Most people who use high-carbs in their diet are concerned about the glycemic index (GI) and glycemic load (GL) from potatoes. GL is a measure of how much of food gets converted to glucose, whereas GI helps measure how quickly the food converts to glucose for an instant energy boost. Hence, sweet potatoes are preferred by healthy eaters over regular ones due to their low GI, to avoid rocketing blood sugar levels.

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Read on for five healthy sweet potato recipes that you can try at home. These will tantalize your senses while allowing you to safely gorge on carbs.

Sweet Potato Fries
Fries are one of the best side dishes to accompany virtually any kind of main course meal. Well, you can now binge on your favourite potato fries using sweet potatoes.

Ingredients required:

• 2 sweet potatoes
• Just enough oil to coat
• A little paprika and house seasoning

How to prepare:
Preheat the oven to 450°F, and toss a large bowl of cut sweet potatoes with just enough oil to coat. You can sprinkle paprika and house seasoning on it. Now spread the sweet potatoes on a baking sheet.  Bake sweet potatoes in the oven until it turns golden brown, occasionally turning for about 20 minutes. Let it cool down for 5 minutes before serving.

Healthy Stuffed Sweet Potatoes with Beans and Avocado
Stuffed sweet potatoes with beans and avocado can be quite filling. They give your body a healthy dose of the carbs found in the potatoes, proteins found in the beans and rich vitamins found in avocado. This dish will take 30 minutes to prepare.

Ingredients needed:

• 1 small sweet potato
• 1 teaspoon of extra virgin oil
• 1 cup onion finely diced
• 1 clove garlic finely minced
• 1 cup tomato
• 1 cup canned black beans both rinsed and drained
• 2 tablespoons shredded cheese
• ½ avocado cubed and 2 tablespoons of fresh cilantro

  How to prepare:
Pierce the unpeeled sweet potato a couple of times with a fork. Preheat the oven to 425°F and place the pierced potatoes on a foil-lined baking sheet. Bake it for 45 minutes.  In the meanwhile, sauté diced onion and minced garlic cloves in a skillet for 5 minutes. Now add tomatoes and cook for 5 minutes. Smash half a cup of black beans and add smashed mixture to the skillet. Cook for few minutes until the stuffing is heated.  Take the baked sweet potato out of the oven and, as it cools down, gently scoop out the flesh in between leaving some skin around the edges. Fill this empty scooped area with the stuffing made. Now top it with cheddar cheese, remaining bean mixture, avocado and cilantro.

Roasted Sweet Potato recipe
Variations in veggie sweet potato recipes are a sensory treat for the palate. The crispy food chunks of sweet potato are high in energy and can serve as healthy munchies in-between meals. They can keep your tummy full, especially on busy days of the week when you have very little time to make a wholesome meal. Moreover, the roasted sweet potato provides instant natural glucose to your body, without glycemic load (GL) on your stomach, to promote easy digestion.

Ingredients required:

• 3 small sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into cubes or ½ inch pieces
• ¼ cup olive oil
• 2 teaspoons of kosher salt
• ½ teaspoon of freshly ground pepper

How to prepare:
Preheat the oven to 425°F. Add potatoes chunks tossed in oil, kosher salt and pepper on a rimmed baking sheet.   Now roast the potatoes, occasionally tossing until it’s tender brown. Cook and bake for 35 to 45 minutes. Allow it to get cold a bit before serving.

Mashed Sweet Potato Soup
Not everyone likes the taste of a mashed sweet potato. But you might just start loving it once you try this Mashed Sweet Potato Soup.

Ingredients required:

• 4 sweet potatoes, peeled and boiled
• ¾ cup milk
• ½ cup butter
•  Salt as needed and ½ cup freshly grounded pepper

How to prepare:
Boil the cut sweet potatoes, and peel off the outer skin when it’s cold.   Mash the boiled sweet potatoes in an electric mixer or a skillet. Blend the mashed potatoes nicely by slowly adding milk to it, ½ cup at a time. You can use more or less milk depending on the texture you would like to achieve.   Add butter to it, salt as needed to cook the sweet potatoes in milk for 10 minutes. Sprinkle powdered pepper on top, to make it as spicy as you need it to be. Serve it hot in a soup bowl.

Baked sweet potato recipes
Baked sweet potatoes are a healthy treat with just some seasoning and butter. Baking sweet potatoes can intensify their sweetness, to meet your sugar cravings without piling on calories.

Ingredients needed:

• 3 sweet potatoes
• ½ cup butter
• Salt as needed and ½ cup cinnamon to sprinkle
• Maple syrup and sour whipped cream

How to prepare:
Peel the skin off 3 sweet potatoes, cut it into small chunks and bake it in an oven heated at 425°F. You can add bit butter to the baking dish for a creamy soft feel.  Savour it with maple syrup or whipped sour cream on top, as well as sprinkled cinnamon. You can also make toppings with caramelised onions, a handful of pecans and walnuts, grated orange zests.

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