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Sweet potatoes are a versatile vegetable that can be prepared as a main course, appetizer, or dessert.
Originating from what is now Ecuador, sweet potatoes are a different vegetable from yams and are North Carolina's top cash crop.
A simple way to prepare a sweet potato is to bake it at 400°F for at least 30 minutes.
In the realm of vegetables that pose as comfort foods on their own merit, perhaps none can rival the sweet potato. Sexy and svelte, or chunky and fat, orange or white or red inside their golden skins, sweet potatoes are a breakfast, a main course, an appetizer, a dessert. Their heart-shaped leaves, rich in vitamins A, B and C, as well as iron, calcium and potassium, can be sauteed and eaten like spinach alongside their colorful flesh, adding further to