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vegetables

Recipes with green vegetables, garden vegetables and mushrooms.

Healthier southern sweet potato pie

With cooler weather and Thanksgiving around the corner, ‘tis the season for making pies. It is also the season for sweet potatoes which we enjoy in many different forms; baked, mashed, and as fries or chips. A nutritional superhero, sweet potatoes are one of the best vegetables you can eat. The starchy, tuberous root vegetable is loaded with carotenoids, vitamin C, potassium, and fiber.

Juicing tips

Although juicing requires equipment and large volumes of pricey fruits, vegetables, and leafy greens, there are sensible things that you can do to save time and money.

Equipment

The biggest and most obvious expense for most people is the juice extractor, or electric juicer. Because the quality of the juicer plays a big role in how efficient your juicing efforts will be, this is not a place to skimp.