Weight Watchers Recipe: Skinny Sweet Potato Casserole with Granola Crumble
I whipped up this yummy skinny sweet potato casserole with granola crumble for Thanksgiving this year.
My sister texted the next day asking for the recipe, always a good sign. It's definitely a recipe I plan to make again.
Sweet Potato Casserole Recipe Notes
I adapted the recipe from this one in Cooking Light.
Always on the lookout for ways to make recipes easier and more Weight Watchers friendly, I substituted Nature's Path Pumpkin Seed & Flax Granola for the homemade crumble topping.
According to my Weight Watchers Bar Scan Reader, 1 cup of this granola has 12 SmartPoints. Substitute whatever granola you think would taste good with a Points value that's acceptable.
Instead of boiling the sweet potatoes I baked them so they would be drier and more flavorful.
I also substituted low-fat evaporated milk for regular and used 1 egg instead of 2 egg whites, which is less wasteful and no difference in points since they are now both 0 Points on the Weight Watchers Freestyle Plan.
How Many Calories and Weight Watchers Points in this Skinny Slow Cooker Sweet Potato Casserole?
According to my calculations each serving of this sweet creamy and delicious lightened up sweet potato casserole has just 150 calories and
5 *SmartPoints (Green plan)
5 *SmartPoints (Blue plan)
2 *SmartPoints (Purple plan)
4 *PointsPlus (Old plan)
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It's even 70 calories less than the Cooking Light version!
Oh, I also warmed this in my Casserole Crock to save precious oven space on Thanksgiving day. I slow cooked it on low for about 3 hours, leaving it uncovered for the last hour so the topping didn't get soggy.
If you like this recipe, you might also like these Weight Watchers friendly recipes: Easy Slow Cooker Ham & Sweet Potatoes, Slow Cooker Mashed Sweet Potatoes, Slow Cooker Sweet Potato Apple Casserole, Sweet Potato Tomato Soup, Skinny Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Pumpkin Pie Spice and Red Chile and Sweet Potato Turkey Dinner in a Skillet
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Skinny Sweet Potato Casserole with Granola Crumble
Ingredients
- 3 pounds sweet potatoes
- 1 tablespoons light brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons grated orange rind
- ¼ cup fresh orange juice
- 1 teaspoon turmeric
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 large egg whites (I substituted 1 whole egg)
- 5 ounces low-fat evaporated milk
- Cooking Spray
- 1 cup pumpkin seed granola (such as Nature's Path)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Prick the sweet potato skins. Bake until tender when pieced with a sharp sharp knife. The time will depend on how large the potatoes are. Mine were small and took about 30 minutes. Large ones may take one hour or more.
- Coat a 2-quart baking dish with cooking spray and set aside.
- When the baked potatoes are cool enough to handle, peel the skins and place in a large mixing bowl (affiliate link). Add the brown sugar, rind, juice, turmeric, vanilla, salt, egg whites, and milk. Mash the mixture until smooth and then spoon into the prepared baking dish.
- Sprinkle granola over the potato mixture.
- Bake at 350F degrees for 30 to 40 minutes.
Recipe Notes
Source: Adapted from this Cooking Light recipe
*Points® calculated by WW. *PointsPlus® and SmartPoints® calculated by Simple Nourished Living; Not endorsed by Weight Watchers International, Inc. All recipe ingredients except optional items included in determining nutritional estimates. SmartPoints® values calculated WITHOUT each plan's ZeroPoint Foods (Green plan, Blue plan, Purple plan) using the WW Recipe Builder.
More Weight Watchers Friendly Sweet Potato Recipes:
- Sweet Potato Casserole (SkinnyTaste)
- Curried Sweet Potato Soup with Coconut Milk (Simple-Nourished-Living)
- Perfectly Roasted Broccoli & Sweet Potatoes (Eat Yourself Skinny)
- Hungry Girls Sans Sweet Potato Casserole (HungryGirl)
- Light & Zesty Southwestern Sweet Potato Salad (Simple-Nourished-Living)
- Sweet Potato Casserole Stacks (Emily Bites)
Martha is the founder and main content writer for Simple-Nourished-Living.
A longtime lifetime WW at goal, she is committed to balancing her love of food and desire to stay slim while savoring life and helping others do the same.
She is the author of the Smart Start 28-Day Weight Loss Challenge.
A huge fan of the slow cooker and confessed cookbook addict, when she's not experimenting in the kitchen, you're likely to find Martha on her yoga mat.
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