Registered Dietitian Nutritionist
Sweet potatoes are a quintessential part of our family’s holiday traditions- in fact, I can’t remember a Thanksgiving or Christmas without them on the table. Growing up, my aunt was hailed for making an amazing sweet potato casserole with pecan crunch topping. Every casserole she made contained a whole lot of love… and butter… and sugar! Essentially, our traditional sweet potato casserole probably deserved a place on the dessert table…
“I’m on a high fiber diet. When I get hungry, I buy more yarn.”— Unknown
Say the word fiber and these are some of the images that pop into our minds:
Sawdust
Cardboard
Bark
Celery
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Unfortunate for many, it often brings an unpleasant and quite unappetizing picture to mind. Maybe that is why fiber gummies, supplements, and mix-ins are so widely used. But ask me how to define fiber and I will describe scrumptious, tasty real food!
