Tag: Sweet Potato

How do I know when sweet potatoes are done cooking? The sweet potatoes are done when a knife cuts through easily. Do sweet potatoes take longer to bake than regular potatoes? Sweet potatoes generally cook faster than russet potatoes. Why are my sweet potatoes taking so long to bake? Sweet potatoes are an incredibly large […]

Do not overcook potatoes as the insides will be dry, so it’s important to be vigilant. The higher the oven temperature, the shorter the cooking time will be and the crustier the skin. Larger potatoes will take longer to bake. How do you know if sweet potatoes are overcooked? It’s much better to have a […]

I peel and cook sweet potatoes with butter or oleo in a crock pot, about a half pound for 6-8 pounds of sweet potatoes, then use an electric mixer to pull out most of the strings – mix for a few minutes, lift up the mixer to spin off the sweet potatoes, turn it off […]

There’s a myriad of pre-packed and prepared foods that use sweet potatoes as a primary ingredient. From lattes, yogurt drinks, cakes, noodles and pizzas, sweet potatoes are represented. The versatile root vegetable is healthy, easy to grow and tastes great; which is why it’s so popular in Korea. Why do Koreans eat sweet potatoes weight […]

People have also been researching how sweet potatoes may be genetically engineered in the future, but the sweet potato varieties which are commercially available today (at least in the United States) are not the product of such technology. Are there any GMO sweet potatoes? The sweet-potato genome contains genes from bacteria, so is an example […]

Beta-carotene rich foods like carrots and sweet potatoes can give you orange-colored poop. What does sweet potato do to your poop? While the lack of smooth colon transit might make you feel like a potato, sweet potato can actually help you poop. A powerhouse of vitamins and minerals, sweet potato also contains a good amount […]

Sweet potatoes are a great source of insoluble fiber, which can add bulk to stools to prevent constipation. Does sweet potato soften stool? Sweet potatoes can bring you sweet relief While the lack of smooth colon transit might make you feel like a potato, sweet potato can actually help you poop. A powerhouse of vitamins […]

Beta-carotene rich foods like carrots and sweet potatoes can give you orange-colored poop. Does sweet potato make you poop orange? When a person’s poop is orange, it could be because they have consumed excess beta-carotene, an orange pigment found in fruits and vegetables. Foods that are high in beta-carotene include: carrots. sweet potato. What foods […]

Sweet potatoes can bring you sweet relief While the lack of smooth colon transit might make you feel like a potato, sweet potato can actually help you poop. A powerhouse of vitamins and minerals, sweet potato also contains a good amount of fibre that can help increase poop regularity. Do sweet potatoes soften stool? Sweet […]

Sweet potatoes are a great source of insoluble fiber, which can add bulk to stools to prevent constipation. Do sweet potatoes help you poop? The fiber found in sweet potatoes is mostly insoluble and includes a few specific types, such as cellulose, lignin, and pectin ( 38 ). Thanks to their fiber content, some studies […]

liquid starch. What you are seeing is liquid starch. You might have even noticed the sweet potato leak the white liquid starch when you cut into it. This is entirely normal, and the liquid starch is a mixture of sugar and starch that is not limited to just sweet potatoes. You may notice it when […]

Eating certain foods like sweet potatoes, carrots, or foods high in yellow food coloring can turn your stool yellow. Yellow stool could also indicate a diet that is high in fats. Do sweet potatoes change poop color? Beta-carotene rich foods like carrots and sweet potatoes can give you orange-colored poop. What foods cause yellowish stool? […]

Hannah Sweet Potatoes FLESH – Cream/whitish colored that becomes yellow when baked. TASTE – Pretty sweet and fairly firm inside (Hannahs are considered a dry or firm meaning that the flesh is pretty firm and dry when cooked). What is a yellow sweet potato? Some varieties of yellow-fleshed sweet potatoes look similar to orange-fleshed sweet […]

When cooking, purple sweet potatoes will take longer than regular sweet potatoes. You will need to bake them anywhere from 90 minutes to 2 hours at 350 F to make them pleasingly moist. Do sweet potatoes take longer to cook? How do I know when sweet potatoes are done cooking? The sweet potatoes are done […]

If you’re on a low residue diet, you might think you can’t have any vegetables at all. In fact, that’s not quite the case. Soft, well-cooked root vegetables, such as carrot and sweet potato, are usually suitable for the low residue diet. Is sweet potatoes low in fiber? Sweet Potato Nutrition One medium cooked sweet […]

Fiber. Cooked sweet potatoes are relatively high in fiber, with a medium-sized sweet potato containing 3.8 grams. The fibers are both soluble (15–23%) in the form of pectin, and insoluble (77–85%) in the form of cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin (12, 13 , 14). Where is the fiber in a sweet potato? The fiber content of […]

What it is: Fibrous roots growing on the sweet potato. Eat or toss: Eat! It looks weird, but it’s perfectly fine to eat. Why do some potatoes have veins? The potato developed this pattern because it’s (probably) natural to cultivar you’re growing or due to cross-pollination. Purple pigment is anthocyanin. It’s perfectly normal and considered […]

These “strings” come from growing a potato in soil that is too fertile. The potato is a root and roots store nutrients. Grown in soil that is too fertile, sweet potato vines will grow fast and big and the result is long stringy roots (or potatoes). How do you avoid strings in sweet potatoes? Look […]

Look for shorter, plump sweetpotatoes rather than longer narrow ones – long and narrow will be stringy. Also, choose smaller rather than large ones. The Beauregard, an early variety is very smooth textured and generally free of strings – it should be your first choice. What sweet potatoes are not stringy? Covington or Jewel sweet […]

The many varieties of sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas) are members of the morning glory family, Convolvulacea. The skin color can range from white to yellow, red, purple or brown. The flesh also ranges in color from white to yellow, orange, or orange-red. How many colors of sweet potatoes are there? Types of sweet potatoes. Sweet […]