Delicious and satisfying, the sweet potato - good or evil?

BajaDreamin333
BajaDreamin333 Posts: 267 Member
in Food and Nutrition
What are peoples thoughts on the sweet potato? It was suggested by a nutritionist, who said it had a low glycemic index. I just had one medium sweet potato (hot, mashed) with a wedge of Laughing Cow lite cheese mixed in. Man, it was delicious and only 137 calories and less than 2 g. of fat. That with some cubed deli turkey made a very satisfying lunch - is it too good to be true?
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  • DrBroPHD
    DrBroPHD Posts: 245 Member
    Sweet potatoes are gooooood
    Light cheese? Evil
  • pastryari
    pastryari Posts: 8,646 Member
    Food is not evil.

    Sweet potatoes are delicious so I eat them.
  • DivaLuvsDisney
    DivaLuvsDisney Posts: 75 Member
    Love baked sweet potatoes and eat them all the time!
  • bcf7683
    bcf7683 Posts: 1,653 Member
    I usually eat some form of red or sweet potato daily with dinner.

    I tend to think I'm doing quite well thus far.
  • da_bears10089
    da_bears10089 Posts: 1,791 Member
    i don't know how i carried on with my life without sweet potatoes in the past.
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  • wannatangle
    wannatangle Posts: 80 Member
    Now I want to stop at the super market on the way home. I LOVE sweet potatoes!
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    Nothing is evil.
  • Shadowknight137
    Shadowknight137 Posts: 1,243 Member
    Is this really up for debate?

    Sweet potatoes are freaking awesome. Can make savoury or sweet dishes, and are bloody fantastic smothered in butter an cinammon. They make the best chips for my nachos and are perfect wedges for my cheese and bacon. There's no way they can be evil when they do so much good.
  • jess_goobie
    jess_goobie Posts: 133 Member
    I love sweet potatoes can have them every night
  • TimeForMe99
    TimeForMe99 Posts: 309
    Good - very good!!! They are the most nutritious vegetable out there and delicious besides. What other food can come out of the microwave all creamy and scrumptious?
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    A sweet potato is a whole, natural food...why would anyone even think that it's evil? That's just crazy. No potato, sweet or otherwise is evil.
  • myofibril
    myofibril Posts: 4,500 Member
    are bloody fantastic smothered in butter an cinammon.

    Had that tonight to accompany my beef stew. Was soooooo good.
  • rabblerabble
    rabblerabble Posts: 471 Member
    Everything I read gives high praise to sweet potatoes. I wish I liked them better, but really haven't ever been fond of them and stick mostly with red potatoes with an occasional plain russet spud with cottage cheese (instead of sour cream and butter) for a topping.
  • lithezebra
    lithezebra Posts: 3,670 Member
    Mmmmmmmmmm, delicious!
  • myofibril
    myofibril Posts: 4,500 Member
    Everything I read gives high praise to sweet potatoes. I wish I liked them better, but really haven't ever been fond of them and stick mostly with red potatoes with an occasional plain russet spud with cottage cheese (instead of sour cream and butter) for a topping.

    Have you tried purple potatoes? They are awesome as well.
  • JustJennie1
    JustJennie1 Posts: 3,749 Member
    Mmm. So. Good.

    I love them baked, mashed and made into french fries.
  • majope
    majope Posts: 1,325 Member
    I love sweet potatoes! Make sure you weigh them, though--gives a much more accurate count. The smallest ones I could find in my grocery store weigh over 200g each, putting them close to 200 calories each. And one I would have considered "medium" came in at about 300 calories by weight.

    My favorite topping for a baked sweet potato is a tablespoon of Philadelphia Indulgence cream cheese, cinnamon flavor. Great combination!
  • kennethmgreen
    kennethmgreen Posts: 1,759 Member
    Food is not evil.

    Sweet potatoes are delicious so I eat them.
    This.

    Worth saying again: Food is not evil.

    Sometimes Evel may bake some delicious sweet potatoes, but that doesn't make the sweet potatoes evil.

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  • amann1976
    amann1976 Posts: 742 Member
    they are a good slow digesting complex carb that will not leave you feeling hungry and snacking hours later like simple carbs
  • 1223345
    1223345 Posts: 1,386 Member
    Moderation in all things.
  • SideSteel
    SideSteel Posts: 11,068 Member
    They're aight.

    I much prefer white potatoes though, or yellow, or purple.
  • MelsAuntie
    MelsAuntie Posts: 2,833 Member
    Roasted (baked) sweet potatoes with a pat of butter and a teaspoon of brown sugar; not too high-cal AND healthy and delicious.
  • MireyGal76
    MireyGal76 Posts: 7,334 Member
    I love em... baked or deep fried and slathered in aioli dipping sauce...
  • auroranflash
    auroranflash Posts: 3,569 Member
    I was going to come here and chime in with the rest that food is neither good nor evil, then I looked over my shoulder and saw this guy staring at me....


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    .........help.
  • sunsnstatheart
    sunsnstatheart Posts: 2,544 Member
    If you have to ask if a food is evil then a change in perspective is in order
  • Lunarokra
    Lunarokra Posts: 855 Member
    Love sweet potatoes and have read heard that they are a good kind of carb to eat.
  • peacefulsong
    peacefulsong Posts: 223 Member
    Okay, now I want a sweet potato.
  • grdnr03
    grdnr03 Posts: 547 Member
    good


    love 'em
  • Cr01502
    Cr01502 Posts: 3,614 Member
    If you really want to slow down the glycemic response of the sweet potato it should be eaten raw.

    :flowerforyou:

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