Are sweet potatoes considered a vegetable serving?

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  • extra_medium
    extra_medium Posts: 1,525 Member
    If you're looking to fill out your micro nutrients, it's not very useful to just count "vegetable" servings, since vegetables vary wildy from one to the other.
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    If you served me up meat and sweet potato, I'd also want some green veg, but I'd probably also want some sort of evil "white" food like potato, rice, or pasta.
  • LaurenD63
    LaurenD63 Posts: 57 Member
    I used to load my baked potatoes up with sour cream, cheese, bacon bits, and butter. Since I've been doing my latest fast, I have actually added sauteed onions and chopped mushrooms as a topping with coconut oil. It tastes delicious!
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    Sauteed spinach is great on baked potato too.
  • okohjacinda
    okohjacinda Posts: 329 Member
    megpie41 wrote: »
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    skinnyjingbb wrote: »
    There are nothing wrong with eating sweet potato, but I would think it more like a replacement for bread and pasta than vegetables

    OP, regarding fiber, I don't get how you would get 52 g of fiber from them (which would be an enormous amount). USDA says they have about 3 g of fiber (and 86 calories) in 100 g. But I would agree they are nutritious and would not avoid them!

    I agree about the fiber. No way a sweet potato has 52g of fiber (unless it's the size of a watermelon). There are about 5-6g/cup. For most people, 52g of fiber would cause some stomach/bowel distress since most aren't used to that much fiber (especially from one meal).

    Oh sorry I meant that it made my total fiber count for the day 52g because it has a good bit of fiber in it, not that the sweet potato actually has 52g of fiber (my bad).
  • hesn92
    hesn92 Posts: 5,966 Member
    edited January 2018
    I love potatoes. They make up like 90% of my toddlers diet. Hahaha. I’m kidding but he really likes potatoes. Most meals the only part he eats is the potato and the meat. I don’t know what they are classified as. I normally include another vegetable with my meals in addition to potato.
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    skinnyjingbb wrote: »
    There are nothing wrong with eating sweet potato, but I would think it more like a replacement for bread and pasta than vegetables

    This is how I think of it. I think tubers are wonderful, but would not use them as my vegetable course, but instead of grains (rice, oats, pasta, etc.). I would not have them in place of/as substitute for non starchy veg, at least not on a regular basis. I'd have both.

    In other words, technically they are a vegetable, but culinarily and nutritionally I consider them a starch.

    OP, regarding fiber, I don't get how you would get 52 g of fiber from them (which would be an enormous amount). USDA says they have about 3 g of fiber (and 86 calories) in 100 g. But I would agree they are nutritious and would not avoid them!

    This is pretty much how I treat potatoes and anything super starchy that's technically a veggie.
    Hamsibian wrote: »
    I eat low carb paleo, and I'm having baked sweet potato fries as part of my post workout snack. I love them! They are vegetables, but I count them as starches.

    how low carb are you? when I was doing low carb- there was no room for potatoes at all. Too many carbs?
  • Hamsibian
    Hamsibian Posts: 1,388 Member
    edited January 2018
    how low carb are you? when I was doing low carb- there was no room for potatoes at all. Too many carbs?

    Not that low, around 100g net. I can eat about 130 total, and fit a decent amount of fruits and vegetables as long as I weigh and portion them.

    I do it for health reasons, but I've healed a considerable amount, and my activity levels increased. So I was able to add a bit more the last couple of weeks without major issues ☺.

    Edit: I'm also gaining weight, and close to maintenance (finally!), so going too low carb wouldn't have helped much.
  • lporter229
    lporter229 Posts: 4,907 Member
    hesn92 wrote: »
    I love potatoes. They make up like 90% of my toddlers diet. Hahaha. I’m kidding but he really likes potatoes. Most meals the only part he eats is the potato and the meat. I don’t know what they are classified as. I normally include another vegetable with my meals in addition to potato.

    I also eat a lot of potatoes, but I try to add additional vegetables as well. Tonight I am making pork carnitas along with sweet potato hash. I shred my sweet potatoes and saute them with onions, peppers, mushrooms and spinach (as well as any other additional veggies I want to use up) and seasonings. It's super tasty. My husband likes it for breakfast with eggs. I will also sometimes add any leftover meat that works (steak, chicken, sausage, bacon, etc.)
  • hesn92
    hesn92 Posts: 5,966 Member
    lporter229 wrote: »
    hesn92 wrote: »
    I love potatoes. They make up like 90% of my toddlers diet. Hahaha. I’m kidding but he really likes potatoes. Most meals the only part he eats is the potato and the meat. I don’t know what they are classified as. I normally include another vegetable with my meals in addition to potato.

    I also eat a lot of potatoes, but I try to add additional vegetables as well. Tonight I am making pork carnitas along with sweet potato hash. I shred my sweet potatoes and saute them with onions, peppers, mushrooms and spinach (as well as any other additional veggies I want to use up) and seasonings. It's super tasty. My husband likes it for breakfast with eggs. I will also sometimes add any leftover meat that works (steak, chicken, sausage, bacon, etc.)

    That sounds delightful. I want to try that. My husband hates sweet potatoes though :(

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