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

Oceana Setaysha
· June 6th, 2017

8 min read

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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Oceana Setaysha

Senior Writer A passionate writer since her early school days, Oceana has graduated from writing nonsense stories to crafting engaging content for...Read Morean online audience. She enjoys the flexibility to write about topics from lifestyle, to travel, to family. Although not currently fulfilling the job of parent, her eight nieces and nephews keep her, and her reluctant partner, practiced and on their toes. Oceana holds a Bachelor of Arts with a major in Writing and Indonesian, and has used her interest in languages to create a career online. She's also the resident blonde at BarefootBeachBlonde.com, where she shares her, slightly dented, wisdom on photography, relationships, travel, and the quirks of a creative lifestyle. Read Less

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