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November 15, 2016

Slow Cooker Mashed Sweet Potatoes

Slow Cooker Mashed Sweet Potatoes – the perfect simple & easy side dish for Thanksgiving. Best of all, super creamy and cooks entirely in your crock pot to help free up your oven. No preboiling required!

Slow Cooker Mashed Sweet Potatoes make the perfect easy side dish. They cook up super creamy all in your crock-pot! The best part about them is that there is no pre-boiling required!Slow Cooker Mashed Sweet Potatoes make the perfect easy side dish. They cook up super creamy all in your crock-pot! The best part about them is that there is no preboiling required!

If there’s one thing I look forward to on Thanksgiving and any big holiday meal, it’s the assortment of side dishes.

While everyone is lining up for a piece of the big bird and dessert, I am happily grabbing some sort of roasted vegetables. A plate of Maple Cinnamon Butternut Squash or these Balsamic Brussels Sprouts is always a must.

And it’s not a special feast without some savory mashed sweet potatoes. They are my kiddos favorite dish and seriously all they would eat for 3 months straight when they were just starting on solids.

I love using my slow cooker to make potatoes like these. A few favorites include Slow Cooker Mashed Potatoes,  Slow Cooker Rosemary Tri-Color Potatoes and Slow Cooker Pizza Potatoes. They all help free up the oven and the best part is –> no preboiling required!

Slow Cooker Mashed Sweet Potatoes make the perfect easy side dish. They cook up super creamy all in your crock-pot! The best part about them is that there is no pre-boiling required!

Slow Cooker Mashed Sweet Potatoes

To start, you’ll want to slice them in half or quarters which helps to cut down the cooking time – it usually takes about 2.5 hours on high in my slow cooker.

Once they’re soft and tender, just grab your electric mixer or a potato masher and mash them directly in the crock pot with some seasoning.

I like to add some minced garlic, milk, butter, thyme and some salt and black pepper. We usually keep them fairly simple but you can totally jazz them up if you’d like.

Sprinkle some cinnamon or nutmeg to spice them up or roast up your garlic and brown your butter for an even fancier version. For a vegan or paleo version, just use almond milk and coconut oil instead of butter.

Slow Cooker Mashed Sweet Potatoes make the perfect easy side dish. They cook up super creamy all in your crock-pot! The best part about them is that there is no pre-boiling required!

These mashed sweet potatoes whip up smooth and creamy and completely dreamy-licious.

And, these make a great make ahead side dish. You can cook the potatoes the day before which helps to free up your oven for Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Slow Cooker Mashed Sweet Potatoes make the perfect easy side dish. They cook up super creamy all in your crock-pot! The best part about them is that there is no pre-boiling required!Slow Cooker Mashed Sweet Potatoes make the perfect easy side dish. They cook up super creamy all in your crock-pot! The best part about them is that there is no preboiling required!

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More easy side dishes:

Slow Cooker Orange Glazed Carrots

Slow Cooker Orange Ginger Glazed Carrots plus 2 other holiday side dishes to help free up your oven. Recipes include Balsamic Brussels Sprouts and Parmesan Sage Mashed Sweet Potatoes - easy dump and go recipes perfect for the holidays! Best of all, they're made entirely in your crock-pot with no oven or stove time!

Balsamic Brussels Sprouts

Slow Cooker Balsamic Brussels Sprouts plus 2 other holiday side dishes to help free up your oven. Recipes include Orange Ginger Glazed Carrots and Parmesan Sage Mashed Sweet Potatoes - easy dump and go recipes perfect for the holidays! Best of all, they're made entirely in your crock-pot with no oven or stove time!

Roasted Rainbow Vegetables

Rainbow Roasted Vegetables makes the perfect easy side dish in a fun presentation for kids and adults. Best of all, this recipe is so easy to customize using any vegetables you like. Great for Sunday meal prep and leftovers are perfect for work or school lunchboxes or lunch bowls. Also great for parties for St. Patrick's Day or potluck and summer BBQ's.

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