{"id":11184,"date":"2026-03-09T19:38:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T19:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=11184"},"modified":"2026-03-09T19:38:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T19:38:53","slug":"potatoes-turning-green-or-sprouting-eyes-are-they-safe-to-eat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=11184","title":{"rendered":"Potatoes Turning Green or Sprouting Eyes: Are They Safe to Eat?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"248\">Potatoes are a kitchen staple, but many people wonder if\u00a0<strong data-start=\"57\" data-end=\"104\">green or sprouting potatoes are safe to eat<\/strong>. The green color appears when potatoes are exposed to light, producing chlorophyll and sometimes higher levels of natural toxins like solanine.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"250\" data-end=\"395\">If a potato is\u00a0<strong data-start=\"265\" data-end=\"304\">slightly green or has small sprouts<\/strong>, it can still be safe\u2014just cut away the green parts and remove the sprouts before cooking.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"397\" data-end=\"537\">However, potatoes that are\u00a0<strong data-start=\"424\" data-end=\"495\">very green, bitter, soft, or heavily sprouted should be thrown away<\/strong>, as they may contain higher toxin levels.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"539\" data-end=\"651\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">To keep potatoes fresh longer, store them in a\u00a0<strong data-start=\"586\" data-end=\"623\">cool, dark, well-ventilated place<\/strong>\u00a0and away from direct light.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Potatoes are a kitchen staple, but many people wonder if\u00a0green or sprouting potatoes are safe to eat. The green color appears when potatoes are exposed <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=11184\" title=\"Potatoes Turning Green or Sprouting Eyes: Are They Safe to Eat?\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11185,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11184"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11186,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11184\/revisions\/11186"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}