1 teaspoon. Wrap it up and place it the oven to roast together with the potatoes .Roast sweet potatoes for about 20 minutes or until they are cooked through.
  • Roast garlic for about 30 minutes; it should be soft, fragrant, and golden. Let the garlic cool then squeeze individual cloves out of the skin.
  • Mash the sweet potatoes and roasted garlic, with a wooden spoon season with salt and pepper .Set aside.
  • Meanwhile sweat the onions, add chopped parsley. Set aside
  • Peel avocado, add lemon juice, mash together. Combine with mashed potatoes. Serve immediately topped with onions and chopped parsley.