New in the SUPERFOOD FOR LIFE series: 75 delicious and nutritious recipes for root vegetables! From the humble potato to beets, carrots, and yucca, root vegetables are packed with disease-fighting phytonutrients, vitamins, and antioxidants. Plus, they're easy to prepare, readily available, inexpensive, and a treat to eat. Stephanie Pedersen's latest book in Sterling's Superfood for Life series shows how to transform these nutritional powerhouses into tasty snacks, treats, smoothies, juices, meals, and desserts, as well as beauty products. It provides the latest research on these vegetables' health benefits, along with helpful sidebars, interesting trivia, FAQs, and eight pages of beautiful color food photography. Featured roots include: *Beets *Burdock *Carrots *Yucca (Cassava) *Celeriac *Jicama *Parsnips *Potatoes *Radishes *Rutabagas *Salsify *Sweet Potatoes *Sunchokes *Turnips *and more