Sweet Potato Season: 12 Great Recipes

Photography By Jill Melton | Last Updated February 27, 2017

Four varieties of sweet potatoes from the Richland Park Farmers Market. From left, Purple Passion, Standard, Japanese and Vardamon.

From stew to soup to chili, sweet potatoes make any dish autumnal. Most varieties of sweet potatoes are interchangeable in cooking.

We love all the funky varieties of sweet potatoes found at the farmers market in the fall. Here are 7 of our favorite recipes using this colorful tuber.

Sweet Potato Peanut Chicken Stew

We love this recipe excerpted from Soul Food Love (Clarkson Potter, 2015) by Alice Randall and Caroline Randall Williams. We add chopped sweet potatoes and use vegetable or chicken broth in place of...

Lentil Stew with Sweet Potatoes and Lamb

Power Vegetable Coconut Curry

This super-powered healthy vegan bowl is loaded with mind and body nutrients and delicious taboot. It's from chef and home cook Kim Yokely, massage therapist and private chef to Jill Scott in...

Samantha's Roasted Sweet Potatoes

Samantha Baize Creamer's spiced roasted sweet potatoes even her kids adore.

Sweet Potato & Black Bean Chili

This vegetarian chili takes perfectly to a host of other ingredients. Saute the onion in bacon for a smoky, meaty version, add chicken, beef or pork, or add chiles or roasted peppers.

Chef Keith Batts Roasted Butternut Sweet Chili Bisque

Recipe brought to you by Keith Batts, of Cookies by Keith! This recipe was featured at The Edible Kitchen on Saturday November 19th.

Sweet Potato Pie with Orange Meringue

This recipe, courtesy of Juniper Green, will be the star of your Thanksgiving festivities.

Sweet Potato, Kale, and Red Lentil Soup

Melissa Haithcock of the blog ahappyhealthyheart.com cooked up this hearty vegetarian soup at The Edible Kitchen in November.

Sweet Potato Biscuits with Sorghum Butter

Sweet Potato Puree To make the sweet potato puree: pierce one 12-ounce sweet potato and roast at 350° for about 1 hour, until tender. Let the sweet potato cool slightly, then peel and puree in a...

Buffalo Chicken Spinach Stuffed Sweet Potatoes

Registered dietitian and chef Whitney Reist threw these stuffed sweet potatoes together from leftovers she had in the fridge. There's a million ways to vary this recipe - use arugula or kale in place...

Sweet Potatoes Dauphinois

Gratin dauphinois is a French dish of sliced potatoes baked in milk or cream, from the Dauphiné region in south-eastern France. There are many variants of the name of the dish, including this one...

Sweet Potato Rounds with Basil Pesto

Perfect fall appetizers that we served at our fall farm dinner at Katharos Farm. Sweet Potatoes from Delvin Farm with pesto and creamy goat cheese and spiced pecans. Yum.