10+ Foods You SHOULD Be Eating When Pregnant (With Recipes Inside!)

7. Sweet Potatoes

Do you know why sweet potatoes are orange? It’s because they contain carotenoids, which are particular plant pigments that get made into vitamin A when we eat them. You’ve probably heard that eating too much vitamin A is bad, but when it comes from carotenoids, it’s different. This is because the carotenoids only become vitamin A as we need them too, so you can’t get too much vitamin A from eating them. Of course, sweet potatoes are also a great source of vitamin C, fibre and folate. Plus they’re cheap and easy to cook in a variety of ways. So many options!

Twice-Baked Sweet Potatoes

Sweet Potato and Pumpkin Soup

Sweet Potato and Kale Balls

Sweet Potato and Ground Beef Bowl

Coconut Curried Sweet Potato & Chickpea Stew

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Clare Whitfield is the Editor of Stay at Home Mum and a recognised voice in practical home management for Australian families. Based in the northern suburbs of Sydney, she balances editorial leadership with life as a stay at home mum to two school age children. Her background in home economics and more than a decade of experience in recipe development, family budgeting, and household systems inform her work.

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