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All About Sweet Potatoes

This November, celebrate National Sweet Potato Awareness Month by learning the difference between sweet potatoes and yams, embracing the benefits of sweet potatoes, and indulging in as many sweet potato recipes as you can eat! This post was written by Nutritioulicious contributor Tiana Yom, MPH, CHES In addition to National Peanut Butter Lovers Month, November is National Sweet Potato Awareness Month Don’t…

Please Pass the Potatoes

Sweet potatoes that is! Like winter squash, sweet potatoes are at their peak between November and December, even though you can find them in supermarkets all year round. Like white potatoes, sweet potatoes are root vegetables, but they can differ in size from short with round ends (like the white ones) or long and tubular with tapered ends. Sweet potatoes…