My Thanksgiving leftovers discovery

[Retrograde]

a few years ago I made a large batch of cranberry sauce, which no one but me seems to really like. I had quite a bit leftover, so I decided to use it in muffins. I used a recipe for blueberry muffins, and because the cranberries already had a lot of sugar didn't add any more. Came out great - and they freeze well.

OTOH, the suggestion to take your leftover stuffing, beans, sweet potatoes, and whatever else, mix them with an egg or two and try to make a new batch of muffins was not a success.

Now I'm looking for ideas on what to do with leftover sweet potatoes that isn't a pie.

[lisa58]

1. Bread? If you substitute the sweet potatoes in a...

Pumpkin bread recipe- could work

[iwillalwayswonderwhy]

2. I do this too with leftover cranberry

But I add orange zest and orange juice to the muffin mixture.

[tblue37]

3. Mash them up and spread them on toast or an English muffin.

[raging moderate]

5. Mashed sweet potatoes are almost like mashed white potatoes.

Mash them with a fork, whip them with an electric mixer. Pause, unplug the mixer, and rinse the tiny strings out of the mixer blades. Add a small amount of butter, plug the mixer back in, and whip them again. This is how I usually fix sweet potatoes.

[Diamond_Dog]

4. Two recipes I have used

I have made this many times, and it freezes well, too.

https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/cranberry-coffee-cake/

Would this be a possibility for the sweet potatoes? I’ve made them before and they were good.

https://www.budgetbytes.com/sweet-potato-biscuits/

[The Polack MSgt]

6. Make croquettes

mash the sweet potatoes & mix with mashed white potatoes and enough stuffing and gravy for it to taste somewhat thanksgiving-y

Add some AP flour and roll into balls then flatten to about 3/4 inches thick

moisten or use egg wash so that you can coat with panko

deep fry until browned and heated through

Not a low calorie option, obviously but these tasted much better than when I tried mixing the same ingredients and baking in muffin tins

[Kali]

7. are they candied or have any wierd ingredients on them?

what kind of quantity are we talking about? you can throw them into soup or stew if they are plain or just buttered. if they are candied I would clean up the presentation and give them to a neighbor or throw them in the compost pile. I don't like candied sweet potatoes.

[Retrograde]

8. Just boiled sweet potatoes and butter

they're sweet enough I don't understand adding extra sugar. About 2 cups worth - I'm leaning towards pie or souffle.

[Kali]

9. chop into chunks and pan fry

with or without onions, season with cajun salt (Tony Chachere's)

[eppur_se_muova]

10. This is my favorite sweet potato dish ...

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/15633/gourmet-sweet-potato-classic/

Sweet potato soup isn't bad, either. There's a huge number of variations, pick what suits you:
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=recipe+sweet+potato+soup

Ditto grilled sweet potato sandwiches:
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=grilled+sweet+potato+sandwich

And, of course, ditto muffins:
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=sweet+potato+muffins+recipe

[yellowdogintexas]

11. substitute them for regular potatoes in a stew

I make a beef stew with Jerk spices, carrots, tomatoes and sweet potatoes. Throw in a bunch of fresh spinach.

You can also make a nice vegetarian version with chick peas, black beans or red beans. The one we like best uses curry powder & garlic to season. Just before serving throw in a bunch of fresh spinach and let it wilt. Serve over rice.

[AKwannabe]

12. Sweet potato souffl ??

https://www.africanbites.com/sweet-potato-souffle/

[hippywife]

13. Wish I could help, but...

even with just the two of us, we eat every scrap just as it was served the first day.