Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatus) or Kumara (traditional Maori name) is considered one of the world’s most significant food crops. High in Vitamins A, C, E, B6, calcium, potassium, anti-oxidants and dietary fibre this tuber is an essential inclusion to your diet.
Considered better for you than the white potato, due to its low GL (Glycemic Index)
scale, this awesome veggie also offers edible foliage! Young shoots can be picked and
added to salads or steamed as a substitute for spinach.
If you are lucky enough to live in the subtropics, then you can easily grow sweet potato. So if you love this vegetable as much as I do, consider planting some sprouting tubers this coming Spring.
Sweet potato love free draining, open soil and once planted look after themselves nicely. So plan now to have space available in the vegetable garden for this rampant grower.
If you are about to harvest yours before the cold weather sets in, then enjoy this nutrient packed wonder food. Read on to see our Autumn recipe which I’m sure you are going to love!
