Monday, October 17, 2016

Sweet Potato Harvest

We love Sweet Potatoes. We plan on using them as fries and candied at the Thanksgiving table... how do you fix them? 







Nutritionally: These beautiful plant that belongs to the morning glory family and is full of vitamins and minerals if you eat the skin!  The following information was copied from Wikipedia.




Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy378 kJ (90 kcal)
20.7 g
Starch7.05 g
Sugars6.5 g
Dietary fiber3.3 g
0.15 g
2.0 g
Vitamins
Vitamin A equiv.
(120%)
961 μg
Thiamine (B1)
(10%)
0.11 mg
Riboflavin (B2)
(9%)
0.11 mg
Niacin (B3)
(10%)
1.5 mg
Vitamin B6
(22%)
0.29 mg
Folate (B9)
(2%)
6 μg
Vitamin C
(24%)
19.6 mg
Vitamin E
(5%)
0.71 mg
Minerals
Calcium
(4%)
38 mg
Iron
(5%)
0.69 mg
Magnesium
(8%)
27 mg
Manganese
(24%)
0.5 mg
Phosphorus
(8%)
54 mg
Potassium
(10%)
475 mg
Sodium
(2%)
36 mg
Zinc
(3%

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