Potatoes are a starchy vegetable, so they are high in carbohydrates. This makes them suitable for both recovery and preparation for intense exercise. The high carbohydrate content of potatoes makes them particularly good for carbohydrate loading for exercise competition.
Health Benefits
The phosphorous, calcium, magnesium and zinc in potatoes all help the body to build and maintain bone structure and strength.
Expert Tips
If you are making a large amount of these wedges place your chopped potatoes in cold water while you finish chopping the rest, this will prevent them going brown.
Equipment
Oven
Baking tray
Baking paper
Ingredients
2Potato
1Sweet potato
1tbspCoconut oil
1tbspExtra virgin olive oil
1tspSalt
1tspCumin
1tspSmoked paprika
1tspGround pepper
3
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 200°C.
Chop potatoes into wedges and toss in a large bowl with olive oil, cumin, paprika, pepper and salt.
Spread the slices evenly over a baking tray greased with coconut oil.
Bake for 15 minutes, flip them over and bake for an additional 10 minutes, or until they are golden brown.
Serve as a side with a dish of your choice.
Notes
1 portion of "Spiced Potato Wedges" is equivalent to 231g.To make this recipe FODMAP friendly, switch out sweet potato for white potato