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This healthier sweet potato casserole with marshmallows is made with golden raisins, crushed pineapple and spices topped with pecans and mini marshmallows.

Best Sweet Potato Casserole Recipe

A healthy and lighter classic sweet potato casserole sweetened naturally with pineapple and golden raisins. To be honest with you, I’ve never understood the entire marshmallow thing but after making this recipe, I totally get it! It’s the right mixture of sweet and savory and the colours are only beautiful making this a beautiful addition to your Thanksgiving table. Also great for Christmas or Easter! A few of my favorite Thanksgiving side dishes are Cranberry Pear Sauce, Green Bean Casserole and Brussels Sprouts Gratin.

Why This Works

• Healthy: Sweet potatoes are a superb source of vitamin A (from beta-carotene), vitamin C, manganese, and several other other vitamins and minerals, including potassium and B vitamins.
• High in Antioxidants: Sweet potatoes have a high antioxidant content, particularly from beta-carotene
• Lighter and fewer sugar: Uses crushed tomatoes and golden raisins for added sweetness.
• Dairy-free: There’s no milk or butter on this recipe.
• Gluten-free: There’s no flour
• Egg-free: No eggs added!

Ingredients

(see full recipe and measurements below)

• Mashed Sweet Potatoes: sweet potatoes, about 5 medium
• Natural sweeteners: golden raisins and unsweetened crushed pineapple
• Added Sweeter: 1 teaspoon agave, honey, maple syrup or brown sugar
• Spices: cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice
• Sweet Potato Casserole Topping: Chopped pecans and mini marshmallows

How To Make Sweet Potato Casserole with Marshmallows

1. Peel and chop sweet potatoes into large chunks.
2. Boil in a pot with water until fork-tender.
3. Drain potatoes; return them to the pot.
4. Preheat oven to 400°F.
5. Mash potatoes with a potato masher or hand mixer; add in raisins, agave, spices, and pineapple.
6. Spray a round baking dish (pie, casserole, or ramekins) with oil.
7. Fill the dish with the sweet potato mixture.
8. Top with pecans and marshmallows.
9. Bake for quarter-hour.

Variations

• Butter: There’s no butter needed for this recipe, but when you wish to add some, stir in 1 tablespoon unsalted butter.
• Pecan crumble: If you wish to omit the marshmallows, create a pecan topping with more chopped pecans and a few brown sugar.
• Vanilla: Add some vanilla extract for more flavor or do this Vanilla Sweet Potato Casserole with Streusel Topping.

boil sweet potatoes
mash sweet potatoes
add raisins, spices and pineapple

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Prep: 10 minutes mins

Cook: 30 minutes mins

Total: 40 minutes mins

Yield: 10 servings

Serving Size: 1 /tenth

• Cut sweet potatoes into large chunks; boil potatoes in a big pot covered with water until potatoes are soft if pierced with a fork. Drain and return to the pot.

• Preheat the oven to 400F.

• Mash the sweet potatoes and add in raisins, agave, spices and pineapple.

• Frivolously spray a pie dish, casserole dish and even individual ramekins with oil, spoon in sweet potatoes.

• Sprinkle with pecans and marshmallows.

• Bake for quarter-hour.

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Serving: 1 /tenth, Calories: 132.5 kcal, Carbohydrates: 29.5 g, Protein: 1.5 g, Fat: 2 g, Sodium: 15.5 mg, Fiber: 2.5 g, Sugar: 10.5 g