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Orange-and-Spice Mashed Sweet Potatoes

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Serves 8 / Ingredient tip: Look for orange-fleshed sweet potatoes with dark skins, often labeled as garnet yams. They are sweeter and have a higher moisture content than pale-fleshed sweet potatoes.

2 pounds orange-fleshed sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces

2 tablespoons unsalted butter

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon ground allspice

1/2 teaspoon freshly grated (not dehydrated) orange zest

3 tablespoons reduced fat (2 percent) milk, or more to taste

1. Put potato pieces in a pot and cover with cold water by 1 inch. Bring to a boil, then simmer until tender, 8–12 minutes. Drain, then pour back into pot (if using a hand mixer) or a mixing bowl (if using a standing mixture with paddle attachment).

2. Add butter, cinnamon, allspice, and orange zest. Beat on medium speed until smooth and creamy. Add milk and beat until uniform and creamy. For a lighter texture, add a bit more milk. Stir in salt to taste.

PER SERVING: 126 cal, 21% fat cal, 3g fat, 2g sat fat, 8mg chol, 2g protein, 23g carb, 4g fiber, 65mg sodium

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In marketing natural products in the food service industry, we have gone out of our way to define natural as we all did years ago in the natural products industry. No artificial flavors, colors, minimally processed, no preservatives and now, non-GMO.  I vote to maintain natural as a certification that our industry supports and defines.

on Apr. 25, 2012