I like them very plain. Just boiled or baked and then mashed with a little salt. Anyone who wants butter just puts that on at the table. I think they're just fine that way. I don't need to "guild the lily."

You know.. I've never had a sweet potato. Not that I can remember anyway. I don't know anyone that eats them either.

A friend roasted a beef brisket and threw in some mushrooms and quartered sweet potatoes. She sprinkled a packet of Lipton Onion & Mushroom soup mix over all of it, covered the pan with foil, and baked for 3 hours at 350F degrees. It was delicious!

If you like spicy foods, they are really good mashed with a bit of broth or ff milk and one or two chipotle peppers chopped (the kind in adobo sauce.)

I cook sweet potatoes or open a can, run my immersion blender thru them until they are whipped and creamy, use the juice from the can or some added water to fresh ones to help give you a creamy texture, then I like to top with some simmered raisins and cinnamon. A spinkling of nuts is good too. You can add sugar, artificial sweetener or agave nectar to add sweetness if you like. I don't even need to use butter when I make them this way.

I LOVE sweet potatoes! I just like mine baked with a little butter and cinnamon... mm sooo good. I've been wanting some lately.. maybe I'll bake up one here shortly.

You can also make sweet potato pie;)

I make a dish like this all the time: mash up half a cooked sweet potato (stab some holes, then eight minutes on high in the microwave) and mash it onto a low-carb tortilla. Then saute half an onion and some garlic, add about a cup of canned black beans in liquid and keep sauteing 'til the bean liquid mostly evaporates. Sometimes I mash the bean mixture with a piece or two of Laughing Cow Lite herb & garlic cheese so it gets to-die-for creamy. Toss that on top of the sweet potato and oh momma, what a ridiculously delicious meal.

Seriously, this is in my desert island top three meals. Although if you're going for simple, I echo a bunch of other people on sweet potato fries -- I toss them with the bare minimum of olive oil and 2:1 ratio of paprika to cinnamon. Almost dangerously good.

As baked fries-they are awesome. Baked & mashed, ditto. My favorite is wrapping them in foil & eating them like a regular baked potato. I've also peeled and chunked them to put into crock pot chili, roasted them with olive oil & herbs.
I love sweet potatoes pretty much any way except that syrupy casserole with the marshmallows on top!

Yay for this thread :)
I was going to post a thread on sweet potatos myself, but you just saved me the hassel :)
I've never had sweet potatos, but, I'm going to buy some and try making "fries"

I like to have them sliced up and sprinkled with a little bit of salt and pepper and then baked in the oven. They are so tasty.. I want one now.

Actually, they are really good baked whole as well. Then mashed up with some butter. They need to be baked until they are soft and squishy on the outside.

I baked one today--just washed it wrapped it in aluminum foil and baked it in the oven for about an hour. When it was done I split it open and topped with about a tablespoon of marshmallow creme, so good.

Vettelvr - yum!!! That sounds delish.

I used to be afraid of sweet potatos too. Then I went to a friends house and she made just plain baked with butter. They were AWESOME! I had no idea i was missing out on such flavour.