Growing Sweet Potatoes Can Make You Healthy Wealthy and Wise!
Updated: Jun 9, 2024
( Removed the word yam, after learning that yams and sweet potatoes are not related at all!)
Sweet potatoes are one of my favourite vegetables. Perhaps,like me, you grew up mistakenly calling this member of the Morning Glory family a yam.
One of the easiest ways to prepare sweet potatoes is to simply wash them well and bake them in foil.
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| Baked Sweet Potato in Foil |
However, in my area, sweet potatoes tend to be quite a bit pricier than regular potatoes, so it is a treat I rarely get.
The other day I noticed a sweet potato I had purchased had grown some sprouts.
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| Sprouted Sweet Potato |
Rather than tossing it out, I went to the internet to find out if there might still be some use for this sweet potato.
What I discovered was quite surprising! I'm glad I didn't toss my sprouted sweet potato out!
This post has a bit about what I discovered about sweet potatoes and six ways growing sweet potatoes can improve your life.
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