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How to Prepare Healthy African snacks

Healthy snacks play a major role in a healthy diet. Snacking provides energy and keeps you from starving in-between meals no matter what your lifestyle is. It is important to choose foods that fulfill your appetite yet provide nutrients and energy you need. For example, Moms can transform their children's' health by giving them orange sweet potatoes chapatis instead of plain ugali or bread. Orange-fleshed sweet potatoes are one of the best foods available anywhere in the world for supplying Vitamin A. The potatoes offer up to eight times the level of carotene necessary for making vitamin A in the body than other vitamin A foods. African Healthy Snack recipes Pictorial Guide for Preparing Sweet Potato, Low Gluten Mandazis and Chapattis # 1 Wash and peel the potatoes # 2 Boil until soft (fork can penetrate) # 3 Mash potatoes; add wheat flour and sugar and mix. Knead the mixture as you add water until dough is ready # 4 Prepare as norm...