Growing Sweet Potatoes

Sweet potatoes are commonly passed over in peoples diets. Most of the time this is because most people are unaware of how to prepare them. However they provide a large nutritional value and a low glycemic index rating. They are also high in vitamin A and C, which is a great way to take in your recommended daily intake.

There are a variety of ways to make sweet potatoes. Most are unaware of them as sweet potato pie or candied yams as they show up during thanksgiving. Yet there are a number of other ways to take advantage of them. A great book to consider purchasing that offers literally 100 different ways to prepare sweet potato is the Sweet Potato Cookbook.

Sweet potatoes contain less starch and more complex carbohydrates than regular white potatoes. This makes sweet potatoes great alternatives to white potatoes. You can easily make sweet potato fries if you have a small fryer.

They are normally a huge hit.

Sweet potatoes can be a bit tough to cut, so if you really enjoy the sweet potato fries you should definitely stock your kitchen with a jumbo potato cutter. This makes cutting all potatoes a easy task. Another great trick is tossing the potato in the microwave for a minute first before cutting. This leaves the sweet potato firm but not quite as rock hard.

You should definiately give sweet potatoes a try in your kitchen. Your kids may even surprise you with how much they love them.

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