Recipe Haiku

Garlic & Lime Sweet Potato

The bright orange in roasted sweet potatoes is a sight for sore eyes during dark November

Photos and illustrations: Sarah Ridgeway

This series will share a monthly haiku inspired by a vegan recipe and the philosophy of intuitive cooking. Each entry is intended to spark contemplation, to allow your imagination to fill in the gaps and guide you into your kitchen to create something simple, nourishing and vegan. Haiku poetry is comprised of 17 syllables written in three lines. Seasons, animals and nature are traditionally incorporated in haiku and you will find images of them celebrated here. Following the initial haiku entry, measurements will be provided along with instructions written in haiku form.

Dark hills sleep. Oven glows.

I squeeze lime and let a sigh

for fading light.

• Two medium sweet potatoes
• Two tablespoons oil
• Two cloves garlic
• ¼ tsp salt
• Two limes

Cube, toss in oil. Salt.