Category: sweet potato

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Potatoes are the fourth largest food crop next to rice, wheat and corn. You can bake them, make mashed potatoes, and so much more. So why not add potatoes to your breakfast? Sweet potatoes have been hailed as a superfood lately because of their high source of vitamin A and vitamin C and for their dietary fiber. For this week’s Monday Eats, we’re mixing sweet potatoes with omelettes for a new take on breakfast.

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Sweet potatoes contain loads of vitamin A, C and some calcium, potassium, and iron. One medium-size potato also has 4 grams of dietary fiber and contains no fat. Each serving of kale provides vitamin C, double the recommended daily amount of vitamin A, and approximately seven times more vitamin K than the minimum recommendation. Kale also provides minerals and unsaturated fats.

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If you are looking for a tasty side dish, these sweet potato dumplings are a great addition to any meal. This entire process can be contained on a sheet pan measuring roughly 18 inches by 12 inches, which can be found in every restaurant supply store for about $5. A plastic bowl scraper, used to cut the dumplings, is an investment of less than $1.

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Abel Uribe / Chicago Tribune; Lisa Schumacher / food styling (Abel Uribe / Chicago Tribune)

Heritage food speaks of place and time, of foods that connect us to our past, even as we cook and nurture our families our futures. “All across America, heritage food is experiencing a renaissance,” writes chef J.J. Johnson in his new cookbook with Alexander Smalls and Veronica Chambers, “Between Harlem and Heaven.”

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