sweet potatoes

  • Kitchen Gardening

    It’s Easy to Grow Sweet Potatoes

    Sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas, Zones 10–12) are fun and very easy to grow as long as you have enough space for their vigorous vines. At the season’s end, the plants…

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    Sweet Potatoes and Apples

    It's that time of year that we want to eat warming comfort foods. I try to use vegetables, fruits and nuts that are in season. This recipe features two of…

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    Sweet Patooties are in Season!

    It's that time of year again--most gardeners harvest sweet potatoes before a frost--so right now sweet potatoes are piled high on roadside stands, at farmers' markets and in the grocery…

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    Peanut and Sweet Potato Soup with Coconut Milk

    This soup was inspired by the African ingredients, which are indigenous there, as well as some crops that have become part of the diet of the many countries from this…

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    Sweet Potato Sugar Bread

    Serve this bread on its own, packed in lunches, or at a brunch with a fruit course.

  • growing sweet potatoes
    Kitchen Gardening

    How to Grow Sweet Potatoes

    For the home gardener, the sweet potato is easy to grow, delicious, versatile, and highly nutritious.