Mashed Sweet Potatoes w/Chèvre, Honey, and Roasted Grapes

I saw a recipe on Pinterest that caught my eye, the original can be found here… but I just had to try to lighten it a bit, simplify it a bit… and make it my own… Enjoy!!

Makes: 2 large or 4 small servings

Ingredients:

  1-2 cups Red Seedless Grapes

  Sea Salt (or table salt)

  2 large Sweet Potatoes

  2 oz Chèvre

  1.5 Tbl Honey

  1/2 tsp Cinnamon (Penzey's Vietnamese recommended)

  1/8 tsp Nutmeg (fresh ground is best)

Set oven to 450 F.  Line a small baking dish with foil, rinse & place the grapes in the dish in a single layer, lightly salt the grapes.  Bake for 10 minutes.

Meanwhile, microwave the Sweet Potatoes for 6 minutes, let rest a few minutes, flip them over and microwave for another 5 minutes.  For best results use pre-wrapped sweet potatoes such as "Biguns", but unwrapped sweet potatoes will also work.  Note: microwaves vary in intensity, the sweet potatoes should be cooked soft at this point.

While still hot (carefully) remove the meat of the sweet potatoes from the skin & place in a bowl for mashing.  Add to the bowl the Chèvre & Honey, along with Cinnamon & Nutmeg.  Mash these ingredients together.

Serve the mashed Sweet Potatoes topped with the Roasted Grapes.

Note: you can swap Butternut Squash for Sweet Potatoes and it also comes out nicely.