Sweet potato casserole

[Dug720]

My mom makes one with a pineapple topping. It's yummy!!

 

[leebee]

These casseroles are WAY too sweet for me. I like sweet potatoes, but only baked, with butter on them, like a traditional baked potato. Sometimes DD will cut them into chunks and oven roast with other fall root veggies... squash, parsnips, etc.

 

[redlight]

My mom makes one with a pineapple topping. It's yummy!!

Oooh that sounds good,

 

[tvguy]

Three more words: Need bigger jeans

Need more insulin.

 

[tony67]

I like sweet potatoes - but the whole casserole with marshmallows and such - no thanks

 

[LoveDaisy]

Sweet potato casserole is to sweet for me. I’m not crazy about them in general because they are sweet but add more sugar and it is a hard pass for me.

 

[jalapeno_pretzel]

Sometimes DD will cut them into chunks and oven roast with other fall root veggies... squash, parsnips, etc.

Oooh I do that too, I roast sweet potato chunks with broccoli, brussels sprouts, and chickpeas and it makes a big bowl of roasted veggies that I'll eat over the course of a few days. Sometimes a couple of cups of that will be my lunch. I like to drizzle honey mustard dressing over it (sounds weird, but the original recipe had a mustard-maple-tahini sauce that went on it, and it seemed so similar to honey mustard that I just simplified). No one else in the family likes that either.

 

[TiggerTrigger]

DD18 and I like it, but it's not one of my specialties and I have yet to perfect any kind of recipe.

I'm also one of those people that forgets about it just long enough that my marshmallows catch on fire and I'm stuck trying to salvage the dish while also trying to keep the house from burning down. Yeah, we haven't tried for a few years. It's also a bit too sweet. I say that, yet I'm always making sure I have enough sugar (which is a lot) to balance the tartness in my cranberry sauce.

 

[DisneyHardin]

My Mom makes one for Thanksgiving that is mashed sweet potatoes and then baked with brown sugar and pecans on top - it is so good.

 

[Imzadi]

Sweet potato and pumpkin are both served as a savoury item in Australia so these threads are always so interesting.

They are treated like a potato here - either boiled and mashed, baked whole and served with butter / sour cream (sweet potato), made into soup, or roasted / fried as cubes or chunks or chips.

As some others have said, sweet potatoes are already very sweet. When some people put marshmallows on top, it becomes way too sweet for me.

I found one savory recipe that tops cut up chunks with olive oil, oregano & Parmesan cheese, then baked. I really like it. You've given me the idea to look for other savory sweet potato recipes.

 

[dizneegirl]

Sweet potato and pumpkin are both served as a savoury item in Australia so these threads are always so interesting.

I love roasting pumpkin with butter, salt and pepper on it. Or making a pumpkin hash with onions and peppers, or savory pumpkin sausage soup.

 

[Skywalker3]

Love sweet potato casserole, and usually make it every year for Thanksgiving, if we're home, and Christmas. I put the mini marshmallows on time. I don't usually like marshmallows, unless we're toasting them on the fire, and I like them burnt, but I do enjoy them on the casserole. I don't really like pecans all that much, nobody does in the immediate family, so none of those. I should make it more often. I do also enjoy sweet potatoes w just butter. I need to make them more often.

 

[ambula603]

I love it, all year, all types. For me, the sweeter the better! But I only make it around Thanksgiving since it can get very unhealthy.

 

[Imzadi]

A little sweet potato factoid: depending on the size, a baked sweet potato in its skin will provide around or 213% - 561% of a person's (RDA) recommended daily amount of Vitamin A.

Also:

• Vitamin C: 44% of the DV
• Manganese: 43% of the DV
• Copper: 36% of the DV
• Pantothenic acid: 35% of the DV
• Vitamin B6: 34% of the DV
• Potassium: 20% of the DV
• Niacin: 19% of the DV
• Protein: 4 g
• Fat: 0.3 g
• Fiber: 6.6 g

One of the healthiest vegetables to eat.

 

[BrianL]

A little sweet potato factoid: depending on the size, a baked sweet potato in its skin will provide around or 213% - 561% of a person's (RDA) recommended daily amount of Vitamin A.

Also:

• Vitamin C: 44% of the DV
• Manganese: 43% of the DV
• Copper: 36% of the DV
• Pantothenic acid: 35% of the DV
• Vitamin B6: 34% of the DV
• Potassium: 20% of the DV
• Niacin: 19% of the DV
• Protein: 4 g
• Fat: 0.3 g
• Fiber: 6.6 g

One of the healthiest vegetables to eat.

Until you add 2 pounds of butter, sugar, and marshmallows anyway!

 

[Gracedis1]

Aldi has a frozen one with brown sugar and pecans that is delicious. It is pretty sweet though.

 

[disneyseniors]

Who loves it?? And how often do you have it? And what do you put on it??

I love it. It makes me feel like it's fall. I'm eating it for breakfast right now. It actually makes a really nice breakfast. I usually only make it at Thanksgiving, but probably won't have it this year, so I made a half batch this past weekend. The one I just made has a brown sugar pecan streusel topping. I have a recipe with marshmallows that I like too. It doesn't really matter to me. But I always roast my potatoes, not peel and boil. I think it gives better flavor and it's easier. No one else in my household will touch it, but other friends and family that are often at Thanksgiving enjoy it.

Your recipe sounds wonderful. I always boil my sweet potatoes, but will try roasting them. Can you tell me how long and what temperature to roast them?
I always make sweet potatoes for Thanksgiving. I just boil them and cut into bite sized pieces, and then add a butter and brown sugar syrup to pour over them when they are done, just to warm up the syrup. It's yummy and I always am requested to make it at TG.

 

[jalapeno_pretzel]

Can you tell me how long and what temperature to roast them?

I roast mine at 400F, just rinse the whole potato, stab it with a fork or knife a few times, and put it on a baking sheet lined with foil. (the juices that run out will make a real mess otherwise). I think they usually need about an hour, depending on size. I just cook them until the fork goes through quite easily. Let them cool a bit, and you can just slip the skins off and have all the potato remaining.

 

[LuvOrlando]

I make a big dish of it on Thanksgiving as it's my daughter's favorite dish and leftovers are prized. I rarely make it the rest of the year. I use both marshmallows and a pecan streusal. I just stripe the top with both toppings.

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That's really pretty

I love them, top with a brown sugar, butter, flour and pecan crumble.