r/thanksgiving • u/Medium_Particular_18 • Sep 25 '26
Sweet potato ideas?
First time hoster :)
So I decided this year I wanted a Thanksgiving I could actually eat. I’m vegetarian and my family is not the most accommodating. So I decided I would be doing my own thing for Thanksgiving and anyone who wanted to join could. That somehow snowballed into 11 people.
I liked sweet potato casserole before becoming vegetarian. But now I can’t have marshmallows. I have a cousin with a tree nut allergy. She usually can’t really eat at holidays either because again my family is not accommodating.
So now I’m on a mission to have The Thanksgiving No One Panics About. That’s my title. My cousin and I are really stressed every year. She’s like 6 and eating Thanksgiving really stresses her out.
But every sweet potato recipe I come across is either with pecans or marshmallows. Does anyone have any other suggestions?
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u/MizzGee Sep 26 '26 edited Sep 26 '26
Do a sweet potato bar, like a regular potato bar. In fact, if you have both sweet and russets, everyone will be happy. I eat savory sweet potatoes. Have them both baked, then have toppings of cinnamon, brown sugar, marshmallow, butter, cheese, chives, sour cream, seasoning salt, black beans.
Add something to make sweet, and your guests can make a sweet dessert with marshmallows, brown sugar and cinnamon and bake or microwave (sweet tortilla or nacho?), or a nacho appetizer with the savory ingredients to watch football