Ways to Eat Sweet Potatoes

• Roast cubed sweet potato at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. Drizzle with pure maple syrup
• Cut a sweet potato into 1/2" rounds and grill. Squeeze fresh lime juice over the finished product
• Instead of traditional mashed or baked potatoes substitute the white potatoes with sweet
• Add sweet potatoes to homemade vegetable soups and stews

Selecting and Storing Sweet Potatoes

• Choose firm, medium sized sweet potatoes
• Skins should be smooth, bright and uniformly colored
• Sweet potatoes should be free of soft spots, cracks and blemishes
• Store sweet potatoes in cool, dark location; but not the refrigerator
• Storing sweet potates with an apple can keep the sweet potates from budding

Sweet Potatoes and Nutrition

• One medium sized sweet potato has about 105 calories
• Sweet potatoes are known for their high amounts of Vitamin A. They are also a good source of Viatmin C, calcium, iron and potassium.
• If you eat the skin of a sweet potato it will provide you with 5 grams of dietary fiber
• Sweet potatoes are a low glycemic index food

Did you know?

• Sweet potatoes come in various colors; such as white, yellow, red, purple and orange
• Sweet potatoes are not the same as yams. Yams are often grown in Africa and Asia. They are normally not available in the U.S.
• It takes 23 cups of broccoli to provide the same amount of Vitamin A as in one sweet potato
• George Washington Carver developed 118 products using the sweet potato. One of them being an alternative to corn syrup.
• During World War II, when there was a wheat flour shortage, sweet potato flour was used in baked goods

 

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