Welcome warm weather with sweetpotatoes!
After months of comfort food dishes, loaded baked potatoes, marshmallow fluff and candied pecans – sweetpotatoes are saying hello to warmer weather!
Famous for their long-standing appearance on holiday dinner tables, most are surprised to find that sweetpotatoes are delicious outside of the comfort food realm. While baking is the most traditional way to cook sweetpotatoes, there are countless ways to prepare them and cash in on their heavenly sweetness. Dice it, roast it, toss it in your salad – sweetpotatoes are saying goodbye to boring greens and hello to delicious & nutritious.
In preparation for the rising temps, sunshine, and all the new healthy, nutritious goals that come with it, we developed a few nutritious and delicious salad recipes, starring sweet taters of course. They’re perfect to bring to the neighbor’s for a barbecue or just to enjoy all alone with a glass of iced tea. For a twist on the southern classic, try our Classic Sweetpotato Salad, or if you’d like a light and crunchy dish to tang up your lunch, whip up our Spicy Sweetpotato Slaw.
In our opinion, there’s no better way to eat your greens than tossed with sweetpotatoes. You may have heard the phrase “eat the rainbow” before—and no we’re not talking about skittles here. We can’t think of anything more appealing than a beautiful plate of vibrant fruits and veggies! Which is why we created a colorful and clean Shaved Sweetpotato Rainbow Salad.
There are endless ways to have fun in the kitchen with sweetpotatoes and salads: you can eat them raw, roasted, grilled, sautéed – and that’s just the beginning. Our creations are only the start to more unique and tasty salads to enjoy this summer.
So as the temperatures start rising, take advantage of fresh summer produce and the year-round deliciousness of sweetpotatoes by tossing together a big salad of your own!