Recently, I've developed a love for sweet potatoes. I would gladly eat one every day if I could, and am already planning recipes to make when I'm in the comfort of my own kitchen this summer. I can't be the only one obsessed with this sweet, nutrient-packed vegetable. Here are 12 sweet potato recipes that will help you fall even more in love with this veggie.

1. The Thanksgiving Sweet Potato

sweet potato, cream, sweet, pumpkin
Lauren D'Amore

Start yourself off with a classic. These sweet potatoes get a little sweeter with everyone's Thanksgiving favorite — marshmallows (okay, maybe not a Thanksgiving staple, but still delicious).

2. Cinnamon Honey Sweet Potatoes

sweet, tofu
Wallis Linker

Okay, these sound like heaven. Cinnamon and sweet potatoes make the perfect combo, and the honey just adds a little something extra.

3. Spiced Sweet Potato Bread

goody, coffee, candy, pastry, brownie, cream, cake, sweet, chocolate
Clarisse Callahan

With all the spices in this bread, how could you possibly go wrong?

4. Vegetarian Sweet Potato Lentil Soup

sauce, soup, chili
Sarah Silbiger

Warm sweet potato soup will cure your winter blues. Plus, you can make it vegan simply by leaving the cheese out.

5. Peanut Butter and Sweet Potato Brownies

fudge, cake, brownie, chocolate
Nicole Laszlo

Kudos to the person who managed to take three of the best things in the world — peanut butter, sweet potatoes, and brownies — and wrap them into one. You will forever have my heart.

6. Bacon-Wrapped Sweet Potato Fries

Hui Lin

You knew sweet potato fries would have to make it in here somewhere, and what better way to incorporate them than with bacon? Sweet meets salty and makes for a delectable combination.

7. Sweet Potato Pancakes

butter, sweet, toast, wheat, flour, bread
Caitlin Murphy

No need to *flip* out, you can bring sweet potatoes to your breakfast foods too with this tasty recipe.

8. Sweet Potato, Apple, Carrot, and Feta Salad

oil, lettuce, spinach, tomato, onion, pepper, vegetable, salad
Jennifer Cao

Get healthy with me for a minute with this salad. The "little sweet potato croutons" might be my new favorite thing.

9. Sweet Potato Cookies

chocolate
Carly Gulasarian

This is something I'd never even heard of, but the cinnamon and nutmeg in these cookies sound brilliant.

10. Sausage, Egg, and Cheese Twice-Baked Breakfast Sweet Potatoes

toast, huevos rancheros, egg
Maddie Cole

Make these on a lazy Sunday morning when you've got time to whip up a hearty breakfast.

11. Sweet Potato Truffles

cake, sweetmeat, cream, goody, sweet, candy, chocolate
Analiese Trimber

Sweet potato truffles give off a very fall vibe, a nice way to take your mind off of winter.

12. Apple Bacon Stuffed Sweet Potato

vegetable, chocolate, dairy product, meat, sweet
Emily Hu

Taking loaded baked potatoes to a whole new level.

Sweet potatoes, if you didn't already know, are one diverse food that can be used in so many ways. Get cooking, and find your new favorite sweet potato recipe!