December Harvest of the Month

Power Up with Sweet Potatoes!

Add Sweet Potatoes to your favorite family meals:
– Slice, toss with oil and seasonings, and bake to make sweet potato fries
– Mash with butter and cinnamon for a sweet side dish
– Bake whole and top with black beans & salsa or maple syrup & toasted pecans

Make meals and memories together. It’s a lesson kids will use for life.

DID YOU KNOW:

Sometimes people call sweet potatoes yams, but yams and sweet potatoes are different vegetables!
Sweet potatoes are root vegetables that came from the tropical regions of Central and South America.
Yams are large, starchy roots from Africa and Asia.

Now you know!

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