Sweet Potato Puree

This delicious Mashed Sweet Potatoes recipe is silky smooth! Serve as a side or use as part of other recipes.

Here’s a creamy side dish that’s perfect for any plate: mashed sweet potatoes! This deliciously creamy porridge is light and sweet: perfect for serving with a hearty protein like roast chicken or pan-fried fish. It tastes like a restaurant: especially when you serve the protein sitting on top! Serve it with autumn meals and it will be the talk of the table: I promise! It’s great for impressing guests at dinner parties, Thanksgiving or even a weeknight dinner.

How to make mashed sweet potatoes

Mashed sweet potatoes are similar to mashed potatoes but processed in a food processor until light and fluffy. This gives it a creamy texture that gives it a higher flavor than a plain mash. We tried them back to back and it wasn’t a contest: the mashed sweet potatoes was the big winner! Here’s the basic method (or jump straight to the recipe):

• Steam the sweet potatoes. The quickest way to cook sweet potatoes for this mash? Steam them! If you have a large vaping basket, it only takes 30 minutes. Go to Steamed Sweet Potatoes.
• Or roast the sweet potatoes. You can also roast the potatoes. Using our sweet potato quick cooking method makes it quick and easy: much faster than the traditional whole cooking method.
• take the meat. Use a spoon or fork to scoop out the flesh of the sweet potato.
• Mashed potatoes! Place in a food processor and puree with butter, salt, and additional seasonings (see below!) for 30 seconds to 1 minute.

Accompanying spices

The sweet potato mash tastes amazing just the way it is! In fact, you can make this mashed sweet potato as baby food and without any seasonings except salt. But to spice it up for a special dinner, we recommend the following flavors:

• parmesan cheese: Add ¼ cup grated parmesan cheese for optimal savory flavor
• Garlic Powder and Cumin: Just a shot of each (⅛ teaspoon) really enhances the flavor
• Dried Sage: ⅛ to ¼ teaspoon dried sage brings a rich fall flavor
• Dried Thyme: The thyme also adds a rich flavor; Add about ¼ teaspoon dried or 1 teaspoon freshly chopped

Vegan variant

Want to make dairy-free or vegan mashed sweet potatoes? Don’t worry: Parmesan cheese or butter aren’t necessary. Here’s what to do:

• Substitute butter for vegan butter or refined coconut oil
• Leave out the parmesan
• Add a little more salt or even a few teaspoons of nutritional yeast for an extra savory flavor, depending on your taste

Ideas for serving mashed sweet potatoes

Once you have this light and fluffy mashed sweet potato, you can serve it in all sorts of ways. Our favourite? Topped with a delicious protein. The way the light and sweet mash boosts each bite of delicious protein is unreal! It tastes like a restaurant, but as you can see, it’s an incredibly simple concept. Here are some of our favorite ways to serve it:

Recipes with mashed sweet potatoes

Another thing you can do with mashed sweet potatoes? Use it in baking recipes! Now you can technically just use mashed sweet potatoes in sweet potato recipes. But if you have leftover unseasoned porridge, it works in other baked recipes like:

More sweet potato recipes

Sweet potato is one of our top veggies to add to your meals! Here are some other sweet potato recipes to try:

This recipe is…

Vegetarian and gluten free. For information on vegan, plant-based and dairy-free products, see the notes in the Vegan section above.