Mashed Sweet Potato

Sweet potatoes are really good for you with all sorts of good vitamins and dietary fiber. They're also a little confusing, so first a little sweet potato edumacation: The vivid orange potato commonly marketed as "yams" are sweet potatoes. So are the firmer, pale yellow sweet potatoes. They're both sweet potatoes and neither is really a yam! The orange ("yam") sweet potato is a little sweeter and has a creamier texture as well as more beta carotene. So when you're wondering which sweet potato to get think about the context, and for the recipe below use whichever you prefer!

The scariest thing about this recipe for me was not the sweet potato conundrum, but that there's no butter. No butter!! Blew my mind.

Mashed Sweet Potato

(servings: 6)

4 medium sweet potatoes

1/2 c orange juice

1/2 tsp kosher salt

1/4 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp ginger

1/4 tsp nutmeg

Extra virgin olive oil for drizzling

1) Leaving the skin on, cut the potatoes into medium cubes

2) Steam potatoes until soft (40 minutes)

3) Transfer to a medium pan and mash to desired consistency over low heat

4) Add orange juice, salt, ginger, nutmeg and cinnamon

5) Serve topped with olive oil