Yam Casserole: A tasty healthy staple for Sunday lunch

Yam Casserole: A tasty healthy staple for Sunday lunch provides a nutritious, accessible Caribbean alternative to traditional macaroni pie by utilising fresh local yam as its structural base.

This comprehensive recipe guide details how to prepare a creamy, savoury yam bake infused with traditional West Indian green seasoning, evaporated milk, pimento peppers, and melted cheese.

It establishes how local root crops serve as reliable food security alternatives during import disruptions while remaining an affordable option for contemporary households.

Readers will discover the step-by-step assembly process, accurate cooking parameters, and nutritional advantages of incorporating Caribbean ground provisions into their standard weekly meal rotations.

Key Takeaways

Yam casserole provides a highly nutritious, complex carbohydrate alternative to traditional wheat-based pasta dishes.
The recipe incorporates authentic West Indian green seasoning, pimento peppers, and fresh carrots to deliver distinct regional flavours.
Utilising locally cultivated ground provisions strengthens domestic food security and offers financial resilience against imported grain shortages.
Pre-boiling the root vegetable with its skin intact preserves natural moisture and structural integrity prior to mashing.

Macaroni pie is a staple with Sunday lunch. But sometimes you may be looking for a change or you may have yam on hand and looking for something to do with it that the entire family will love. Here is an idea, try this Yam Casserole recipe.

Yam Casserole is quick, simple and most importantly healthy. Also, yam can be easily grown. If there should ever be a shortage of grain to make macaroni pie, you have the option to keep your Sunday lunch tradition alive with this yam casserole.

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Yam Casserole for lunch

Estimated preparation time: 30 minutes

Estimated cook time: 30 minutes

Serving: 8

Making a Yam Casserole

Ingredients

5 pounds yam

1 cup evaporated milk

2 eggs (optional)

2 pounds cheese

½ cup green seasonings (chadon beni, chives, celery, parsley, thyme)

1 small onion

2 cloves garlic

3 pimento peppers

1 teaspoon sugar

1 teaspoon salt (optional)

1 large carrot

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Directions

Boil yam with skin for 20 minutes.

Peel the yam and mash it with a potato masher.

Grate cheese on side of grater with large holes.

Dice green seasonings, onion, garlic and peppers.

Grate the carrot.

Add to mashed yam evaporated milk, eggs, ½ of the grated cheese, diced green seasonings, onion, garlic, carrot and peppers, sugar and salt.

Mix gently with pot spoon and turn into a baking dish.

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Spread evenly the rest of the cheese across the surface.

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Bake at 250 degrees for 30 minutes or until the top is golden brown.

Let cool before serving.

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