Larry's Kitchen
🍳 Meet the Sweet Potato
🦁 Why Larry Likes This One
Larry loves how they're orange inside and taste sweet!
Serves
1
Prep
5 min
Cook
25 min
Level
⭐ Easy
⚠️ Allergen Information
✅No Known Allergens
Always check ingredient labels every time you cook. Ingredients can change. If your child has a diagnosed food allergy, follow their healthcare team's advice.
🥕 Ingredients
- •1 medium sweet potato
- •1 tbsp olive oil
- •1 pinch paprika
🔧 Equipment
baking traychopping boardknife
📝 Method
🔥 Oven/Cooking temperature: 220°C / Gas 7
- 1Look at the sweet potato — it's orange-brown outside.
- 2Feel the skin.
- 3Adult: cut it in half — look at the bright orange inside!
- 4Smell it.
- 5Adult: cut into wedges.
- 6Toss with oil and paprika.
- 7Adult: roast at 220°C for 25 minutes.
- 8Taste if you want to.
🦁 My Jobs
- ✓ Look at the outside
- ✓ Feel the skin
- ✓ Look at the orange inside
- ✓ Smell it
- ✓ Taste if you want to
👨👩👧 Grown-Up Jobs
- ⚠️ Use the oven
- ⚠️ Use a sharp knife
- ⚠️ Handle hot baking tray
⚠️ Food Safety
- • Adult must operate the oven
- • Baking tray will be very hot — use oven gloves
- • Wedges will be very hot — let them cool slightly
🧩 Try It Your Way
Try purple sweet potatoes — they exist!
