Sweet potatoes get a lot of press this time of year, as everyone tries to decide where they fit on the Thanksgiving buffet. But we love sweet potatoes and look for an excuse to eat them every day. From sweet potato soup with miso and ginger, to restaurant-style sweet potato fries, to candied marshmallows (yes! sweet potato marshmallows!) here are a dozen recipes for sweet potatoes that are good all year long.
We obviously left the plain old roasted sweet potato off this list, but it's still one of our favorite ways to enjoy a sweet potato.
TOP ROW
• 1 Sweet Potato and Sage Gratin - My personal favorite. Cuts the sweetness with a kick of chipotle powder!
• 2 Sweet Potato Soufflé With a Twist - The classic marshmallow-topped casserole, but much, much better.
• 3 Sweet Potato Muffins/Cakelets - Muffins? Cakelets? It all depends on the frosting! From Kim Boyce and Good to the Grain.
• 4 Candied Sweet Potato Marshmallows - Try these instead of the marshmallow-topped confection this year. They're mindblowingly good.
• 5 Restaurant Sweet Potato Fries - A successful quest to make really excellent restaurant-style, crispy sweet potato fries.
MIDDLE ROW
• 6 Chili-Spiked Sweet Potato Fries - Another take on sweet potato fries. Crispy and spicy!
• 7 Sweet Potato Soup with Miso and Ginger - A thick, nourishing soup.
• 8 Sweet Potato and Tempeh Stew - Rich, comforting, and satisfying.
• 9 Roasted Sweet Potato Sticks with Rosemary - Another favorite way to do roasted sweet potato fries. These are soft, though, not crispy.
• 10 Sweet Potatoes with Star Anise, Ginger, and Lime - A quick, aromatic way to do sweet potatoes.
BOTTOM ROW
• 11 Herbed Skillet Sweet Potatoes - A quick, smoky dash in the skillet and these are done. So good!
• 12 Sweet Potato Tart Tatin - A spectacular dessert from Dam Good Sweet.
OK your turn! What's your favorite way to cook and enjoy sweet potatoes right now?
Related: Recipe: Sweet Potato Bread Pudding with Caramel Pecan Sauce
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Comments (6)
Any recommendation for a cheese to go with sweet potatoes? I love roasted potatoes with cheddar cheese, but I want to sneak some healthier sweet potatoes into the mix.
Gruyere! They are made to go together. My favorite pizza, in fact, has Gruyere, thin slices of sweet potatoes, rosemary, and caramelized onions.
I agree. Sweet potato and gruyere casserole (just stack thin slices of both and bake). It's a great combination! But any kind of mountain cheese would probably do the trick.
And for a new idea not yet mentioned, you can also eat sweet potato raw, as a delicious slaw with raisins. (In case oven space is too precious on Thanksgiving!)
The best sweet potato recipe ever. It is the only way I will make sweet potatoes anymore.
Peel and cut potatoes into about one inch chunks. Toss in a roasting pan with olive oil, salt pepper, honey and cinnamon. I eyeball all of the ingredients and it never tastes bad, just sometimes sweeter than others depending on the honey. Bake in a 400 degree oven uncovered until the potatoes are fork tender. So easy and always gets me compliments.
Baked Sweet Potato in Butter & Rosemary...Peel and cut potatoes into big chunks (of your choosing). Melt in a saucepan butter with rosemary (branch is fine). Pour butter mixture over SP's and lay out on a cookie sheet. I use a convection oven at 400 degrees for 35 mins. Sprinkle with alittle sea salt and dig in! YUM! My kids love it and even request it! And they are fickle eaters, hence the reason why I peel the skin off. :D