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By Brittney Martin

Healthy Sweet Potato Casserole

Name: Healthy Sweet Potato Casserole
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 lbs. sweet potatoes; 3 TBS coconut oil (or butter, Earth Balance, or ghee, melted); 1 cup unsweetened apple sauce; 2 tsp ground cinnamon; 1 tsp sea salt (or to taste); pinch of ground nutmeg; 1 cup chopped pecans; Extra salt & cinnamon/sugar for topping (optional); Extra salt & cinnamon/sugar for topping (optional); Extra salt & cinnamon/sugar for topping (optional)

10 steps

Prep:10minCook:30min

This Healthy Sweet Potato Casserole recipe is a delicious Thanksgiving side dish! It's only sweetened with applesauce and is paleo, vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free & sugar free!

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 04:03:23 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Good

Glycemic Index

Moderate

Glycemic Load

Moderate

Nutrition per serving

Calories194.1 kcal (10%)

Total Fat12.3 g (18%)

Carbs20.9 g (8%)

Sugars7.4 g (8%)

Protein2.2 g (4%)

Sodium263.8 mg (13%)

Fiber3.7 g (13%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

10 servings

2 lbssweet potatoes

3 TBScoconut oil

or butter, Earth Balance, or ghee, melted

1 cupunsweetened apple sauce

2 tspground cinnamon

1 tspsea salt

or to taste

ground nutmeg

1 cupchopped pecans

salt

cinnamon

sugar

for topping, optional

salt

cinnamon

sugar

for topping, optional

salt

cinnamon

sugar

for topping, optional

Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 450 degrees.

Step 2

Wrap sweet potatoes in aluminum foil or place in greased covered baking dish and bake in preheated oven until soft (about 1-1.5 hours). You can also cook them in a slow cooker, in the microwave or boil them!

Step 3

Remove from oven, cut in half and let cool.

Step 4

Remove skins and set sweet potatoes aside.

Step 5

Reduce oven to 375 degrees F.

Step 6

Add apple sauce and sweet potatoes to your blender (Vitamix) and blend until smooth

Step 7

Add melted coconut oil (butter/earth balance/ghee), cinnamon, salt and nutmeg and blend until combined.

Step 8

Transfer to a 9” baking dish and sprinkle the top with pecans and optional topping