A nation is catching on. From school cafeterias to healthy cooking courses for low-income families, from gourmet restaurants in California to a San Antonio private supper club, people are weaving sweet potato into their lives. Some are taking it to pretty lofty heights. Here’s a quote about a NC chef competition focusing on sweet potatoes: The six dishes created from the sweet potatoes included a ravioli stuffed with goat cheese and purple sweet potato with red pepper sauce, vegetable slaw, …

Yvette is one more person making big changes in her life. Congratulations, Yvette, on losing 105 pounds so you can be there for your girls! And among many strategies, changing from potatoes to sweet potatoes is one way she is doing it. Glycemic load can make a huge difference in how our bodies process the food we eat. And a sweet potato is loaded with so many vitamins and minerals, that it’s a superfood in anybody’s book. When changing foods …

Homemade soup is the best. It’s usually easy to prepare . . . and the one trick for busy people is that a great soup wants to simmer over a little bit of time to thicken — time you may feel you don’t have. The solution? Sweet potato, of course! Here’s a recipe for a chili with sweet potato: http://www.washingtonian.com/blogarticles/health/wellbeing/22548.html It’s a good soup. But if you are really in a hurry and want to  thicken up your soup (without adding …