Sweet Potato Mash

Prep Time: 1 Minute
​Cook Time: 15 minutes- 2 hours

​With in the Mexican culture of food, we like to use a lot of savory spices and seasonings rather than sweet in our food. I've always heard that sweet potatoes were healthier than the russet, so I've tried to incorporate them in my dishes more often. My taste buds are just so true to my culture that eating sweet potatoes in their natural sweet state sometimes seems more like a dessert for me. With that being said, I tried to take a Mexican spin on sweet mashed potatoes by savoring them up a bit.

Ingredients: 

​2 Large Organic Sweet Potatoes
2 TBSP Cream Cheese/ Vegan (Miyoko's)
1 Cube garlic
1 TBSP French Butter
Organic Onion Powder
2 TBSP Unsweetend coconut milk/ Light

Steps: 

This dish is cooked with love.These taters take 1-2 hours to bake in the oven, but you really can't rush the process. The long bake, rather than boiling, gives this side a caramelized taste. ** You can even cook them the night or couple days before to lower the day of cook time to 15-30 minutes**

Wash potatoes, pat dry, prick holes with a fork and place in a glass bakeware with sea salt and a light avocado oil spray. Place them in the oven for 1.5-2 hours on 375°, you can check in between, but you want to bake them till they look caramelized. Cook time depends on size of potato. Don't over bake that they look dehydrated. 

Once they are done, remove from heat and let cool.

In sauce pot place potatoes, make sure to cut up into chunks and leave some of the peel on. Mix in vegan butter, cream cheese, minced garlic cloves, onion powder, light coconut milk and dash of sea salt. On medium heat lightly mash and mix, can add more onion powder or sea salt if needed. 

Remove from heat and serve with your favorite dish, these have been my favorite this winter. I even made my family and friends eat them for the holidays. Trust me, my very cultural taste bud family just looked at them the first time I brought them, because we don't mess around with traditions and dishes. I like to push buttons sometimes, and introduce my family to random creations. This one scared them at first, but they came around and are so so tasty!!!