Favorite Healthy Sweet Potato Recipes
I love savory dishes with sweet potatoes for an occasional splurge and here are my Favorite Healthy Sweet Potato Recipes! If sweet potatoes seem like too much of a carb indulgence for you, I do have suggestions for making many of these dishes lower in carbs!
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For years I was one of those people who’d wrinkle their nose up at the mere mention of sweet potatoes (or yams as they are often mistakenly called.) Then I tried Spicy Sweet Potato Fries and had a sweet potato epiphany. I realized that what I don’t like is those overly-sweet dishes with sweet potatoes that so many people serve for Thanksgiving.
Since then I’ve experimented with savory sweet potato recipes and now sweet potatoes seem like a must-have vegetable for Thanksgiving in my family. Of course they aren’t low in carbs, so they’re a special treat for me, but here are my Favorite Healthy Sweet Potato Recipes.
And many of these recipes can be made lower in carbs by using fewer sweet potatoes and more of the lower-carb ingredients, so notice those tips in this post. If you like sweet potatoes enough to indulge when it’s sweet potato season, I bet some of these favorite sweet potato recipes might be fun to add to your menu for a treat.
Are they yams or sweet potatoes?
Even though they are often mistakenly called yams in U.S. grocery stores, the vegetables used to make these recipes are orange-fleshed sweet potatoes! But your store may call them yams or sweet yams.
Looking for Thanksgiving Ideas that are really low in Carbs?
Check out Keto Side Dishes, Appetizers, and Salads for the Holidays or Low-Carb and Gluten-Free Thanksgiving Side Dish Recipes if you’re looking for special Thanksgiving ideas that are really low in carbs!
Roasted Sweet Potatoes and Brussels Sprouts is a delicious sweet potato recipe for Thanksgiving, or any time you want a special side dish. And of course you can use just a few sweet potatoes and lots more Brussels Sprouts to make this lower in carbs.
If you’re preparing Thanksgiving dinner for a crowd you may like the appeal of these easy and tasty CrockPot Sweet Potatoes, cooked entirely in the slow cooker! You can use a large oval slow cooker if you don’t have this casserole-shaped one!
Roasted Sweet Potatoes, Sausage, and Broccoli Sheet Pan Meal is a recipe that’s been hugely popular on the blog, and this is easy to make lower in carbs by using more sausage and broccoli and less sweet potatoes if you’d prefer that!
When we tested the recipe we swooned over this Sweet Potato Gratin and this is a hit with everyone who likes the tangy flavor of goat cheese. This has been a Thanksgiving fave for my family, although we do have some sweet potato avoiders.
Sweet Potato Bites with Feta are a delicious healthy nibble featuring sweet potatoes. This is perfect for a holiday meal and if you use portion control it’s not a huge splurge on carbs.
Instant Pot Mexican Pork Stew has bacon, peppers, and sweet potatoes providing texture and flavor, and this is delicious! You can use less sweet potatoes and more of the other ingredients if you prefer a lower-carb version.
Turkey Sweet Potato Chili recently got a slight update, so now this is a delicious no-bean chili recipe with more turkey and green pepper to make it a chili recipe that’s quite low in net carbs!
I love these Air Fryer Sweet Potato Fries, but if you don’t have an Air Fryer just use the oven and bake my Spicy Sweet Potato Fries!
Fellow Feta Cheese fans are going to love these Sweet Potatoes with Feta!
Instant Pot Split Pea Soup isn’t too photogenic, but my version has ham, sweet potatoes, and red bell pepper and this is so tasty!
More Tasty Savory Sweet Potato Recipes:
- Twice-Baked Sweet Potatoes
- Grilled Sweet Potato Salad
- Sweet Potatoes and Mushrooms
- Turkey Sweet Potato Stew
- Turkey, Sweet Potato, and Black Bean Soup
- Slow Cooker Turkey Soup with Kale and Sweet Potatoes
24 Comments on “Favorite Healthy Sweet Potato Recipes”
Sweet potatoes + Feta; how can you go wrong!
Those double baked sweet potatoes look incredible! I'm making those asap.
Joanne, we are in complete agreement about the marshmallows!
Sweet potatoes are my favorite part of the Thanksgiving meal! But minus the marshmallows. 😛
Thanks Jeanette; hope you and your parents enjoy!
I've got a few roasted sweet potatoes sitting in my fridge so I'll be trying one of these recipes tomorrow – my parents love eating sweet potatoes so I'll share this with them as well. Thanks Kalyn!
mmmmmmm love this!!! Need to try it soon.
So glad you like them!
Kalyn, what a yummy collection of good-for-you sweet potato recipes. They all look delicious!
Joanne, I am not surprised to hear that you're a sweet potato lover! Hope you have fun trying one or two of these.
Mel, your salad ideas are awesome! Thanks for sharing.
Yum I love sweet potato and we eat it a lot. ALWAYS savoury! I just don't understand why so many people add sugar! ICK!
I often roast cubes of sweet potato and keep them in the fridge to add to salads – a favourite is with rocket/arugula, steamed green beans, a few pine nuts and some blue cheese. And maybe a bit of grilled proscuitto. Or even just a basic salad with green leaves, tomato, avocado, red onion and maybe a bit of fetta.
My love for sweet potatoes knows no bounds and I can't wait to try out some of these for the big day!
Thanks Erica! Glad you like the recipes.
Wonderful list!I love sweet potatoes and all your recipes look delicious.
Donna, I buy Sumac online from the Spice house. Love it.
You always have a way to make me NOT miss the sugar! One question: I have never cooked with sumac. Where do I find it?
Donna
YUM!!
I did not appreciate sweet potatoes until a few years ago, probably because the ones I remember from growing up were the syrupy ones that came in a can, but now I do love them simply baked as well as baked sweet potato fries. Your soy glazed sweet potatoes with sesame seeds look especially good.
Thanks everyone for the nice thoughts about my sweet potato ideas. And I love the idea of sweet potato gratin with winter greens from Elizabeth. I'm gone away for the weekend visiting my sister's family but just thought I'd check in.
I am in the same camp with you on the sickly sweet sweet potato recipes. I can handle them diced and then cooked in a covered dish in the oven with butter, salt and cinnamon but NO SUGAR PLEASE! My absolute favorite savory sweet potato recipe is a gratin with winter greens on top of the sweet potatoes. Its my new favorite Thanksgiving dish. And then I always love sweet potato black bean burritos made with the leftover Thanksgiving turkey meat too.
I definitely prefer the savory sweet potatoes to the sweet. And since I'm the cook in the family, everyone else is learning to love savory, too!
Kalyn, I enjoy visiting your blog! I love your recipes. I have tried so many of them and they are always delicious. The breakfast casseroles are a staple at my house. Thank you!
Comment disappeared….. Who ever came up with the bright idea of marshmallows on sweet potatoes should be banished from the table…. These look delicious!
I wouldn't know where to start. They all look so delicious. If I had to pick one, it would be the one with the red onions!