Gail Pallotta's Polynesian Sweet Potatoes

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Gail's Polynesian Sweet Potatoes

This is an easy recipe. If we want to have this dish for dinner on a day we’ll be out and about, I cook the sweet potatoes ahead and then warm them up and add the ingredients when we get home. Sometimes if we use small potatoes, we add a salad, but if the potatoes are large enough, it’s a meal for us. My husband named them Polynesian Sweet Potatoes because I put pineapple in them.

Four sweet potatoes (medium sized)

One container pineapple chunks cut in bite-sized pieces

One package spinach (wilted)

Twelve deli turkey slices (honey or maple)

Butter or margarine to taste

White cheese, such as Colby or fontina (optional)

Bake sweet potatoes at 325 degrees for three hours or until done. Cut in half and add butter, pineapple pieces and wilted spinach to taste. Bake turkey on low heat for five minutes or so, just to warm, and top the potatoes with turkey cut into bite-sized pieces. Sprinkle with cheese.

*Large potatoes could require a longer baking time and additional amounts of ingredients