I will never make sweet potatoes any other way again.

I found a recipe on the Internet which combined sweet potatoes with pears. I was intrigued, but the recipe had about two dozen steps and called for baking the potatoes for an hour and pureeing for another half hour. This busy diva does not have time.

So out of my kitchen came this dish. I just mashed it all. I may never make sweet potatoes any other way ever again. That good, dah-ling.

Mashed Sweet Potatoes & Pears

3 sweet potatoes, peeled and cubed

8 oz. evaporated milk (I used fat free)

a couple drops of vanilla

2 spoonfuls of brown sugar

¼ stick of butter

2 pinches of cinnamon

1 pinch of nutmeg

2 pears, peeled and sliced

½ cup white wine

Cook and mash the potatoes.
Add the milk, vanilla, sugar, butter, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
Poach the pears in wine and ¼ water.
When the pears are soft enough, mash into the sweet potato mixture.

Make it a meal: Serve with Crock Pot Portuguese Chicken

Wine: Chardonnay with the potatoes, Pinot Noir or Sangiovese with the Chicken

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