Sentences with phrase «as yams»

, known informally as the Yams Collective, withdrew from the Biennial.

In some diets, starches such as yams or potatoes are substituted.

Starchy veggies such as yams or sweet potatoes are great nutritionally, but can cause digestive upset if not adequately cooked.

This includes modern sports nutrition drinks as well as a higher use of whole foods such as yams and fruit that are high in carbs and can replenish muscle glycogen much faster than other starchy foods which take longer to digest.

Sweet Potatoes, also known as yams, with the scientific name Ipomoea Batatas.

root veggies are your best friend: choose grounding, starchy vegetables as the base, such as yams, squash, and carrots

You can also add back starchy vegetables such as yams and winter squash.

By the way, the darker orange varieties are often labeled as yams, which is wrong!

I still maintain at least 40 % carbs through healthy whole food choices such as yams & potatoes plus a wealth of fruits and veggies.

Contrary to high - glycemic (fast - digesting) carbs, slow - digesting carbs such as yams, corn and whole - wheat bread have a low negligible effect on your insulin levels, which is very beneficial when you're cutting.

One big issue for dieters are carbohydrates, which can be divided into slow - digesting and fast - digesting ones: the first group which includes foods such as yams, wild rice, beans, whole grains, red potatoes and certain types of fruits are loaded with fiber and nutrients and produce slow and gradual increases in blood glucose and modest insulin release, keeping us full and satisfied for longer periods of time.

That being said, most of the time you should stick to good quality slow - digesting, slow - glycemic carbs — such as yams, sweet potatoes, corn, whole grains and quinoa — that allow for a slow and steady release of energy and won't spike your insulin levels.

They also found the remains of tubers such as yams.

They bear residues showing that they were used to process millet and other grains, as well as yams, beans and roots.

In the US, the names sweet potato and yam are often used interchangeably, and you might want to make sure you buy what are labeled as yams, which are more orange as opposed to what are labeled as sweet potatoes which tend to be the paler, drier variety.

Regular sweet potatoes have a light brown skin and creamy white color inside, but tend to not be as sweet as yams.

Although orange - fleshed sweet potatoes have traditionally been referred to as yams in parts of the United States and Canada, they are not part of the same family as True Yams and therefore they are not really yams.

Read our post on this subject for more information, but basically most of the tubers you see marked as yams in the supermarket are sweet potatoes.

Drick — Yes, your supermarket (and many people in North America) refers to these as yams, but what we get in North America are red - skinned potatoes.

Some stores label them as sweet potatoes and some label them as yams which can make this a little confusing.

According to Anne Marie, most of the locals were «too big - up to go to market,» too full of their own self - importance to be seen buying «ground provisions» such as yams and sweet potatoes and the vegetables like cucumbers, tomatoes, okra, christophene (chayote), and eggplants.

Its utilizable protein content as percentage of calorie ingestion is higher than sago and cassava, but is much lower than other staples such as yam, maize, rice, potato and wheat.

«They're crunchy, crisp and very beautiful if you use different - hued veggies, such as yam, beets, purple potatoes and carrots of any color — green, yellow, purple and, yes, orange.»

We know these plant toxins are important, because populations that obtain carbs from «safe starches,» such as yam - eating Kitavans, rice - eating Chinese and Japanese, and potato - eating Irish have been notably healthy.

Not exact matches

Don't take the silence of the yams as a sign that they have nothing valuable to say about health.

The Greek («yam suf») translates as the sea of reeds, which God blew back.

Yams are different than what we call «sweet potatoes» and what are occasionally referred to as «yams» here in the States — those bulbous often orange or white root veggies are not actually even related to real yYams are different than what we call «sweet potatoes» and what are occasionally referred to as «yams» here in the States — those bulbous often orange or white root veggies are not actually even related to real yyams» here in the States — those bulbous often orange or white root veggies are not actually even related to real yamsyams.

Sweet potatoes are part of the morning glory family and originate from tropical countries such as Peru and Ecuador, while yams are actually tuberous vines that are closely related to lilies — some of which can grown up to 4.5 feet long!

Now that I frequent Asian markets, I am very happy to have yams in my life as well.

Making veggie chips out of root vegetables, such as beets, sweet potatoes, or yams is a bit trickier.

And tonight, as I read this I'm just putting away the leftover purple yams I steamed for dinner.

I watched as she made candied yams sweet potatoes with bacon and pecans in a sticky sorghum syrup and I knew at once I had to recreate it.

In general, they treated as vegetables in the kitchen much like fellow tropical produces such as potatoes, taro, breadfruit, yam, sweet potatoes, etc..

Technically they're yams, but some grocery store label them as sweet potatoes.

Just like any yam or other starchy vegetable, it's important to exercise portion control with ube (stick to a one - cup serving), as it can be calorie - dense.

Yams (often mislabeled as sweet potatoes in the grocery store) are a starchy, dry vegetable that originated in Africa and Asia.

Ojojo water yam fritters, one of the most creative uses of water yam as far as I am concerned.

I watched as she made candied yams sweet potatoes with bacon and...

In case you wondered about my paleo commitment after Wednesday's yam and granola casserole, rest assured — I made myself a paleo version as well!

But tastes good still... even if not as good with orange yams

Sweet potatoes (or yams, as your grocery store may call them), eggplants, tomatoes, a red bell pepper, and green onions slowly roasted until they were soft.

Thus, «soft» sweet potatoes were referred to as «yams» to distinguish them from the «firm» varieties.

macadamia nuts dominated my appetite today Breakfast was «Pumpkin Pie» (mashed yam in yogurt with some pumpkin pie spice) Lunch was left over from yesterday stuff plus fruits More macadamia nuts My Amazon order arrived (coconut oil and coconut flakes)-- so snacked on Coconut Flakes as well And I still haven't figured out how to use my Ipod touch...... yet....

The funny thing is the grocery store had them labeled as sweet potatoes... but they are most definitely, yams.

A topping of freshly grated ginger perks up cooked vegetables such as carrots, yams, or greens.

It is well worth it though as we had this delicious yam cake to eat over the whole of last weekend.

I've been reading a lot about the importance of eating starchy tubers and yams as post workout meal to replenish the depleted muscle glycogen.

To emulate the fishy flavor so many are accustomed to, Sophie's Kitchen uses seaweed and elephant yam root as base ingredients, both of which possess a host of nutritional benefits.

Although regular potatoes should be purchased organic, (as they fall on the Environmental Working Group's Dirty Dozen list) sweet potatoes and yams do not make the list.

Oca Oca is another, rather strange looking tuber also known as the New Zealand yam.