Start with a sweet potato base and you can eliminate thickeners. Pureed sweet potatoes are creamy and dense. You don't need to add a lot of ingredients to create a good-tasting dish. Aromatic seasonings, such as cinnamon, ginger and curry powder, bring out the sweet potato's natural flavors. You don't have to serve a lot of dishes to have a satisfying meal.
Sweet potatoes are very filling.
You don't even need to stand over a hot stove. For a quick weeknight dinner, microwave a sweet potato, puree it and combine with a handful of sauteed or steamed vegetables. Crumble on crisp-cooked bacon and you're ready to eat. Once you're seduced by the pleasures of the sweet potato, prepare a more elaborate Sweet Potato and Sausage Soup. Bake the potato to concentrate its sweetness, then puree and simmer with pork sausage balls.