2 GREAT SWEET POTATO MASH RECIPES

Sweet Potato Mash (Recipe 1)
4 sweet potatoes
4 tsp organic blue agave syrup
1/4 cup olive oil
2 green onions, minced
3 garlic cloves
Salt and pepper
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon (optional)


Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Bake sweet potatoes in oven until tender ( approx 60 min). Place garlic in a foil pocket and lightly drizzle 1/2 teaspoon of oil and close pocket and place in oven with potatoes. Remove potato from skins and place in a bowl with roasted garlic, agave and olive oil. Mash well then season with salt and pepper and green onions. (you may also add cinnamon to taste. optional)

Sweet Potato Mash (Recipe 2)
2 lbs sweet potatoes (organic if possible)
2 lbs russet potatoes (organic if possible)
7 garlic cloves
3 teaspoons of butter or Organic Blue Agave
1/4 heavy cream
pinch of salt and pepper to taste
1/2 tsp of cinnamon or asian 5 spice

Wash potatoes if they are not organic. You might want to lightly rinse if they are organic to remove any soil that may be on the potatoes. Roast potatoes in the oven with skin at 400 degrees until tender or approximately one hour. When you can pierce the potatoes with a fork should indicate that they are tender enough. Place garlic cloves in aluminum foil with tsp of olive oil and fold foil into a packet and place in the oven with the potatoes. 

Remove the potatoes from their skins into bowl and add roasted garlic with skins removed and mash together well. and butter and cream. Add cinnamon and asian 5 spice and mix well until smooth. season to taste with salt and pepper and serve.