Like me, if you are sick of serving your guests regular old mashed potatoes, you will love this recipe. This kale and goat cheese mashed sweet potatoes will be the perfect side dish for thanksgiving. And you can easily make it ahead and reheat it in the microwave.
I make this recipe using a variety of greens – spinach, swiss chard, arugula…but kale is my favorite for this recipe. I used a log of herb encrusted chevre cheese because I like the flavor of the herbs. But any kind of good goat cheese will do.
If you like your mashed sweet potatoes to be sweet, add 2 tablespoons brown sugar or maple syrup to this recipe. Serve kale and goats cheese mashed sweet potato with my thanksgiving tofu skin roulade and sage mushroom stuffing.
Kale and Goat Cheese Mashed Sweet Potato Recipe
serves about 4
Ingredients
2 lb (about 2 large) sweet potatoes or garnet yams
4 cups shredded kale
4 oz goat cheese
1 cup milk
Salt, freshly cracked black pepper
Method
Peel the sweet potato or yams. Cut into even sized 1 inch cubes. Place the sweet potatoes in a large pot filled with water. Boil uncovered for 15 minutes or till they are very soft.
Drain the sweet potatoes well and leave them in the colander.
In the same pot, add the kale, goats cheese and milk and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer till the kale has just wilted. Add salt and pepper. Turn off heat.
Add the cooked sweet potatoes to the hot kale and milk. Mash well. If the mashed sweet potato is too thick, add more milk to thin it out to your liking.
What fantastic flavors! An exquisite side dish.
Cheers,
Rosa
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Gorgeous looking dish
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Looks very good!!
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WHOA. Stopped me in my tracks. Last Thanksgiving I served a mashed potato with kale, olive oil and garlic. I think this wins.
Cheers,
*Heather*
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This is such a brilliant idea! I love goat cheese and kale and sweet potatoes!
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You know & use a lot of unique stuff in your food!
Kale, goat cheese, chard, arugula, chevre, roulade, sage …… man I don’t even know half of these things!
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This is a great idea! This looks very hearty, I am going to definitely try making it
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i am making this for dinner today.. you inspired me.. i will send you a pic and let you know how it turns out.. thanks for the dinner inspiration
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Sala @ Veggie Belly Reply:
November 20th, 2011 at 6:56 pm
yes, i’d love to see a picture!
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This looks delicious! Sweet potatoes are definitely my favorite Thanksgiving day food!
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This looks so good! Too bad I don’t have goat cheese handy right now…. All the stores closed for TG day. Oh well there is always tomorrow.
Cheers,
Heguiberto
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What a wonderful combination of ingredients in the recipe! Love sweet potatoes and this recipe is a treasure to keep.
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This is so beautiful. I have never tried sweet potato.
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Oooo. A new way to dish to sneak kale into! Love it!
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This looks absolutely amazing! I would have never thought of combining goat cheese and sweet potatoes in the same dish! I can’t wait to try it.
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Your tofu skin wrap for Thanksgiving brought me here. This looks so divine. I must try it as a side dish.
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this was amazing! I pinned it on pinterest and so many repins! I used one sweet potato and kinda halved everything else. I also threw in some non fat yogurt in the diary part. So yummy. I can’t wait to try other ingredients, maybe some bacon, some red pepper flakes?
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I haven’t made this but I am going to soon for my 11 month old baby. I think he will love it. Good nutrients. I may have to use a difference cheese than goat. So excited!
thanks,
Shefali
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That’s a really great and simple recipe. We use a lot of kale and goats cheese too. The kale grows right into the coldest of winters, while the goats cheese is better for eczema nd asthma sufferers. Sweet potato also has a more complex mix of carbohydrates than regular starchy potato so you get your energy on a more slow release, which is better for you.
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OM goodness…can I tell you how amazing this was? Thanks so much for the recipe!!
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This looks incredible! Will be making this over the weekend.
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I made this the other night and it was so delicious! It will definitely be on the table this Thanksgiving. Thank you for the recipe
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