15 minPrep Time
15 minTotal Time
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Ingredients
- Sweet potato leaves (mighty and powerful)
- Basil leaves
- Lettuce leaves/romaine lettuce
- Red pepper
- Onion
- Cherry tomato
- Cucumber
- Orange or Grapefruit
- Fresh lemon juice
- Avocado
- Himalayan salt
- Cracked black pepper
How To Make
- This salad is creamy and light. Perfect for a summer day. You can use any leaf you like we used homegrown sweet potato leaves.
- Preparation:
- Wash all ingredients and blanch sweet potato leaves for one minute, drain. Cut all ingredients in cubes or strip as you desire. Tear or cut romaine lettuce leaves. De-skin the oranges and cut into pieces. Mix all ingredients together. Add freshly squeezed lemon juice, and savory spice blend and pepper to taste. Serve with a smile!
Notes
So today we are working with Sweet Potato leaves and wow are they packed with a punch of goodness. Here is a quick reference to what they may be able to do for you, with the full article kindly supplied to me by our whats app group at Singapore Cancer Society as it happened I had just posted this recipe a day before I received this information so its funny how the universe works for us and as I am a sharer I love to pass this kind of life-saving and healthy news around.
So Sweet Potato leaves are great for Cancer of many kinds, boosts the immune, lowers blood sugar and is an excellent antioxidant. See below this recipe for the full article and the reference for where the information came from.
Benefits of Sweet Potato Leaf
Sweet Potato Leaves (Cantonese: fun she yip) Kills 94% of Prostate Cancer Cells in Vitro. An extract of sweet potato leaves was discovered to be extremely toxic to prostate cancer cells in this study, killing 94% of them in vitro & slowing the growth of prostate tumors in mice by 75%. Other research has shown that these super-greens are also active against breast cancer, lung cancer, colon cancer, stomach cancer & leukemia. And the health benefits of these greens are not just for the lab. One study in Taiwan showed that eating at least 100 grams per week of this super vegetable decreased lung cancer risk by up to 57%! In other studies, sweet potato leaves boosted immunity (T lymphocytes & natural killer cells) in humans & lowered blood sugar in mice with Type II diabetes. And if you need an energy boost, sweet potato leaves could be just the vegetable for you. A recent study showed it significantly relieved fatigue in mice, increased exercise capacity & even boosted muscle glycogen levels! Why are these greens so powerful? They are an excellent source of potent antioxidants called polyphenols, including the unique & powerful caffeoylquinic acids, & anti-cancer peptides. And alkaline diet fans take note: these greens are one of the most alkalizing vegetables out there, delivering 400% of the alkalizing power of pure lemon juice, ounce for ounce.
The new analysis published in the journal HortScience found the leaves have 3 times more vitamin B6, 5 times more vitamin C, and almost 10 times more riboflavin than actual sweet potatoes. So it is nutritionally similar to spinach, but sweet potato leaves have less oxalic acid, which gives some greens like spinach and chard a sharper taste.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23629419
Easy to Grow
Sweet potato is easy to grow. If you can buy a vine from the market or supermarket, then take the vine, take off the leaves, and place in the soil and it will quickly start to root. Or you can use the roots from sweet potato if they come with the product when you buy.