Sweet DNS

Mark Bittman demonstrates how to prepare one of many dishes you can make in advance of Thanksgiving dinner. Related Article: bit.ly

I am making a sweet potato recipe that uses cream, sugar, sugar, and orange juice. If I make it on Sunday night, will it last refridgerated until Thanksgiving? Thanks I have to travel with a sweet potato dish for Thanksgiving, Monday evening is the earliest I can make the sweet potato dish before we leave- [...]

Most plants have seed and I know that regular potatoes you winter over and cut up and plant but sweet potatoes do not keep well. I don’t want to start plants NOW–it will be 9-10 months before I can plant them. Is this the only way to propagate them? If so, how can I “keep” [...]

I don’t like yams. I absolutely love sweet potatoes. I can’t figure out why people mix them up so much but I am starting to see that even big companies like Outback Steakhouse and baby food makers like Gerber are calling yams “sweet potatoes.” Sweet potatoes are YELLOW on the inside and lighter in color [...]

I’ve been trying to grow whole sweet potatoes with the toothpicks + jar of water method, but they all start to rot at some point after sprouting. Is there a way to prevent this? Yes, I keep the toothpicks out of the water. Only the bottom 1/3 of the potato is submerged.

I am making a sweet potato souffle, and I had to boil the sweet potatoes until tender prior to processing them in the blender. However, before I process them in the blender, I need to let them cool to room temperature. I know that they need to cool fully for enough of the moisture to [...]

Do you have to wait until all the foliage has died before you dig up the sweet potatoes?The foliage of my plants is still alive but I want to harvest them now.

I need some new ideas for my sweet potatoes and green beans that will accompany my Easter ham. I’m SICK of green bean casserole and sweet potato casserole. I need some new ideas. Don’t suggest other vegetables….I tried that once and my family had a hissy fit. It HAS to be sweet potato and green [...]

Besides baking them. Also – I do not like to add “sweet” things to my sweet potatoes. No sweet butter, no brown sugar, etc. I like a baked sweet potato with regular butter and sour cream! So keep that in mind.

Healthtalk: Calories in Frosting and Sweet Potatoes and Breast Cancer By Karen Collins, MS, RD, CDN – Q: If I skip the frosting on cake, will I remove most of the calories? Q: Do sweet potatoes reduce breast cancer risk? I’ve heard they do, but other reports say they increase risk. What’s up? Read more on Kansas [...]