In the box this week was a pineapple, which would have been a deletion had I gotten around to checking the list before delivery (
Urban Organic is good about that). I don't care for pineapple, but I had a potluck this week, so I just needed a recipe to serve it to my friends.
I went back to
Food TV and found a
recipe that used sweetpotatoes and pineapple, both of which I had and I only needed bell pepper and some fresh cilantro.
My only modification to the recipe was use some potatoes with the sweet potatoes because I couldn't stand to use up all my yams (yams, sweetpotatoes, whatever) for a dish I didn't like. I had plenty of pineapple juice from the cut pineapple, but I also put some lime juice in the dressing.
The salad was well received at the potluck. I had some leftover, but there aren't big eaters in that crowd. The initial taste of the dressing was very sesame, but as it sat the pineapple taste increased.
I was disappointed in the consistency of the dressing. I think my blender (or my technique) made the original mayonnaise too thin, so the dressing was even thinner. I haven't successfully made mayonnaise to diagnose this, but I'll have to try.
Verdict: B
Credits: Emeril's
Molokai Sweet Potato Salad on the Food Network site
Leftovers? Yes, but not for me.
