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The versatile sweet potato is ideal fare for the health - conscious food consumer. With the ever-growing interest in health and natural foods, the sweet potato is quickly finding its place in the family weekly diet the year around. The sweet potato blends with herbs, spices and flavorings producing delicious dishes of all types. From processed baby foods to the main dishes, casseroles, salads, breads and desserts, sweet potatoes add valuable, appetizing nutrients and color to any meal.
As a main dish or prepared as a dessert, the sweet potato is a nutritious and economical food. One baked sweet potato (3 1/2 ounce serving) provides over 8,800 IU of vitamin A or about twice the recommended daily allowance, yet it contains only 141 calories making it valuable for the weight watcher. This nutritious vegetable provides 42 percent of the Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) for vitamin C, 6 percent of the RDA for calcium, 10 percent of the RDA for iron, and 8 percent of the RDA for thiamine for healthy adults. It is low in sodium and is a good source of fiber and other important vitamins and minerals. A complex carbohydrate food source, it provides beta carotene which may be a factor in reducing the risk of certain cancers.
For the most food value, choose sweet potatoes of a deep orange color.
When buying sweet potatoes, select sound, firm roots. Handle them carefully to prevent bruising. Storage in a dry, unrefrigerated bin kept at 55-60 degrees F. is best. DO NOT REFRIGERATE, because temperatures below 55 degrees F. will chill this tropical vegetable giving it a hard core and an undesirable taste when cooked.
Wash cured sweet potatoes and bake or boil until slightly soft. If boiled, drain immediately. Thoroughly cool the baked or boiled sweet potatoes. Wrap individually (skins left on) in freezer film or foil and place in plastic freezer bags. Seal, label and freeze.
Most sweet potato dishes freeze well. Save time and energy by making a sweet potato dish to serve and one to store in the freezer.
Several decades ago when orange flesh sweet potatoes were introduced in the southern United States producers and shippers desired to distinguish them from the more traditional white flesh types. The African word "nyami" referring to the starchy, edible root of the Dioscorea genus of plants was adopted in its English form, "yam". Yams in the U.S. are actually sweet potatoes with relatively moist texture and orange flesh. Although the terms are generally used interchangeably, the U.S. Department of Agriculture requires that the label "yam" always be accompanied by "sweet potato." The following information outlines several differences between sweet potatoes and yams.
For many, many years I was one of those people who would wrinkle their nose up at the mere mention of sweet potatoes (or yams as they are often mistakenly called.) I didn't think I'd ever like them, but then I tried Spicy Sweet Potato Fries and had a sweet potato epiphany. I realized that what I didn't like was those overly-sweet dishes with sweet potatoes, brown sugar, and mini-marshallows, the ones that so many people serve for Thanksgiving. Since then I've experimented with different ways to prepare sweet potatoes sans marshmallows. A few years ago I picked six favorite sweet potato recipes, and now I'm updating this post with four more. That's a total of Ten Favorite Deliciously Healthy Sweet Potato Recipes to recommend for your Thanksgiving table. Even if you're one of the people who like those marshmallow-topped holiday sweet potato dishes, I bet some of my favorite recipes for sweet potatoes for might be things you'd like to add to your sweet potato options
The nutritional value of yams/sweet potatoes is amazing and their delicious taste makes these "spuds" another wonderful choice for a first food for baby. Sweet potatoes are high in Vitamin A and beta carotene as well as potassium; sweet potatoes also contain a good amount of Vitamin E, calcium and folate. Just check this out:
The Nutrition Action Health Letter rated 58 vegetables by adding up the percentages of USRDA for six nutrients (Vitamins A and C, folate, iron, copper, and calcium), plus fiber. Sweet Potatoes topped the list with a whopping 582 points; its nearest competitor, a raw carrot came in at 434.
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Easy Sweet Potato Recipes Sweet Recipes In Urdu Indian With Milk In Hindi With Bread With Maida For Kids For Holi In Hindi For Diwali With Carrat
Easy Sweet Potato Recipes Sweet Recipes In Urdu Indian With Milk In Hindi With Bread With Maida For Kids For Holi In Hindi For Diwali With Carrat
Easy Sweet Potato Recipes Sweet Recipes In Urdu Indian With Milk In Hindi With Bread With Maida For Kids For Holi In Hindi For Diwali With Carrat
Easy Sweet Potato Recipes Sweet Recipes In Urdu Indian With Milk In Hindi With Bread With Maida For Kids For Holi In Hindi For Diwali With Carrat
Easy Sweet Potato Recipes Sweet Recipes In Urdu Indian With Milk In Hindi With Bread With Maida For Kids For Holi In Hindi For Diwali With Carrat
Easy Sweet Potato Recipes Sweet Recipes In Urdu Indian With Milk In Hindi With Bread With Maida For Kids For Holi In Hindi For Diwali With Carrat
Easy Sweet Potato Recipes Sweet Recipes In Urdu Indian With Milk In Hindi With Bread With Maida For Kids For Holi In Hindi For Diwali With Carrat
Easy Sweet Potato Recipes Sweet Recipes In Urdu Indian With Milk In Hindi With Bread With Maida For Kids For Holi In Hindi For Diwali With Carrat
Easy Sweet Potato Recipes Sweet Recipes In Urdu Indian With Milk In Hindi With Bread With Maida For Kids For Holi In Hindi For Diwali With Carrat
Easy Sweet Potato Recipes Sweet Recipes In Urdu Indian With Milk In Hindi With Bread With Maida For Kids For Holi In Hindi For Diwali With Carrat
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