30 Days Of Healthy Indulgences: Toasted Marshmallow Topped Whipped Sweet Potatoes

By Kelly Bennett, VeganConsultant.com

Are you looking for a delicious holiday side dish that is healthy and indulgent? Here is a great combo, sweet potatoes and vegan marshmallows. It’s inspired by a classic American dish with a new age vegan twist to it healthier for you and kinder to animals. I had my non-vegan family taste it and they LOVED it!

Toasted Marshmallow Topped Whipped Sweet Potatoes

Recipe created by: Trista Norton

Makes 12 servings

1 hour total prep/cook time

Ingredients 

• 6 fresh sweet potatoes (or yams), peeled and cubed
• 4 tablespoons vegan butter
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon (use more if you want)
• 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground nutmeg (use more if you want)
• 1/8 cup – 1/2 cup vegan sugar (or agave equivalent) depending on how sweet you want the dish to be (optional)
• Ener-G egg replacer for 1 egg
• 1/4 teaspoon organic vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
• 1 bag of Dandies vegan marshmallows (or 2 boxes of Sweet & Sara marshmallows)

Directions:

1. Boil about 2 quarts of water. Peel and rinse the sweet potatoes and cut into cubes. Add to salted boiling water and cook through until fork tender. Strain and transfer to large bowl.
2. Pre heat oven to 350 degrees
3. Add all ingredients to bowl, except marshmallows, and use hand mixer to blend until creamy and smooth – whipped!
4. Add whipped sweet potatoes to deep casserole dish that is at least 9×9 inches, making sure there is at least an inch of space between the potatoes and the top of the casserole dish in order to accommodate the marshmallows (which will puff up when under the broiler).
5. Neatly arrange marshmallows on top of whipped sweet potatoes and place under broiler, keeping a watchful eye in case the marshmallows burn, until marshmallows get lightly browned and toasty (around 20 minutes). Serve hot.

Enjoy and happy holidays!

Kelly Bennett is a vegan consultant and specializes in growing commerce around the vegan market. To learn more about her services, visit www.veganconsultant.com

From November 15 through December 14, Intentblog is launching its first-ever 30 Days of Healthy Indulgences, where every day for 30 days we are inviting bloggers from all over the health and wellness space to contribute their favorite healthy indulgent recipe in time for the holiday season. Please keep checking back for more recipes!