Just one cup of mashed sweet potatoes contains an astounding 1,033% of your daily recommended vitamin A, plus an ample helping of vitamin E, B vitamins, potassium, magnesium, iron, manganese, and more.
Let’s briefly discuss why boiling is superior to other preparation methods, and then we will share an easy recipe for sweet potatoes with you.
Michael Greger, MD, Physician and New York Times bestseller, explains that “boiling sweet potatoes help to thin out the cell walls and gelatinize the starch, which may enhance the bioavailability of nutrients.
How much water you need depends on how many sweet potatoes you want to cook, but you want them to have at least an inch of water above them.