Harissa Honey Butter Melting Sweet Potatoes

March 20, 2017

I think I did Sunday Funday all wrong yesterday. Normally, we hit brunch hard. Lots of food, a beer, and maybe a Bloody Mary. We brunch until nap time. We drive home and the kids fall asleep in the car. Kids go right into their beds from the car. Mom and Dad put on old episodes of The Office and sleep on the couch until the kids wake up.

We all wake feeling refreshed and like we squeezed in a little bit of fun and crazy into our last day of the weekend.

Yesterday, we slept in until 8:15am! That was after going to bed at 10pm. It was magical. But, by the time the kids had breakfast and we all got dressed and ready, we missed the early brunch crowd. Womp, womp. I made us brunch at home instead. However, when the kids went down for naps, Mike and I did housework. We didn’t have our usual post brunch nap time. I think that’s what screwed us up.

When our neighbors called and asked us to come over for a late afternoon Sunday Funday, we though, why not?!?!

Well, a few drinks before dinner leads to a bunch of kids watching Moana in a room together and adults sharing sips and screenshots of kitchen renovation ideas. I know, we are wild and crazy animals. Those sips kind of catch up with you when every single kid started melting down at 7pm, all at the very same time. It was like the timer went off and they all got the memo to go crazy.

Us poor parents who thought we had cheated the Sunday system just looked at each other with a forlorn gaze. We clearly didn’t know this was going to happen. I mean, we should have known better. We are parents after all. We know that in the end we do not call they shots, they do.

As I scrape my life together this morning, I have these sweet potatoes to look forward to for dinner. Good stuff! Just like toddlers, they know the right time to melt down. See what I did there?

These sweet potatoes are the brain child of Dessert for Two. I just took them to the next level with this spicy harissa honey butter mixture. I love the sweet and spicy mix. It is another perfect reference to toddler life.

Happy meatless Monday, guys.

Harissa Honey Butter Melting Sweet Potatoes

Sweet and spicy sweet potatoes. The exterior is crunchy and spicy and the inside is creamy and literally melts in your mouth.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 2 -4 Servings

Ingredients

For the Harissa Honey butter:

  • 4 Tablespoons Unsalted Butter melted
  • 1 Tablespoon Harissa
  • 1 Teaspoon Honey
  • Salt and Pepper

For the potatoes:

  • 3 Large Sweet potatoes peeled
  • Salt and Pepper

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
  2. Combine the harissa, melted butter, honey, and a tiny pinch of salt and pepper together in a small container. Mix.
  3. Cut the sweet potatoes, about an inch thick slices. Place on a medium baking sheet.
  4. Cover the sweet potatoes with 2-3 tablespoons of the butter mixture. Use your hands to toss and evenly coat all the slices.
  5. Bake in the oven for 20 minutes.
  6. After 20 minutes, remove the sweet potatoes, cover with another 2 tablespoons of the butter mixture, flip the potatoes over, and bake for another 20 minutes.
  7. Serve with another drizzle of harissa honey butter on top along with a little drizzle of honey and a sprinkle of salt and pepper.

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