Mashed Purple Sweet Potatoes and Banana
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These mashed purple sweet potatoes make an easy side dish. Just make roasted purple sweet potatoes and mash with a banana into a sweet potato puree. Serve your purple mashed sweet potatoes with roast chicken or pork or as an unusual Thanksgiving side dish.
Servings: 2
Calories: 247kcal
Ingredients
- 2 small purple sweet potatoes one per person
- 1 small to medium banana one half per person
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon butter optional
- 1 tablespoon cream or milk (dairy or non-dairy) optional
Instructions
- Turn on your oven to 450°F.
- Scrub the sweet potatoes. Use a fork to puncture the skin in several paces, and then wrap them in aluminum foil.2 small purple sweet potatoes
- Bake for 45 to 60 minutes until the skin and flesh is easily pierced with a fork.
- Let the potatoes cool enough so that you can handle them. If you want to peel them, use a knife to cut a thin slit in the skin and peel.
- Combine the peeled sweet potatoes and banana in a small to medium sized bowl and mash them with a potato masher or fork until well-combined. Add salt and butter, milk, or cream, if you are using them, adding a little bit at a time and adjusting for taste and texture as desired. Serve warm.1 small to medium banana, ½ teaspoon salt, 1 tablespoon butter, 1 tablespoon cream or milk (dairy or non-dairy)
Notes
Nutritional calculations shown are for these mashed sweet potatoes without milk, butter, or cream.
Feel free to leave the skin on your roasted purple sweet potatoes if you like.
To scale up this purple mashed sweet potato recipe, estimate one small or half a large sweet potato per person and one half of a small banana per person.
Nutrition
Calories: 247kcal | Carbohydrates: 59g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 706mg | Potassium: 973mg | Fiber: 8g | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin A: 32100IU | Vitamin C: 11mg | Calcium: 71mg | Iron: 2mg