Sweet Potato Soup—As Nutritious as Soup Can Get!

Name: Sweet Potato Soup—As Nutritious as Soup Can Get!
Yield: serves 8
Ingredients: 3 large sweet potatoes, scrubbed; 4 tablespoons butter; 1 large white onion, chopped; 1 bunch green onions, trimmed to 2 inches of green top and chopped; 5 1/2 cups chicken broth (three 14 1/2-ounce cans); 1 teaspoon salt; 3/4 teaspoon ground black pepper; 3 tablespoons stone-ground whole-wheat flour; 2 1/2 cups light cream

January 24, 2012

Cooks' Note

This is just about as healthy a soup as you can get, since sweet potatoes are one of the most nutritious vegetables in the world. One 4-ounce sweet potato contains 249 percent of the recommended daily allowance of vitamin A (betacarotene). Since sweet potatoes have a moderate glycemic index, you should not eat them every day if you are trying to lose weight.

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