Sweet Potato Mash (with a secret ingredient)

Derek and I are not cream and sugar people. We like our coffee black and bitter. That's not to say we don't enjoy a latte every now and then, but in the morning, we like to enjoy the pure coffee taste.

Sometimes we forget this. Sometimes something in the grocery store looks too good to pass up. Something like this:

If we liked cream in our coffee, I'm sure this would be great. But, as we found out the morning after we bought it, we don't. We couldn't simply let this go to waste, though, so we had to find another use for it.

OK, actually the only plan I had for this was to bring it to the faculty room at work- teachers need a lot of coffee, after all. But, as I was preparing dinner, I had a brilliant idea- put some in my sweet potato mashed potatoes. Let me just say, if you love everything fall and everything pumpkin, you will love this!

What you need:

three sweet potatoes- washed and peeled

about 3/4 cup Bailey's Pumpkin Spice Coffee Creamer (more of less depending on your preference for    consistency and taste)

1 tablespoon butter

salt

pepper

garlic powder

What you do:

Cut and boil the potatoes in salt water. Keep them cooking until they are very tender. Drain the water. add the butter, cream, pepper, and garlic powder and whip with a hand mixer until you reach the desired consistency. That's it! Super easy!

I served this as a side to turkey meatloaf (which was delightful! I didn't measure a single thing, otherwise I'd post a recipe- will do soon.) and steamed broccoli. 

This is an absolutely perfect, easy, and healthy fall comfort meal :) Enjoy!