With Thanksgiving just a few weeks behind us and my work on these Vegan Pumpkin Spice Chocolate Chunk Cookies, there’s a lot of leftover pumpkin around here. Does anyone else have extra cans of pumpkin in their pantries? So last weekend I decided to sneak some pumpkin into a few of our regular dishes. The result? A delicious week ahead! Pumpkin is great in smoothies, soups, breads…and sweet potatoes!
The pumpkin taste is subtle in this creamy wonder, but the best part is the slight kick provided by the chili powder. It is definitely a hint of spice, which makes this dish family friendly, but if you’re a spice feind like me you will want to double the chili powder.
Chili-Seasoned Mashed Pumpkin Sweet Potatoes
by Heather
Ingredients:
- 3 sweet potatoes
- 1/2 c. pumpkin puree
- 1 tsp. chili powder (or more)
- 1 tsp. sea salt
Directions:
1. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.
2. Peel and cut sweet potatoes in half. Then quarter each half and add them to the boiling water.
3. Lower heat and simmer for 15 minutes or until the sweet potatoes can easily be pierced with a knife.
4. Drain sweet potatoes and place them in a food processor with a slotted spoon.
5. Add pumpkin, chili powder, and sea salt and puree until smooth.
6. Serve.
Yields 4 servings
Simple and simply delicious. For an extra kick, add a second teaspoon of chili powder.
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Sweet potatoes AND pumpkin with some spice? Brilliant.
Shirley
We love our pumpkin, right Shirley?
I was just thinking of you because I made a smoothie that contains spicy pumpkin butter and sweet potato (plus banana, POM Wonderful juice, pineapple, and water). It’s tastes like a tropical pumpkin pie smoothie.
Do you peel the sweet potatoes?
Yes, Hal, definitely peel the sweet potatoes so it’s smooth and creamy.
This looks great. I think this would make a perfect side dish. We usually mash our sweet potatoes with 2 Tbsp of goat cheese and some green onions and salt, but I will be trying this version out next.
I need to make this ASAP- I love everything pumpkin. Looks AMAZING
This looks incredible!