Yams Okay To Eat

[lovemyboy]

I guess they really bother my Fil so would they be okay to feed my 2year old? Is that just a seperate reactiona and not related to celiacs.

[Merika]

Plain yams are gluten-free.

Merika

[Silver-naki]

LOVE YAMS!

Plain ole` Yams you buy in the Produce section at the Grocery Store are just excellent! My husband & I eat alot of these, & I have found, the best way to prepare them, is to wash them real good, cut off all the "scarred" or dark spots, wrap them well in Tin Foil, & Bake them in the Oven on 350* for about an hour & a half.

You can just peel off the skins of these once you unwrap the tin foil, & mash them up with a fork. We add butter, salt & pepper to ours. Very YUMMY! Any left-overs can be stored in an air-tight plastic container & re-heated in the Microwave. Also, I store my raw Yams in the Refrig & keep them cool, because if not, they will "mold" after time, kept in a Pantry or anywhere.

If you have a Food/Rice Steamer, I have also "steamed" mine. Cleaning them, cutting them up into sections. This works perfect as well! If you want to get creative, you can Bake cut up "raw" Yams in the oven in a Casserole dish, with butter, brown sugar, marshmallows, cinnamon & nutmeg on the top.

We prefer Yams over "Sweet Potatoes," due to the fact that the Sweet Potatoes are much more dry, & don't have as much water content in them. In our case, YAMS have been very good for our digestive tract too, & they do "clean a person out" the next morning! Laugh! Sure do LOVE them tho!!

[Lisa]

Yummy Yams... good idea