Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Coconut Oil

A Simple side dish of mashed sweet potatoes with coconut oil.  That's it and it is delicious.

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I will no longer put butter in my mashed sweet potatoes.  It's not about health or nutrition, or even an aversion to dairy (though those are all good reasons) it is about taste.  Once I added coconut oil to my sweet potatoes I was hooked.  The coconut oil brings out the sweetness of the potato, and adds a creaminess, like butter.   I must stress:  if you like sweet potatoes, get and use some coconut oil with them.  Here is the easy 2 ingredient recipe.

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Another recipe in my Thanksgiving sides series.  Everyone knows about sweet potato casserole for Thanksgiving but why not try Mashed Sweet Potatoes.  You could make it more like casserole by adding some cream (or keep it dairy free and use coconut milk), cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice, and top with chopped Candied Pecans.  This will be my "sweet potato casserole" this year.

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Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Coconut Oil

Servings:  2
Cook time: 20 minutes

Ingredients:

1 very large sweet potato
1-2 Tbsp coconut oil
Cinnamon (optional)

Peel and cut the sweet potato in small even pieces.  Place in a saucepan and cover with cold water.  Bring to a boil for about 10-15 minutes until potatoes are soft.

Remove from heat and drain.    Remove sweet potatoes to a medium-sized bowl (or just put back in the saucepan) and mash with 1-2 Tbsp coconut oil.  No need to add any other liquid because sweet potatoes absorb more liquid while boiling than regular potatoes (but if you think you need some reserve some of the cooking liquid and use it).

Makes 2 servings.

Enjoy.

Also mentioned in this post:

Candied Pecans

For more vegetable sides check out:

Cinnamon and Cumin Roasted Sweet Potatoes

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Tropical Fruit Salad

A fruit salad made with pineapple, mango, and banana tossed in coconut milk.

First I must tell you that I will be out of town for 2 weeks and will not post during this time so see you in 2 weeks.  Now back to the fruit salad.

For those of you who do not know it's mango season.  Yes you can buy them in stores, but one of my favorite things about being in Hawaii is that they grow all over.  My husband passes a park on his way to work (he bikes) that has lots of big mango trees.  Apparently no one picks the fruit and it just piles on the ground and rots where it falls.  What a waste (at least birds and other animals are happy).  So my husband has been bringing some mangos home with him, any that fall to the side of the road and are fresh, usually they are perfectly ripe or will ripen in a few days.   For the past 2 weeks we have had fresh mango on hand.  They are great in smoothies, but I wanted a fruit salad so this is my creation.

Ingredients:

1/2 Pineapple, cubed (about 2 cups)
2 large bananas, sliced
2 mangos, chopped
1/4-1/2 cup coconutmilk

The most difficult part of this salad is cutting up all the fruit.  I eat pineapples and mangos so often now that this is simple.  There are plenty of tutorials online to show you how it's done if you need help.  The work is well worth it.

In a large bowl toss the fruit together to combine.  Then add the coconut milk and toss to coat.  I sweetened the coconut milk a little (1 cup powdered sugar to an entire can) you can too or not what ever you prefer.  If you feel a little naughty add some coconut flavored rum to the mix for an adult salad.

This serves two and makes a great afternoon snack, a dessert, or accompaniment to an evening meal.  I also used this salad as the filling for my Sourdough Crepes.

You can double this recipe, I just had to wait for more mangos to ripen, if you have leftover salad it makes a great blended drink or smoothie.  Just add some milk, yogurt, or kefir then blend until smooth.  You can add some coconut rum and have a delicious cocktail. The picture is not great, but I was much more interested in drinking it; the photo was just an after thought.

Enjoy.

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