How much is a Sliced, Cubed, or Mashed Sweet Potato?

The sweet potato (also known as sweetpotato) is a climbing plant that belongs to the morning glory family which yields large tuberous roots that are edible.

Sweet potatoes are often confused with yams. All yams are native to Africa and Asia and are rarely found in the United States. Yams belong to the plant family of flowering vines, which includes lilies.

Sweet Potatoes are commonly found in the grocery store. They have orange flesh and smooth skin and are closer related to the carrot than the potato.

A sweet potato is a vegetable. More specifically, a sweet potato is a starchy root vegetable.

There are over 400 types of sweet potatoes grown all over the world. That is a lot of sweet potatoes!

The 2 most common types of sweet potato grown in the United States is the orange sweet potato and the White sweet potato.

Sweet potatoes have a mildly sweet and starchy flavor when cooked. When baked, roasted, or fried at high temperatures, the skin becomes crispy. If oil or butter is added to the skin, it will caramelize as the inside becomes tender.

Beauregard and jewels are 2 of the commonly known and classic sweet potatoes with their orange skin and a bright orange flesh.

Sweet potatoes are incredibly delicious when cooked and eaten by themselves.

Similar to a baked white potato, sweet potatoes can also be french fried or baked with butter and sour cream and herbs.

Fried sweet potatoes are also delicious with honey or maple syrup, unlike the common white potato. Heat will give the sweet potato their telltale sweetness.

Sweet potatoes are a good source of fiber, vitamins and antioxidants.

Since sweet potatoes are different from the common white potato, if you have access to sweet potatoes such as Japanese sweet potatoes, use them.

Otherwise, Yukon gold potatoes or white potatoes combined with cooked carrots or beets will add both sweetness and color to a dish, similar to what a sweet potato will bring.

Dogs can happily eat cooked sweet potatoes. However it is best not to feed your pup a raw sweet potato, as it can upset a dog’s stomach or potentially cause intestinal blockage. Sweet potatoes have a wide range of health benefits for a dog but be sure to feed them in moderation!

Similar to a dog, a cat can eat cooked sweet potatoes. Be sure to keep them from ingesting the raw potato.

Sweet potatoes have mannitol and fermentation can cause gas in your gut, making you feel bloated if you have mannitol sensitivities.

Before you open up your refrigerator's crisper to store your sweet potatoes, stop! Storing them in the fridge will give it an unpleasant taste and hard center.

Instead, it is best to store sweet potatoes in a cool, dry space such as a basement, root cellar or a dark pantry closet.

Generally speaking, sweet potatoes will last for 1-2 weeks stored on your counter at room temperature.

If you are storing your sweet potatoes in a cool, dry space, sweet potatoes can last about 1 month and sometimes longer.

It is best to store cut sweet potatoes in a container or bag with an airtight lid in the refrigerator.

It is best to store your cut sweet potatoes in crisper in your refrigerator where temperature is controlled and where it is exposed to less air.

One way to ensure they will last longer is to store them in cold water with an airtight container in the refrigerator's crisper.

Absolutely! The best way to freeze sweet potatoes is to first blanch them before freezing, since sweet potatoes have high water content.

To blanch the sweet potatoes prior to freezing, boil water and add the sweet potatoes, boiling them for 1 hour or more until tender. After letting them cool, wrap the potatoes in aluminum foil or parchment paper and place in an airtight freezer bag and place in the freezer.

There are many ways to cut a sweet potato, all you have to do is to think of the ways that a common white potato can be prepared and viola! The sweet potato will do the same, such as slice, chop, cube, dice, and mince.

It’s easy to clean a sweet potato! All it takes is a little scrubbing under running water using your fingers, a sponge, dishcloth or a potato scrub brush.

The skins of sweet potatoes are completely edible and some people say it is the tastiest (and healthiest!) part of the sweet potato.

For most recipes, the skin of the potato will be removed by a vegetable peeler or small knife.

Some people will save the peelings and cook them in a skillet and make delicious and crispy hash browns.

All it takes is a vegetable knife and a firm hand to slice a sweet potato.

If you need to slice a lot of sweet potatoes, a mandoline slicer will make quick work of it.

Chopping or cubing sweet potatoes is just a matter of taking a good vegetable knife and cutting it into uneven chunks.

Dicing sweet potatoes is similar to chopping sweet potatoes, the only difference is that dicing involves more uniformed sizes and mincing is dicing into even smaller uniformed sizes.

It is not recommended to zest sweet potatoes.

Mashed sweet potatoes are both a delicacy and should be an every day side dish!

The easiest way to mash sweet potatoes is to bring a pot of water to boil and add chopped sweet potatoes and let it cook until a knife easily slips in the flesh. Drain your sweet potatoes and mash using a potato masher, a ricer, or an immersion blender with butter and seasonings.

Pureeing sweet potatoes is similar to mashing. After draining, instead of mashing, place them in a blender with some of the reserved liquid and puree until smooth.

Grating or shredding sweet potatoes by hand is simple with a box grater. Some people will opt for an easier route by using a grater attachment on their food processor.

Many people will opt to leave the skins on before grating, however that is more of a personal preference.

While sweet potato juice isn’t the most popular juiced vegetables, you actually can juice them! They are full of nutrients and have a healthy dose of beta carotene.

It is best to use a juicer for juicing raw sweet potatoes.

A sweet potato does not have seeds.

Yes! Sweet potato greens are not only edible, they are delicious! They can be prepared like spinach or turnip greens.