Potatoes mainly include potato, yam, sweet potato/sweet potato/purple potato, taro and cassava. In fact, water chestnut is also classified as potato (I know nothing about it, but I haven't told him).
Potatoes can be used as both staple food and vegetables. The fresh water content is relatively high, the starch content is generally within 15%, and there are abundant dietary fiber, B vitamins, a small amount of vitamin C, carotene and some minerals, but the absorption rate is relatively general.
Eating some potatoes regularly or in moderation is conducive to controlling the total calorie intake, increasing satiety and improving the overall nutritional quality of staple foods. Then how to eat healthier?
1. Steam as much as possible, and don't add too much oil and salt.
2. Cut into small pieces and add porridge or rice together to make miscellaneous grains rice and miscellaneous grains porridge.
3. You can also eat its vermicelli food, such as sweet potato powder, potato powder and various bean jelly.
4. It is not recommended to barbecue with barbecue oil. For example, potato chips will increase calories by 3-4 times, and will greatly increase carcinogens.
5. Often or moderately, it is not recommended to eat a lot or completely replace the staple food.
Among them, sweet potato and sweet potato can be eaten raw in a small amount, purple potato can be made into mashed potato rice balls, and yam can be made into jujube yam cakes, all of which are good ways to eat.
Cassava is rarely eaten directly and is generally refined into starch. Because it contains cyanosides, it will cause food poisoning.
Sweet potato rice, delicious miscellaneous grains rice!