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Baked Sweet Potato with Olives, Feta, and Chile

Two sweet potatoes one slit open and filled with the titular ingredients.
Photo by Floortje Van Essen-Ingen Housz

Baking intensifies the sweetness of sweet potatoes and gives the bright orange flesh a kind of fluffiness—light and soft at the same time. Sweet potato is terrific combined with salty olives, creamy feta, and hot chile pepper. Once they're baked, you can easily keep them in the fridge for days, or you can use them to make a quick, flavorful soup.

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