I credit the blogworld with introducing me to a lot of foods.

Some are kind of weird, expensive and overrated: chia seeds. Nutritional yeast. Fancy nut butters (I’ve yet to find anything that tastes as good as Smuckers.) Organic snack bars.

Others, however, I couldn’t imagine my diet without: bananas in oatmeal. Kale chips. Sweet potatoes.

Sweet potatoes. There are a million and one ways to cook these bad boys, but mashed is probably one of the best of them.I mean, there’s a reason they’re a Thanksgiving staple! For our Friday Night Dinner, we knew we had to incorporate orange spuds in some way, and what better way to flavor them than with alcohol?

Bourbon Whipped Sweet Potatoes

Created by the members of CTP 203 at the Natural Gourmet Institute

Yield: 10-12 servings

Ingredients:

  • 1 3/4 pounds sweet potatoes
  • 2 1/2 tablespoons coconut oil
  • 1 tablespoon maple syrup
  • 1/4 cup fresh squeezed orange juice
  • 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
  • pinch cayenne
  • splash apple cider vinegar
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 1/2 cup non-dairy milk (a thicker one, like cashew or soy, works best)
  • 3 tablespoons boubon

Directions:

  1. Bring a medium pot of salted water to a boil.
  2. Meanwhile, peel the sweet potatoes and cut into even sized chunks (about 1″ cubes). Add to boiling water.
  3. Once the potatoes are tender, remove them from the stove and mash (a ricer works best for this).
  4. In a Kitchen Aid mixer or using a mixing bowl and hand mixer, combine potatoes, coconut oil, maple syrup, orange juice, cinnamon, cayenne, apple cider vinegar and salt. Whip until smooth, slowly adding non-dairy milk. Add bourbon at the end to taste.
Though it might sound weird to add OJ and coconut oil to sweet potatoes, the finished result of this is perfectly smooth, sweet and unique. The bourbon and cayenne add some really interesting flavor, while still allowing the potatoes to shine through. And while coconut oil gets a bad rep for all its saturated fat content, it’s actually one of the healthiest oils you can buy- no links have been found between it and heart disease. You can spoon ‘em onto a plate, rustic-style, or be all fancy and use a pastry piping bag to make a pretty pile.

So try them! Hopefully you can credit the blogworld for another delicious sweet potato recipe ;)

What’s the best thing the blogworld has introduced you to? The most overrated?