Sweet Potato Challenge ~ Melissa

Even though you get the soldier's review on the recipe, here's what I think about this dish!  When Steve chose sweet potatoes, he said we couldn't use brown sugar or marshmallows, which was fine by me because I never make them that way.  Something weird about using marshmallows, I dunno.  But anyway, there aren't too many things made with sweet potatoes, so I started thinking of what is made with regular potatoes I could use sweet potatoes instead.  I came up with gnocchi!  After doing a little online inspiration searching, I realized my idea is not original, there are many recipes out there for sweet potato gnocchi.  So I found one that sounded pretty easy for a first-timer, and then tweaked it for the flavors I wanted to use.  I also found the sauce recipe online, again tweaking it for my flavors.  I must say this turned out pretty dang good!  I think all the flavors worked well, and the sweetness of the sweet potatoes brings it to another level, not just pasta with a yummy sauce.  I can probably use some more practice on my actual gnocchi making, but they weren't too rubbery, and weren't undercooked, so I think it was a nice first time success!  We'll be making this again for sure!  Fair warning though, this takes a long time to make, so make sure you have a few hours to devote to it before you start! :-)