8 recipes for sweetie potatoes

Let’s show some love for sweet potatoes, the most colorful vegetable at the grocery store these days and a pocket of soft and creamy sweetness amongst all the bitter, rugged, dark leafy greens. (I love them, too.)

At this point in the season, you might not want to look at another sweet potato, but look again because there are so many ways to eat them! Double down on their sweetness. Contrast with freshness and crunch. Crisp them in the oven. Smush them into a smushy puree or even a soup. See what I mean in the following eight recipes, which have gift links when possible.

Chicken with caramelized shallots & dates

The recipe tester called this sweet potato mash a revelation.

Roasted Roots With Green Salsa

Photograph by Isa Zapata, food styling by Pearl Jones, prop styling by Marina Bevilacqua

If you don’t have fresh tomatillos right now, use jarred salsa verde.

Sweet Potato Soup with Honey Butter

With enough chile flakes and vinegar to keep it from cloying.

Chicken & sweet potatoes with shooting stars

If it’s not grilling season for you, char your potatoes under the broiler.

Pan-Roasted Sweet Potatoes and Tempeh

Photograph by Emma Fishman. Food Styling by Pearl Jones.

The real star of this vegan dinner is the smoky chipotle oil that’s used to roast sweet potatoes, fry tempeh crumbles into bacon-y crumbles, and even used to dress the apple-cilantro salad.

Roasted Sweet Potatoes and Spinach With Feta

Lennart Weibull for the New York Times. Stylist: Victoria Granof

With the jolt of pickled jalapeño brine.

Sweet Potato Bake

My mom’s specialty.

Fudgy, sweet potatoes.