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Top Rated Sweet Potato Recipes (for every course!)

If you didn’t know, now ya do – February is National Sweet Potato Month!! 

There are so many health benefits from eating sweet potatoes that it’s hard to not love ’em. They taste delicious but considering that they are also great sources of vitamin A, vitamin B6, vitamin C, vitamin D, iron, magnesium, potassium, and carotenoids (read more nutritional information at care2.com) – we should be eating these things with every meal!!

Sweet potatoes are also very versatile because they can be cooked a multitude of ways. Because they are indeed sweet, sweet potatoes can replace conventional sugars in some recipes. They absorb flavor well so they make a great addition to stews while also adding a hearty texture. Sweet potatoes can be fried, mashed, roasted, steamed, or baked. There really isn’t much you can’t do with them.

Thanks to Allrecipes.com, I rounded up six of the most mouth-watering sweet potato dishes that can be used for every course of a meal – each one rated 4.5+ stars with fantastic reviews!! Let me make this National Sweet Potato Month celebration easy for you… check out the recipes below and let your taste buds savor all of this amazingness!

How about starting with a warm slice of sweet potato bread?? <– Click for the recipe!

Would you like a zesty bowl of Spicy Sweet Potato Soup for an appetizer?

Or perhaps you want a savory Sweet Potato Chili for the main course?

Or a Sweet Potato Shepherd’s Pie?

This Praline Sweet Potato casserole makes the best side dish!!

And you can’t forget dessert. Care for some Sweet Potato Cheesecake?!

It is believed that sweet potatoes were discovered by Columbus in the West Indies and American colonies eventually named them the “sweet” potato to distinguish it from the white “Irish” potato.

So what did the sweet potato say to the Irish potato?

“You’re no potato. I yam!”

Hahahahaa.

 

I hope you enjoy all month long! Happy National Sweet Potato Month!!