Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Candied yams. I'm not a fan of the whipped sweet potatoes with marshmallow either. Buy a can of yams, put them in a baking dish, and cover LIBERALLY with Karo corn syrup, white sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, and then pats of butter across the top. Bake at 375 until caramelized and gooey.

Enjoy your diabeetus.

Omg I can't stop laughing. Please tell me you spelled it the way wilford brimley used to say it in the commercials on purpose. Please!

Anonymous wrote:Candied yams. I'm not a fan of the whipped sweet potatoes with marshmallow either. Buy a can of yams, put them in a baking dish, and cover LIBERALLY with Karo corn syrup, white sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, and then pats of butter across the top. Bake at 375 until caramelized and gooey.

Enjoy your diabeetus.

Anonymous wrote:Candied yams. I'm not a fan of the whipped sweet potatoes with marshmallow either. Buy a can of yams, put them in a baking dish, and cover LIBERALLY with Karo corn syrup, white sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, and then pats of butter across the top. Bake at 375 until caramelized and gooey.

I just threw up in my mouth.

I make baked sweet potato fries. Yum.

Good for you! I like how you are handling this, with a big heart. "Damn marshmallows"? LOL. That's the spirit of the holiday, and your husband will be happy. (Ask me why I keep the Pillsbury Crescent Rolls on the menu year after year despite the temptation not to buy those tubes of dough!)

Anonymous wrote:My family's sweet potato casserole have a topping of brown sugar, butter, pecans, and flaked coconut.

I don't like the marshmallow version, but I would not, if I were you, make anything but that if your husband is very attached to having that for Thanksgiving. Some dishes are sacred for the holiday.

Thanks ladies. Lots of tasty suggestions to keep me busy for a season of sweet potato cooking!

For the imminent tuber task, though, I just went ahead and bought the damn marshmallows today. DH has been talking about his mother a lot lately, and it's not a fight I would have won. We've always made his family's recipes for Thanksgiving.

Fortunately, our hostess is a great cook who will have a lot of nice savory stuff prepared to counteract the glop.

My family's sweet potato casserole have a topping of brown sugar, butter, pecans, and flaked coconut.

I don't like the marshmallow version, but I would not, if I were you, make anything but that if your husband is very attached to having that for Thanksgiving. Some dishes are sacred for the holiday.

I am doing a very simple roasted sweet potato dish. Just chunks of sweet potato & Vidalia onion roasted with olive oil & thyme and sprinkled with toasted sliced almonds.

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/roasted-sweet-potatoes--onions/detail.aspx

I LOVE sweet potatoes, especially roasted, and I can't stand when people ruin them with brown sugar & marshmallows. I mean, marshmallows? Why?!

Bourbon glaze

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/gourmet-sweet-potato-classic/detail.aspx

I've made a recipe nearly identical to this one. Am trying this one this year. I think the pecans give it some texture. I'm usually not a fan of the sweet stuff commingling on my plate, but I make an exception for this.

Candied yams. I'm not a fan of the whipped sweet potatoes with marshmallow either. Buy a can of yams, put them in a baking dish, and cover LIBERALLY with Karo corn syrup, white sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, and then pats of butter across the top. Bake at 375 until caramelized and gooey.

Our family sweet potato recipe is sweet potatoes and apples. Sort of like a gratin. Slice candied sweet potatoes and also apples, then alternate layers of each. Sprinkle with brown sugar and dots of butter. Bake for 1 1/2 hours.

never allow them into the house to begin with...sorry HATE them. Never understood their appeal

This, with the addition of bacon on top. Beyond delicious

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/chipotle-smashed-sweet-potatoes-recipe/index.html

DH has already arranged with our hosts that we'd bring the standard sweet glop with mini marshmallows. It's tasty enough, especially with some extra generous splashes of o.j. and rum, but a bit too sweet and textureless for me. Our hosts would be cool with anything, and DD won't eat sweet potatoes one way or another, but I think DH will be a sourpuss if I diverge from his sainted (not) mother's recipe.

I'll probably just make the glop to keep the peace and try this recipe for home in a few weeks, but it looked quite good: http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/side-dish/recipe-sweet-potato-and-sage-gratin-018999

What are you guys doing with your sweet potatoes?