Learn how to make sweet potato noodles with this simple guide – it’s so easy and a great fun way to eat more vegetables.
Have you all picked up a spiralizer yet? I have been loving mine. If you’re scratching your head, check out my cucumber ribbon salad with yogurt herb dressing, or turkey soup with zucchini noodles.
Spiralized vegetables are a great way to replace pasta and cut down on the overall calorie content of your meal. The bonus is that you’re also eating more nutrient rich vegetables AND they taste great.
Oh, and by the way, they’re super fun.
I know plain sweet potato noodles might seem a little dull. Honest to goodness, they’re great on their own. You could totally eat them like this.
But sweet potato noodles are unbelievably versatile once you get the hang of how to make them. Which is what we are going to talk about today. I’ve been trying to focus on the basics more often – once you get the basics down, cooking is so much easier and so fun.
How to Make Sweet Potato Noodles
So here’s how we handle sweet potatoes and make sweet potato noodles with a spiralizer:
- Scrub scrub scrub until all dirt is gone.
- Peel (optional).
- Cut off ends so you have nice flat surfaces on both ends.
- Spiralize with the spaghetti blade (fine blade or 1/8-inch).
- Spritz spritz spritz with cooking spray or olive oil.
- Roast until golden brown and soft.
- Stuff your face.
Can you believe that pile of noodles? That’s from one average size sweet potato! You get tiny noodles….
….and big loooooong noodles.
If this doesn’t make eating vegetables fun, I don’t know what does. We love spiralizing sweet potatoes, zucchini, and cucumbers. Coming up soon are carrots, beets, butternut squash, and whatever else I can get my hands on.
I hope you’re inspired to make your very own sweet potato noodles!
How to Make Sweet Potato Noodles
Ingredients
- one sweet potato
- nonstick cooking spray
- salt and pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425°F.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Scrub sweet potato and peel if desired.
- Cut off both ends of sweet potato so they are nice and flat. Affix onto spiralizer and spiralize using “spaghetti” blade.
- Lay out sweet potato noodles on baking sheet and spray lightly with nonstick cooking spray or olive oil spray. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Bake for 10 minutes or until golden brown and softened. Enjoy with your favorite pasta sauce — or on their own!
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Did You Make This?Share a comment and rating below! I love hearing what you think!Verdict: The whole fam loves these noodles!
Husband’s take: He LOVES when I use the spiralizer. I’m so grateful for a hubby who appreciates healthy food.
Changes I would make: None are necessary.
Difficulty: Very easy.
LOVE LOVE LOVE my Paderno spiralizer! So glad someone else is singing the praises of plain sweet potato noodles. Sweet potato noodles and I have a thing going on…ok, maybe it’s just on my end…I’m obsessed! Love that picture of your little girl with the long noodles!
The look on that sweet face says it all, doesn’t it? I really need to bite the bullet and get a spiralizer – these are great!
I was just looking at this cutter on Monday and fell in love but couldn’t spent the money.
I just bought a hand held spiralizer and have yet to try sweet potatoes. They’re next on my list!
I can think of so many fun uses for this spiralizer! But I’d definitely have to try the sweet potato noodles first :D
This spiralizer is so cool! I definitely need to get me one of those… :) And I love those sweet potato noodles. And the girlie holding them!
This looks like so much fun…I have to get one of those! Thank you so much for hosting this giveaway! xo, Catherine
ps. I’m hosting two giveaways on my site this week…would love for you to enter!
I have seen sooo many awesome recipes using this paderno spiralizer and have been looking to order one so here’s to hoping I can win one haha. The sweet potato noodles would be the FIRST thing I make because I absolutely love sweet potatoes! So healthy and they taste like a treat since they are so sweet!
those are some seriously impressive sweet potato noodles –
Yum! I made these the other day, but I have a hand-held spiralizer and it was tough work (even though they were delicious.) Checking this brand out!