Part of growing up is realizing that you are a grown-up. That is so hard to do.
Eating sweet potatoes are kind of a hint that you have entered adulthood. Allow me to elaborate.
In real life I’m 35. In my head I am not. In my mind I am maybe 25, but really I’m 23. Yes, I know, I have 2 kids, and a husband, plus a mortgage. I pay taxes, insurance, bar taps… Too much for a 23-year old, but I can do it.
All these I’m super-young-thoughts came to almost a screaming halt just a few days ago when a 50-year old woman referred to me as, The Lady. “The lady is here and we’re discussing your centerpieces…”. The lady?! I am now the lady??? Oh my Lawwwwd! I just wanted to put my hand over my heart and tell Elizabeth that I am coming!
How I wish she had said the girl. That’s what I want to hear!
I came home that evening and decided to cook my way out of the emotional roller coaster that I was experiencing. As I was chopping the sweet potatoes, I realized that at 23 the last thing I wanted to do was chop sweet potatoes, or even eat them – all I wanted to do was get-off work and party. Nowadays, sweet potatoes, brussels sprouts, chocolate butterscotch cookies, [and a bottle of vodka] are my party. 😀
Dang, sounds like I’m already having a mid-life crisis! Or I’m just realizing that I’m a grown-up. Hey, grown-ups get to eat brownies for dinner and ice cream for breakfast! Grown-ups can also eat Sweet Potato Hash with Onions and Feta straight from the baking dish and their Mama can’t tell them not to do it.
Let’s boil it down. I’m not 23, I eat ice cream for breakfast, I hate paying taxes, I add feta to everything, and I ate half of the Sweet Potato Hash before I shared it with the rest of them. You should do the same. Or serve it as a side dish with chicken, or even sausage. You can also share it with your Easter spread.
ENJOY!
Sweet Potato Hash with Onions and Feta
Ingredients
- Butter for pan
- 2 sweet potatoes , peeled and cut into cubes
- 3 yellow onions , sliced
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper , to taste
- 1 tablespoon oregano
- 1/2- cup to 1-cup crumbled feta cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450.
- Butter a large baking pan or dish and set aside.
- Add the chopped sweet potatoes, onions, and olive oil in a bowl and mix.
- Season with salt, pepper, and oregano; mix together and place the sweet potatoes on prepared baking dish in a single layer.
- Roast for 20 to 25 minutes, stirring once halfway through cooking, and cook until potatoes are fork tender.
- Remove from oven and sprinkle with feta cheese.
- Serve.
Nutrition
Nutritional info is an estimate and provided as courtesy. Values may vary according to the ingredients and tools used. Please use your preferred nutritional calculator for more detailed info.
Loved it!! So did my family, I will keep this in my rotation! Thank you for sharing.
That’s great! I’m very glad you and your family enjoyed it! Thank YOU! 🙂
I make this all the time and it is delicious. I’ver also brought it to potlucks with rave reviews. Sometimes, I take it out after 15 minutes and add quinoa to it for the last 10 minutes.
I can’t wait to try this! We are just now harvesting our sweet potatoes. Just wondering about the Tablespoon of oregano. Is that powdered or leaves? It seems like a tbsp would be a lot.
Hi Shirley!!
That is 1 tablespoon dried oregano. If you prefer to use less, go ahead and do so… we just happen to like a lot of it. 😀
I made this tonight and it’s delicious. I’ll definitely make it again. I would just suggest that instead of saying “two large sweet potatoes,” you give the estimated weight. I had two really big ones and I ended up with enough to serve a dozen people, easily. Had I known, I would have used just one potato instead of two.
Thank you so much, Nancy! I am very happy that you liked it, and I will most definitely keep in mind to add weight next time around. So sorry you ended up with that much food :-/
What a great savory dish for sweet potatoes! I could eat this as my entire meal!
I am 23 and fell in love with sweet potatoes a few years ago. Before that I wouldn’t look at them. Sometimes I feel so much older and other times so much younger. Recently I feel like I’m kind of falling apart, I have a midlife crisis at least once a day, and I eat cake and pie for breakfast. No matter the age, sometimes we’re all alike 🙂
Wait until they start calling you “ma’am”. 🙂 Comfort food like can definitely ease the emotional pain of life! I love simple dishes like this and the combination of sweet potatoes and feta is perfect!
I put goat cheese and arugula on everything. Perfect hash with sweet potatoes, and you should eat everything you want straight from the oven, now that you´re a grown up!
Oh my stars! Kate, this dish looks phenomenally good. YUM. YUM! Yes, Averie recently posted her pizza recipe with similar ingredients…a definite must-make recipe. Now, I’m dying to make this fab side dish of yours! Pinning… xo P.S. I adore Sanford & Son. Great Fred Sanford reference with feigning heart attack and exclamation, “I’m coming Elizabeth!”
Love, love, love this hash Kate. I know what you mean about having feta in just about everything. It’s just our mediterranean way. 🙂
Kate,
Not only do I love the look of this recipe, I love all your suggestions for eating it. Now I’m thinking of a focaccia with those ingredients . . .
Thanks!
I could eat this entire hash in one sitting – love it!!
I know exactly how you feel. What happened to the last 10 years? I know I only just turned 21 about 2 years ago…at least that what it feel like. Time is cruel. 😛
This sweet potato hash, however, is happy and friendly, and delicious (I’m sure!). Yay for chopping potatoes!!
LOL! Mid-life crisis! 🙂 You’re still young… I almost have a decade over you and I’m still wishing I could go back to being 31. 🙂 I can barely remember my 20’s. 🙂 Love that this dish looks rich and decadent… but it’s really pretty healthy. 🙂 Eat ice cream for breakfast…. I say that’s a great way to put a smile on your face early in the morning.
I just posted about sweet potatoes with goat cheese as pizza toppings. And with feta is perfect! Really, there is no way that sweet potatoes could be bad! (and I love that you inserted pics of the recipe inside your Ziplist…something I keep meaning to work on…)