Featured Plant: Sweet Potatoes
Featured Plant: Sweet Potatoes
Some vegetables really need to hire better PR people. The poor sweet potato suffers from being confused with the yam. No relation. And the potato. No relation. Sweet potatoes are high in fiber and good sources of Vitamins A & C. How many sweet foods can claim that?
Although they’re available year round, they’re in season in November and December, making them popular holiday foods. But did you ever think of growing your own sweet potatoes and having a few baby sweet potatoes to snack on in early fall? Or harvesting sweet potato greens all summer? Unfortunately sweet potatoes need a fairly long growing season and a good amount of space, but it’s nice to try growing everything at least once, just to know what they’re really supposed to taste like.
Looking for Something Different for the Holiday Table?
- Sweet Potato Patties
- Kurikinton Recipe (Japanese New Year Food)
- Caribbean Spiced Sweet Potatoes
- Vegan Pralined Sweet Potatoes
Photo by Scott Bauer. Provided by USDA Ag. Research Service.
Featured Plant: Sweet Potatoes originally appeared on About.com Gardening on Friday, November 13th, 2009 at 01:01:56.
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