North Carolina vegetable packed with taste and nutrition

The sweet potato may be the most unjustly typecast of vegetables. Mention sweet potato, and "casserole" will be the first thing that comes to mind for most people. Granted, pureed sweet potatoes drenched in butter and brown sugar are one of God’s little treasures and a true Southern staple. But they are so much more.

My favorite rendition is built around the single most overlooked fact about sweet potatoes: They don’t need sugar. In this recipe, chunks of sweet potato are tossed with Vidalia onions and olive oil and roasted in the oven.

If you’re looking for new ways to use sweet potatoes, the N.C. Sweet Potato Commission has an offer you can’t refuse. Join the N.C. Sweet Potato Recipe Club, and you’ll get more than 80 recipes for using the root vegetable in main dishes, breads, salads, soups, desserts and more.

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