How to Make Sweet Potato Leaf Pesto (Recipe)
Channel: Utopian Seed Project
Date: 02/07/2020

Sweet potato greens are often overlooked as an edible in many North American gardens. The sweet potato leaves are a great summer green, rich in vitamins A, B, C and K and minerals manganese, potassium, iron and calcium. You can easily harvest a few leaves from your plants without impacting the root development. In fact some sources suggest pruning of the vines to increase root development. 

Making pesto is super easy and very quick, but many people feel limited by the traditional ingredients of basil and pine nuts. This sweet potato leaf pesto recipe is really delicious and can be used in all the same ways you would use traditional pesto. 

This video is part of a series called Eat the Plant, where we show you how to eat lesser known plants in our area (North Carolina) and parts of the plant that are no commonly used. 

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