You wait all year to dig into your mom’s Thanksgiving yams with mini marshmallows. While they may be delicious, it turns out they aren’t yams at all. Even though the words “sweet potato” and “yam” ...

Registered dietitian Jessica Cording, RD sees people mixing up sweet potatoes and yams a lot. "Often what people think are yams are actually sweet potatoes," she says. Visually, she explains that yams ...

Yams and sweet potatoes might seem interchangeable, but there is a key difference that gives one of these root vegetables a ...

Some people use the words yams and sweet potatoes interchangeably. The truth is yams are not sweet potatoes and sweet potatoes are not yams! Even on the outside of canned sweet potatoes it labels them ...

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ALL RIGHT SO THANKSGIVING QUICKLY APPROACHING RIGHT AND THERE ARE SOME CONFUSION ABOUT A DINNER STAPLE. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SWEET POTATO AND A YAM. JOINING US TO EXPLAIN, CALIFORNIA SWEET POTATO ...

For many families, a holiday feast doesn’t feel complete without the familiar lineup of mashed potatoes and gravy, roast turkey and stuffing. Add in traditional sides like cranberry sauce, green bean ...