Name: Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Fresh Herbs
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 55 min
Ingredients: 4-5 medium sweet potatoes; 1 small or half large red bell pepper (diced - orange or yellow would also work!); 10-15 whole cloves of garlic; 1 tbsp fresh rosemary; 1 tbsp fresh thyme; 1/2 tsp pink or sea salt; 1 tsp sugar or maple syrup; 1/2 tsp black pepper; 2-3 tbsp olive oil (Make sure all potatoes are covered)

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Thanksgiving is full of excellent food and family. I think we all love the staples. Let’s see….. there’s turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes….let’s stop there. Ahhh the sweet potato. They bring some health to our Thanksgiving meal. Well, these ones do! These roasted sweet potatoes with fresh herbs are your ticket to a healthy, delicious sweet potato dish that you will love!

Benefits of sweet potatoes

Sweet potatoes have great benefits! They are rich in fiber, anti-inflammatory, rich in antioxidants, and help prevent rheumatoid arthritis! These tasty potatoes are also rich in vitamins A, C, and B6. Because they are rich in fiber they have wonderful benefits for your gut. But…did you ever think the way most of us make them for the holidays may make them more toxic than healthy? We pile them with marshmallows and brown sugar, I mean, we do get to eat dessert after the meal.

How to make a savory sweet potato dish

If I was going, to be honest, I like “sweet” sweet potatoes too, they are downright good. The first time I saw them prepared like this, at a glance, I thought no way, that’s not how you eat sweet potatoes. I have to admit, I love to try something new, so I tried them, and it was love at first bite! Somehow, this dish is just as good cold as it is hot… Weird right? I swear it’s true! Sweet potatoes work great as a savory dish. And, they are savory and sweet, because you can’t take the sweetness out of a sweet potato.

In this delicious dish, I’m using sweet bell pepper, roasted sweet garlic, and maple syrup to bring out the natural sweetness of the sweet potato. The garlic and bell pepper get sweeter as they roast. Adding winter herbs like fresh thyme and rosemary really brings out the flavors making this side dish unique and scrumptious and complimenting the dish perfectly!

.I have made this dish over and over through the years and it’s so good every time!

I hope you will consider trying this and replacing the marshmallow brown sugar sweet potatoes. I know it may be hard to give up, but this is delicious and worth a try. And remember, there’s plenty of dessert after dinner.

For more sweet potato recipes check out this sweet potato detox soup!