Sweet potato gnocchi with tomato sauce

Try this tasty gnocchi made with both sweet potatoes and white potatoes. The sweet potatoes count towards your five-a-day, as does the accompanying tomato sauce

Oven-roasted sweet potatoes

Make perfectly roasted sweet potatoes that are fluffy on the inside and lightly browned at the edges for a colourful side dish. Add a few sliced red onions to the roasting tin, if you like

Sweet potato tacos

Shake up your midweek meals with these colourful veggie tacos. Omit the feta and soured cream to make them vegan, or use a plant-based alternative

Air fryer sweet potato fries

Create wonderfully cooked sweet potato fries in an air fryer using very little oil. Then toss in sweet smoked paprika, Cajun or BBQ seasonings to ramp up the flavour

Spicy sweet potato hummus

Avoid waste and enjoy a filling snack by using leftover sweet potatoes in this hummus recipe – it has a spicy kick thanks to smoked paprika and chilli flakes

Sweet potato & corn cakes with tamarind bacon & avocado

Enjoy golden, Jamaican-inspired sweet potato and corn cakes with sticky, sweet bacon and crushed avocado with chilli

Oven-roasted sweet potato & courgette tortilla

Enjoy a baked rather than fried tortilla, making it healthier and easier to throw together. If you don’t have manchego, you can use cheddar or crumbled feta

Cajun chicken traybake with sweet potato wedges & chive dip

Sweet potatoes are never as crispy as regular potatoes, but they do add to your 5-a-day. We’ve used kefir in this recipe for its rich contribution of beneficial gut bacteria

Sweet potato cheesecake

Layer maple syrup, spiced sweet potato and cool cream cheese on a crushed digestive base to make this dessert. Trust us, it really works

Quinoa-coated salmon & sweet potato fishcakes

Make some quick and easy salmon fishcakes with a lovely quinoa coating. Perfect served with peas and vegetables or a side salad

Sweet potato balls

Make a Taiwanese snack favourite, sweet potato balls. They’re made with sweet potato and tapioca starch, rolled into balls and deep-fried until golden brown

Mushroom & sweet potato wellington

Wow family and friends with this mushroom and sweet potato wellington with cranberries. It makes an impressive centrepiece dish in a vegetarian Christmas