Name: Roasted Sweet Potatoes
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 pound Sweet Potato, Peeled And Sliced Into Thin Wedges; 5 sprigs Thyme, Leaves Only; 1 Tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Roasted Sweet Potatoes

With Thanksgiving fast approaching I am experimenting with root vegetables and traditional fall fare. This is a great alternative to a potato side with a great boost of anti-oxidants.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 3 ingredients

Why it works: Thyme and olive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,948 recipes. Both carry methyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells apple, fatty. The science ↓

Roasted Sweet Potatoes

Serves 4

Prep5 min

Cook45 min

Ingredients

1 pound Sweet Potato, Peeled And Sliced Into Thin Wedges
5 sprigs Thyme, Leaves Only
1 Tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

284Calories

4 gProtein

14 gFat

38 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Thyme	1 tsp dried (1.4g)	4

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By tastykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Thyme + olivetop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together4,948 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).
Sweet potato + thymetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together192 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
Sweet potato + olivetop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together950 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the sweet potato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (thyme, olive):

Tomatofits better
Eggplantfits better
Shallotfits better
Sweet potatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against thyme, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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