Using Sweet Potato for Low-GI Vegetarian Recipes

When you are used to eating normal spuds and told to change to sweet potatoes or yams after you hear you have diabetes it is never a joke. People love potatoes. Potatoes can taste great roasted, mashed, or simply baked and stuffed with various fillings, so the thought of taking the spud out of your diet completely seems crazy. Sweet potatoes can definitely be made to taste good enough that you will be coming back for seconds and thirds.

There are also various ways in which you can make a sweet potato taste just like a normal potato. There are many easy low-GI recipes for sweet potatoes. You can mash them up and add different flavors. You can also mash another vegetable with them, like different squashes. A great low-GI recipe allows you to slice them into finger-sized pieces with a few drops of olive oil and you will have your own sweet potato chips. You can even make your own sweet potato garnish where you would peel a big slice with a potato peeler, and bake it in the oven with a little oil. They will be perched on your plate for decoration and taste very good as well.

When eating a sweet potato think about how much better they are for you and what a lot of good they will do for you. Athletes are turning to a low-GI diet because of the fact that the foods on this diet will give you more sustainable energy that you can store, instead of energy that is released quickly, which you would find in your normal spud. Things like low-GI bread, vegetables and fruit, most dairy products, and beans for example are good sources of a low-GI diet.

Once you have discovered the different way to make low-GI vegetarian recipes you can then move on to the many low-GI dessert recipes.

Low-GI Recipes

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