I think that is the most clever name I’ve ever come up with for a recipe. Don’t you think?! Backyard because they are cooked on the grill and your grill IS IN YOUR BACKYARD!! Damn I’m good.
Let’s get serious though. These are simple, delicious, and a perfect side dish to any grill feast. I’ve made these probably 4 times in the past week. Sergio came up with the bacon part though, so I can’t take full credit. The man’s a genius.
These are especially perfect for late Saturday night grill parties. Which my household has hosted many this summer. All we do is grill out and sit in the backyard on Saturdays. And this past weekend was no different. After watching my buddies Sergio and Jon representing CF Broadway compete in a CrossFit competition over the weekend, we decided to celebrate with gorging our faces and drinking high volumes of alcoholic beverages. I know what you’re thinking, this is becoming a pattern Juli, which is true, but we are trying to have as much fun as possible before Sergio leaves for deployment.
Anywho, Laura and I strung up 2 strings of Halloween lights (candy corn to be exact) outside so we would have some light in the backyard. It did nothing. We have no lighting back there and it gets quite dark in our neighborhood. Talking to people without seeing their face can sometimes be weird. Soon we will have our entire backyard decorated with white xmas lights, but our ghetto Halloween ones had to do this time around. Once those were hung, we got straight to the point. Vodka sodas and grilled sweet potatoes were the main event. When more and more people started showing up, the shots came out. You see, everyone at our house that night were CrossFitters. Meaning we don’t drink a ton, but when we do, we go hard. And that’s what we did.
Go big or go home. All or nothing theory. So once we got to the bar, where even MORE CrossFitters were, sh*t got real. This is what it looked like: we played imaginary double dutch in the middle of the bar, danced until the lights turned on, and suffered some minor bruising and soreness from erratic movements on the dance floor. Somehow, when Sergio and I are intoxicated, we seem to have a choreographed chair dance. I know what you’re thinking…dirty things…but it wasn’t like that. I don’t know exactly what our moves looked like, but they were good, I just know it.
After the bar, we stopped by to get pizza for the group. Even in my drunken stooper, I still didn’t eat the pizza. Drunken JB still knows gluten isn’t her friend. So I had some of the pepperonis off the top and ate some of Jon’s leftover pork chops. I drunkenly ate pork chops. I find that slightly hilarious.
Oh. And I dropped my phone in the toilet. Yeah, I think it’s about time I get my life together.
Cinnamon Bacon Backyard Sweet Potatoes
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 30 mins
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 3-5 1x
Ingredients
- 2 long skinny sweet potatoes or yams (to keep the slices the same size), thinly sliced (about 1/8–1/4 inch)
- 4 pieces of US Wellness Meats Nitrate Free Bacon, diced
- 1/2–1 teaspoon cinnamon
- sprinkle of salt
- 2 large pieces of aluminum foil
Instructions
- Turn on your grill.
- Lie out a large piece of aluminum.
- Sprinkle a couple pieces of bacon on the foil. This will help the sweet potatoes from sticking.
- Place sweet potatoes on top and spread out evenly. It’s fine if they overlap, it doesn’t have to be perfect. They will all cook.
- Sprinkle with cinnamon, salt, and add the rest of your bacon on top.
- Slightly curl up the sides of the foil, place a smaller piece of foil on top, then lock in all the sides around the foil. Like a little package. Or packet. Whatever
- Place on top rack of grill and let cook for about 25-30 minutes or until they are cooked completely through and soft. If you place it on the main part of the grill (I don’t know grill terms) they will cook quicker, but will more likely burn a bit.
Oh some of the drunk munchies I’ve had in my day… pork chops are pretty darn funny though.
Agreed!! My worst is walnuts and raisins….so tasty, but not so good the morning after.
There is only one suitable drunken after bar food up here in my part of Canada…. Poutine. Ohhhh Poutine and your melty gravy cheesey goodness. And dairy, how I hate you for your evilness to my body and how you’ve ruined my torrent love affair with intoxicated Poutine eating. Seriously though, it should be a food group and in some parts of Canada is very well is. Thanks for the potato recipe, I’ll be trying it out tonight. 🙂
High five on avoiding the pizza! The first Friday of every month, we have a competitive WOD and afterwards, everyone but me drinks large volumes of alcoholic beverages. I genuinely do not understand how they don’t throw up after busting ass and then drinking.
I swear I made this exact same dish last night, but with peppers, onions and steak instead of sweet potatoes and bacon. This seriously sounds good though and I may try it tonight ( I have a slight grill addiction ). My biggest hurdle is coming up with creative side dishes, so this will help.
Burrekfast! Thanks! You are funny,
Just started reading your blog last week, I am a cross-fitter newbie and I think I love you. Thanks for all the recipes and humor 🙂
i love grilling sweet potato packets. Less dishes, more flavor
favorite drunken paleo food: scotch eggs!
Andrea: try Juli’s paleo poutine…so freaking delicious!
Those look really good!!
I purposely leave modestly healthy leftovers in the fridge on bar nights. Otherwise, yeah….pizza ensues. Anyway, I find the fact that you ate pork chops incredibly amusing. Should you continue on this path of drinking just know you will eat some weird things drunkenly. My personal gave? Last summer when I was borderline alcoholic (think partying 5+ nights a week – it was ugly, fun, but ugly) I once at a spinach salad. With homemade dressing. And walnuts. It was weird. I’m weird. Okay good times, can’t wait to eat me some grilled sweet potates!
Just made and ate these for breakfast- yummy! A keeper recipe- thanks again!