So for Christmas this past year I asked - and received (much thanks to my family) - the Jessica Seinfeld Cookbooks . And tonight I begin my journey with them by trying out the recipe for Lo Mein in the one titled, Double Delicious (p. 83). It begins with a sweet potato, or yam. Pureed. Well, I've never pureed a sweet potato, but thankfully, the cookbook explains just exactly how to do that (p. 191). I chose to cut my sweet potato (in my case, an Organic Garnet Yam, bought at King Soopers ) into quarters, lengthwise. *Note: LEAVE THE PEEL ON! Put it in a pot, cover with water, and boil until soft - much like when boiling potatoes for mashing. Once it passed the it's-so-soft-it's-falling-off-the-fork test, I drained in a colander. Next step was to scoop out the sweetness. *Careful! It's hot, and therefore, hard to hold! I scooped the sweetness into a bowl, and then put into the food processor to puree (thank you, Anita, for the donation a couple years back of