Easy and so incredibly delicious, these Smashed Sweet Potatoes with Browned Butter, Parmesan, Bacon and Sage will be a crowd favorite not only for the holidays, but ALL year long!
This is a sponsored post on behalf of Honest Cooking in association with The North Carolina SweetPotato Commission. As always, all opinions are 100% my own. Thank you for supporting the brands that help make The Beach House Kitchen possible.
Hello folks! How’s everyone’s week going? Did you all enjoy your Halloween? Binge on a little too much candy? I was on my best behavior this year. I saved all the candy for the trick or treaters on Halloween night. (Probably because I ate one piece too many in the weeks leading up to Halloween, but that’s beside the point.)
As I promised on Monday, today I’m sharing one of my favorite Thanksgiving side dishes. And the bonus with today’s recipe is that it can also serve double duty as an appetizer! Now if I’m being totally honest, it’s not only a favorite at Thanksgiving. We enjoy sweet potatoes ALL year round at our house. In fact, I probably incorporate more sweet potatoes into our diet than regular potatoes. I switch up regular fries for sweet potatoes fries, I use it in our breakfast hash, add it to muffins, and even add it to our chili.
So when the North Carolina SweetPotato Commission asked me to create a deliciously quick and easy recipe showcasing sweet potatoes as part of their initiative, Be Sweet More Often, I had a few of my favorites to choose from. Their initiative is about finding ways to make a difference and make our lives and those of others a little sweeter in honor of World Kindness Day on November 13th.
So let’s talk sweet potatoes, shall we. The North Carolina SweetPotato Commission has supported its growers and maintained North Carolina as the #1 sweet potato producing state in the U.S. since 1971. Sweet potatoes are more flavorful, and they’re incredibly versatile and convenient for so many dishes. They’re packed with vitamin A, and a medium sweet potato is just a little over 100 calories. Quite impressive aren’t they?
I decided on my Smashed Sweet Potatoes with Browned Butter, Parmesan, Bacon and Sage because you only need a handful of ingredients, and they’re the perfect way to make your meal or someone else’s a little sweeter. I know, the title’s a mouthful, but each ingredient really lends to the fabulous flavor of these little beauties, so it just didn’t seem right to leave anything out.
First, you roast your sweet potatoes that have been cut into 1 inch rounds, and then you slather them with some browned butter. I know, I know, we could have stopped there because sweet potatoes with browned butter are crazy amazing on their own, but I decided to make them even better with a sprinkle of brown sugar, parmesan, bacon and sage. What a combo guys. I know you’re going to love these ALL year long! To grab the recipe just pop on over to The North Carolina SweetPotato Commission.
So Be Sweet More Often, and whip up a batch of these yummy sweet potatoes for family and friends. You won’t be disappointed. Enjoy!
Absolutely love these MaryAnn! That texture is amazing and you pretty much had me at bacon! Love love love these!
The browned butter is amazing too Debs! So glad you like them!
What a great way to enjoy sweet potatoes! And like you, I could totally eat this year-round :) Beautiful!
Yes! Totally a year round dish Jennifer.
We didn’t get one trick-or-treater, Mare! Not one! And I didn’t eat any candy, so I’d say our Halloween was super uneventful. ;) Anyways, woot woot to NC sweet potatoes!!!! You are going to giggle when you see my post next Thursday, girlfriend! Clearly we had the same exact craving, but went about things in a completely different way. Great minds crave alike? <3 These smashed 'taters look amazing!! I could definitely eat these for an appetizer and then with my main meal! SO good! Pinned of course! Cheers! Xoxo
I can’t wait! I’m sure your recipe will be amazing, as usual! They are so easy, and that browned butter, bacon and sage combo is soooo good! Happy Thursday! XO
We got less trick or treaters than last year so I was giving out handfuls of candy like crazy (and still have tons left)!! We enjoy sweet potatoes year round too and just love ’em! I’ve never had them quite like this before and I absolutely love brown butter (who doesn’t) so Pinning this one! Happy (almost) weekend! XO
know, that browned butter makes everything amazing Dawn! Happy Almost Weekend to you too! XO
So lovely and a perfect dish for Thanksgiving…or any day! :) Can’t wait to try them!
Hope you love them Annie!!
Wow, these sound and look beyond amazing! What a wonderful combination of ingredients! My family will LOVE these!
Enjoy Chris! So happy you’ll all be together for Thanksgiving this year! So fun!
Love sweet potatoes and they are always my favorite part of the Thanksgiving meal. Love the way these look and they sound like they are full of flavor!
So do I Karen! So much more flavor than the regular potato!
I’ve been obsessed with sweet potatoes lately and I was just looking at recipes for smashed sweet potatoes last night. Your addition of browned butter means I MUST make these sooner rather than later :). Have a great weekend, Mary Ann!
Yay! Hope you love these Kelsie!
I make smashed potatoes all the time..But never thought of replacing them with the healthier sweet potatoes..Brown butter, brown sugar, sage and bacon..You have me drooling already!!
You’ll definitely need to give these a try then Deepika! They’re sooo delicious!
Genius way to prepare sweet potatoes and so perfect for the holidays!
They’re so delicious Leigh Ann. It’s hard to beat the browned butter and bacon! And the sweet potatoes are so much more flavorful.
vitamix giveaway and awesome sweet potatoes all in one place? YES PLEASE! my favs!
Lol! Good luck Lindsay!
Love these! Maybe it’s the bacon :) but probably it’s the whole combination of yumminess! These would be perfect for anytime of the year!
It’s not just the bacon Kathy! The flavor of the sweet potatoes with that browned butter is amazing. The bacon is just the cherry on top!
I eat sweet potatoes all year long and I am always looking for new recipes. This one looks so good. Pinned!
Can’t wait for you to try it Gerlinde!
I love sweet potatoes, Mary Ann – so looking forward to trying these. Sweet potatoes make such a good base to layer all kinds of flavors on top – and they are super healthy too!
I totally agree Geraldine! These are so flavorful!
These are literally heaven.
Thanks Jennifer!
Bacon and sage on a sweet potato! My mouth is watering!
It’s such a great combo Jennifer!
It was pouring rain here and freezing, so we had hardly any trick or treaters! Great minds think alike, Mary Ann! I have been on a sweet potato kick lately. These look amazing!! What a perfect side dish for Thanksgiving or Christmas. Cheers to the weekend!
These are so easy Katherine! And the combo of the browned butter, bacon, sage and parmesan was a winner at our house!
SO much love for sweet potatoes Mary Ann! They’re SO good for us too… A workhorse in the vegetarian diet, they are a pantry staple! I loooove how you’ve prepared them here.. those crispy edges and that browned butter! What a fabulous side or appetizer.. and this giveaway is epic!
I love them too Traci. They’re so easy to make and that slathering of browned butter…soooo good!
This is brilliant, Mary Ann. So delicious. I love how simple but flavorful they are!! Definitely making these asap.
So happy you’re going to give them a try Tessa. I think you’ll enjoy them!
These are loaded with some of my favorite things… mmmmmm!! Hope you’re having an excellent weekend! :)
Hope you are too Natasha! All the ingredients come together quite nicely! Perfect as little appetizers or a side dish.
Wow, these sounds incredible. Some of my favorites all in one recipe! Love these for a holiday side!
Thanks Tieghan!
I love sweet potatoes (and brown butter!) and these look so delicious!
Thanks Laura!
LOVE that you slathered these with browned butter!!! Brilliant! I’m seriously going to try this recipe, I love sweet potatoes!!!
Yay! Hope you enjoy it Alice!
I LOVE how you sliced these into rounds before roasting! I usually am so boring and just do fries or cubes- definitely want to do rounds next time. :) You dressed them up perfectly for fall with the sage and bacon. Well done, friend.
I really hope you give these a try Emily! They are absolutely delicious!
I would make a sweet potato casserole and share with our new post office worker. We are a small community and we want her to feel welcome. Thanks for the chance!
Sweet Brenda! Good luck!
Seriously Michelle? Why don’t you just keep your hate mail to yourself? I guess you just missed the EASY link to click on to grab the recipe.