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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 20 Minutes |
Ready In: 20 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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The root of a type of sunflower, this knobbly beauty is quite healthy, and a great substitute for potatoes. The sunchoke stores its sugar in as a starch not digestible by the body; the starch is called inulin (not to be confused with insulin). Read more . There are indications that it helps with blood sugar control. Ingredients:
1 lb. sunchokes |
1 small lemon |
water to boil |
pam (or other non-stick spray coating) |
about 3 tablespoons butter |
3 oz. shredded monterey jack cheese |
salt |
pepper |
Directions:
1. Wash in water and peel sunchokes, placing sunchokes as they are peeled in a pan of cold water with juice of 1 lemon squeezed in. The lemon/water mixture should just cover the sunchokes.
2. Boil the sunchokes in the lemon/water mixture for 5-8 minutes until almost done.
3. Drain the sunchokes and rinse quickly with water, then slice in even thickness and arrange them in one layer in square baking pan which has been sprayed with Pam.
4. Dot with butter.
5. Sprinkle cheese evenly over the sunchokes.
6. Bake in a 375F oven for about 20 minutes, or until done and covering bubbly as you like.
7. Remove from oven and salt and pepper to taste
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