Sweet potatoes are ubiquitous winter fare and chances are, you already overdosed on them during the holiday season. Yet, these little orangey-gold gems are still filling the market shelves and new spring crops are still quite a ways away. If you're sick of sweet potatoes, it's probably just time to find a new way to prepare them. Lucky for you, sweet potatoes are this month's What's Fresh feature and I've got some ideas.

We all know sweet potatoes and yams are delicious but do you know how good for you they are? They're a low-fat complex carbohydrate food, and they're ranked as the #1 vegetable for nutrition.

Check out these vegan recipes for a different take on the same old tuber:

by Whole Foods
Caribbean Sweet Potato Salad by Jessica/Allrecipes.com
by LiveLaughEat.com
Glazed Sweet Potatoes with Maple & Lime by weelicious
Bengali-style Oven Baked Fries by yours truly

Do you ever wonder how to find out what's in season? There are tons of lists on the web, but I like to use Epicurious's Peak-Season Map which allows you to select the month and your home state to find out what's in harvest.

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