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Speedy Sweet Potatoes

Need a quick side dish in a hurry?  Get ready for a delicious side dish in a flash! With the right recipe, you can have creamy and naturally sweetened mashed sweet potatoes. We love pairing this with just about any dish, but if we had to choose, broccoli and some oven baked chicken really hits the spot! 

Servings 4 people

Ingredients

  • 1 cup water
  • ¼ cup almond milk unsweetened vanilla
  • 4 medium sweet potatoes cut larger ones in half if need be
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp pepper
  • 1 tsp cinnamon

Instructions

  1. Place steamer basket in your Instant Pot and add the 1 cup of water.
  2. Rinse and clean your sweet potatoes with cold water. Give them a good scrubbing before drying with a paper towel and placing on top of the steamer basket in the Instant Pot.
  3. Place the lid on the Instant Pot and turn it to closed. Make sure the vent knob on top is pointing to “Sealed”.
  4. Press the “Steam” button on the instant pot, and set the time to 10 minutes.
  5. Once the timer goes off DON’T open the lid. All the presser to escape on its own for about 20 minutes.
  6. Remove the lid and remove those sweet potato skins after they’re cool enough to touch.
  7. While potatoes are still warm cut them up into chunks and place in your food processor. (We have a smaller processor so we typically only do 1 potato at a time. If you have a larger food processor then you can up the ante on the ingredients according to your taste with the seasonings and ¾ cup for a creamier mashed potato dish.)
  8. Add salt, pepper, cinnamon, and almond milk (unsweetened vanilla) to sweet potato chunks in food processor.
  9. Pulse processor for thicker potatoes. For smoother potatoes hold the pulses longer for about 1 min. You can also break out the potato masher if you don’t have a food processor and combine the ingredients the same way.
  10. 10. Once combined to your liking, serve warm as a complimentary dish or store in the fridge in a Tupperware container for future meals!