Sweet as chips

I looooove potato. I might have mentioned that before :) When I was a kid (and still) one of my favourite foods was my mom's home made potato wedges. I still make them regularly, and always just a little bit more than we need so that I get to nibble on them all night, too. When I stumbled upon a recipe for sweet potato fries (in the fantastic Chocochili blog), I knew I had to have some. They tasted absolutely gorgeous, but didn't become crispy at all, which didn't really bother me. We had them with guacamole, as suggested in the recipe I read, but I think an aioli-style dip or simple creme fraiche would have suited better. Guacamole went great with our old fashioned home fries, though.

Sweet potato fries with ginger
1 medium sized (about 650g) sweet potato
1 tbsp ginger, grated
Strong chili powder
Oil
Salt, pepper

Peel the sweet potato and cut it into chunky fries. Spread the fries on a baking tray covered with non-stick baking paper. Grate the ginger, put it in a bowl, mix in the oil and spices and then pour the mixture over the sweet potatoes. Mix them by hand to make sure the oil gets on everything. Bake at 225°C until they are soft.
Sweet potato recipe from Chocochili.

Simple potato wedges
1 kg potatoes
1-2 tbsp oil
Salt

Peel potatoes, cut them into wedges. Place them on a baking tray covered with non-stick baking paper and pour oil on the wedges, make sure by hand it's spread evenly. Bake at 200°C for about 30-40 minutes, or just until they start to get some colour. Salt the potatoes after you take them out, shuffle them around a little to spread the salt evenly.

Guacamole
2 avocados
1/2 tomato
1 tbsp minced onion
Pinch of pressed garlic
Lemon juice, to taste
Salt, pepper

Finely chop the tomato and onion. Cut the avocados in half and remove the pits; with a sharp knife, carefully hack into the avocado pit and when the knife is attached to the pit, just gently lift it out. Scoop the flesh from the avocados in to a bowl. Mash them to the consistency you like your guacamole – I like to leave it chunky. Add the other ingredients and mix well. Taste it and season according to your own preference.