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Gingerbread Sweet Potatoes

November 14, 2012 · by · 1 Comment
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Today I have a post about my new Gingerbread Sweet Potatoes on Key Ingredient’s blog, The Back Burner.

These sweet potatoes are full of cranberries, pear and spices all topped with gingerbread cookie crumbs. Not exactly traditional, but definitely worth a try this Thanksgiving!

You can even bake the sweet potatoes in the slow cooker instead of cooking them on the stove-top. Also the spices are fairly mild, so feel free to add more if you want them stronger.

You can get the recipe over at the Gingerbread Sweet Potatoes Key Ingredient page.

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Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with Green Mashed Potatoes

March 16, 2011 · by · 1 Comment
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Ok, you and I know both that these are just mashed potatoes with puréed spinach. I have fancied them up with some Unsweetened So Delicious coconut milk and some smoked salt. But with St. Paddy’s day just around the corner it’s a perfect way to dress up tomorrow’s dinner. (Don’t panic the “beef” in the pic above is Gardein‘s vegan beefless tips.)

To make the cooked potatoes in the slow cooker use the Slow Cooker Beyond Easy Baked Potatoes. Once they are done (they can cook all day while you are at work), make sure to use a clean pot holder to handle the cooked potatoes with since they will be really hot then split them open and scrape the flesh out into a bowl.

This isn’t a slow cooker recipe if you boil your potatoes on the stove, but either way they are great for St. Paddy’s Day!

Green Mashed Potatoes

Serves 3 to 4

  • 1/2 cup Unsweetened So Delicious coconut milk
  • 2 cups fresh baby spinach
  • 2 large cooked potatoes, peeled
  • 1 to 2 tablespoon(s) Earth Balance
  • smoked salt, to taste (or 1/4 teaspoon liquid smoke and plain salt)

Puree the nondairy milk and the spinach in a blender until smooth. No matter how you cooked your potatoes transfer the insides (no peel) to a bowl and mash the potatoes. You can use a mixer after you add the liquid and Earth Balance, just make sure not to over mix or they will get gluey. Mix everything together.

Note: If the mixture is too thick make another spinach coconut milk batch and add it to the mixture as well.

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Holiday Sweet Potato Casserole

November 23, 2010 · by · Leave a Comment
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Holiday Sweet Potato Casserole (Photo by Bill Bettencourt, Property of Fair Winds Press)

soy-free, gluten-free*

Every family seems to have a special recipe for sweet potato casserole. This one is less sweet than the sticky sweet casserole of my youth. It skips the caramel and marshmallow sometimes included. You could add vegan versions of both in if you really want to. After all, any day is a holiday when you get to eat sweet potato casserole!

Holiday Sweet Potato Casserole

  • 8 large sweet potatoes, cut in chunks
  • 1 1/2 (355 ml) cup water
  • 1/4 to 1/2 cup (60 top 120 ml)non-dairy milk (plain or vanilla)
  • 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon (to taste)
  • 1/4 teaspoon grated nutmeg
  • 1/8 teaspoon allspice
  • pinch ground cloves

topping:

  • 2 tablespoons (28 g) vegan margarine
  • 3 tablespoons (45 ml) olive oil
  • 3/4 cup (170 g) packed brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup (30 g) whole wheat flour (*use gluten-free flour instead)
  • 3 tablespoons (45 ml) non-dairy milk or water
  • 1/2 cup (55 g) pecans, chopped

The night before: Cut sweet potatoes. Make the topping by combining the ingredients and mixing thoroughly. Store topping and sweet potatoes in fridge overnight. Chop pecans and store in a covered bowl, unrefrigerated, overnight.

In the morning: Add sweet potatoes and water to an oiled crock. Cook on low for 6 – 8 hours.

30 to 45 minutes before serving: Turn slow cooker to high. Mash sweet potatoes in crock. Add spices and part of the non-dairy milk. Add the rest of the milk if the potatoes are still too stiff, but leave out if they are runny. Drop spoonfuls of pre-mixed topping. As the topping begins to melt, spread with the back of a spoon across the top to make it more even.

Serve once the topping is melted and the dish is heated throughout.

Yields: 8 servings
Total Prep Time: 15 minutes
Total Cooking Time: 6 to 8 hours

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Slow Cooker Beyond Easy Faux Mashed Potatoes

February 11, 2010 · by · 2 Comments
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On my eating plan there is no white potatoes for 3 months. After that I can have them once a week, which is plenty. I miss my chili potato, but bean chili goes great over sweet potatoes too!

In the winter it’s fairly hard to give up mashed potatoes so I came up with this compromise. You can just use cauliflower or parsnips by themselves. I just like them together too. You could also add in wasabi or roasted garlic to make them fancy.

Slow Cooker Beyond Easy Faux Mashed Potatoes (gluten-free)

Prep time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 6 – 8  hours

  • 1 large head of cauliflower, broken into small ‘trees’ (frozen is fine too)
  • 4 -5  parsnips, chopped (peel if not organic)
  • optional – 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • filtered water
  • 1/2 – 1 cup milk of your choice (I use unsweetened soy or almond milk)
  • 1/4 cup Earth Balance
  • salt and pepper to taste

The night before: Peel the parsnips if they aren’t organic. Chop the parsnips and break down the cauliflower. Store in the fridge until morning.

In the morning: Place the veggie in the slow cooker. Add about 1-2 inches of water. Cook on low 6 – 8 hours.

Before Serving: Pour out some of the water if needed – you don’t want this to be too soupy. Add 1/2 cup milk and Earth Balance and use immersion blender. You have to keep at it until they look like mashed potatoes. (They will – I promise!). Season to taste.

Serve with some mushroom gravy over it for a special treat.

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