Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Orange

This is based off of a Food Network recipe.

Ingredients

• 4 sweet potatoes, skinned and chopped into medium-smallish sections
  
• 1/8 cup skim milk
• 1/4 cup freshly-squeezed orange juice
• 1 tsp orange zest
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1 tbsp margarine
• 1/4 cup scallions, chopped
• salt and pepper, as needed
  

Put the potatoes in a large pot filled with 1/2 cup water. Cover, turn on medium-high heat, and steam until the potatoes are tender, about 8-10 minutes.
In a large bowl, mash the potatoes with the milk, orange juice, zest, salt, nutmeg, and margarine. When well incorporated, add the green onions, salt and pepper, and mix again.

Thoughts: This recipe was pretty much as easy as it looks. Except that I burned myself several times while trying to stir the potatoes in the boiling water. So, you know. Otherwise it was pretty painless (ho ho ho). The original recipe called for buttermilk rather than skim milk (and a lot more of it), but we didn't have any. I'm not sure if it would have been better with the buttermilk or not. I didn't feel like it could have used more liquid. I think the combination of the milk, butter, orange juice, and onions might have been a little too much. The onions were the last straw, I think. I mean, the taste isn't bad - there's just something that's sort of off about it.

Disaster Index: 2/10