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Mashed Purple Sweet Potatoes and Banana
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.
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
1 hr
Additional Time
5 mins
Total Time
1 hr 10 mins
Servings: 2
Calories: 247 kcal
Course:
Side Dish
Cuisine:
International
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.
- 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.
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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 Information
Calories
247kcal
(12%)
Carbohydrates
59g
(20%)
Protein
4g
(8%)
Fat
1g
(2%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
Monounsaturated Fat
1g
Sodium
706mg
(29%)
Potassium
973mg
(28%)
Fiber
8g
(32%)
Sugar
17g
(34%)
Vitamin A
32100IU
(642%)
Vitamin C
11mg
(12%)
Calcium
71mg
(7%)
Iron
2mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 2Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 247
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 247kcal | 12% |
| Carbohydrates | 59g | 20% |
| Protein | 4g | 8% |
| Fat | 1g | 2% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Sodium | 706mg | 29% |
| Potassium | 973mg | 21% |
| Fiber | 8g | 32% |
| Sugar | 17g | 34% |
| Vitamin A | 32100IU | 642% |
| Vitamin C | 11mg | 12% |
| Calcium | 71mg | 7% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.