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ROASTED YAMS & APPLES

By Bea McManis

ROASTED YAMS AND APPLES

INGREDIENTS

1/4 cup apple cider vinegar

1 teaspoon soy sauce

3 tablespoons brown sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons yellow mustard

1 tablespoon paprika

1 teaspoon salt

1/4 cup olive oil

1 pound sweet potatoes or yams, scrubbed and cubed with skin

1 pound apples, cored and cut into wedges

 

DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x13 inch baking dish. Whisk together the vinegar, soy sauce, mustard, brown sugar, paprika, and salt in a large bowl until well mixed. Whisk in the olive oil until smooth, then add potatoes and apples, and toss to coat. Pour mixture into prepared baking dish. Bake in preheated oven until the potatoes are tender and golden brown, 30 to 35 minutes. Try this as a stuffing for acorn squash halves or as a side dish on it's own.

Philip Anselmo

I'm especially excited to try this one out, Bea. I love brown sugar, and I'm curious to see what this paprika will do.

Last night, inspired by your writing and recipes, my girlfriend and I tucked ourselves under a heavy quilt with some hot mulled cider and settled in our perfect to cove to keep out the cold.

Oct 23, 2008, 9:08am Permalink
Bea McManis

Phillip wrote, "I'm especially excited to try this one out, Bea. I love brown sugar, and I'm curious to see what this paprika will do.

Last night, inspired by your writing and recipes, my girlfriend and I tucked ourselves under a heavy quilt with some hot mulled cider and settled in our perfect to cove to keep out the cold. "

I'm with you! Everything is better with a little brown sugar. It is the secret of life as we know it.
I'm bummed. The Rays lost last night. Whenever a team for whom I'm rooting is losing I head to the kitchen to keep my mind off the game (I have made banquets on days when the Bills are losing). So, last night was a peanut butter cookie night - with plenty of brown sugar. By the time the game was over, the cookie jar was filled.
We settled in with a hot cup of tea and a platter of cookies. Not half as exciting as mulled cider but it worked.
Speaking of cider, we are headed for the cider mill on Saturday to get our fix.

Oct 23, 2008, 9:59am Permalink
Bea McManis

Saturday's day trip took us to Brown's Berry Patch
(http://www.brownsberrypatch.com/). Our objective was apple
cider, but came home with so much more. <p>
Brown's offers samples. We tried EVERYTHING!!!! I don't think
either of us realized how many samples we consumed until we stopped f
for lunch. We both ended up bringing most of our lunch home
in a take out box. <p>
The best find, for me, was apple cinnamon jelly. It was a must
have. We also tasted an apple salsa loaded with heat. I loved
it, he found it too hot (can you say WIMP?). On the other
hand, he loved the pickled garlic and I didn't (okay, so can you
say WIMP again?)<p>
We both agreed that the sweet pickles were out of this world. Remember
the bright green, sweet icicle pickles that Grandma used to make?
If you do, then you will know why we had a hard time walking away
from that sample table. <p>
They had five samples of apples. I loved the Crispin apple. It is
an apple that can be used for many different recipes as well as
standing alone as an eating apple. <p>
The horseradish cheese and the extra sharp cheddar cheese were delicious.
While standing at the check out counter I realized that something was missing.
Would you believe that we almost forgot to get the cider? We picked up cider; apple cinnamon jelly; apples and a bag of dried pineapple
slices then headed to The Village House Restaurant in Albion for lunch. <p>
The Village House Restaurant is an Orlean's County gem.
It is clean, the service is excellent, and the food reasonable and darn good.
I couldn't resist the Wisconsin Cheddar Cheese soup and the supreme burger. He opted for the
chicken tortellini salad. I can spend hours raving about the soup. It was creamy, you could
taste the cheddar, and texture came from small elbow macaroni. I'd get it again. <p>
The chicken salad was HUGE. He has a good appetite and normally can finish anything placed in front of him, but not this time.
The romaine lettuce was crisp; there were large pieces of chicken; the tortellini filled with cheese and chilled to perfection.
He finished half the salad and brought the rest home and had it while waiting for the rain to stop in Philadelphia so we could watch the game.
<p>
Snow is in the forecast for early in the week. I can't wait to mimic Phillip and have a mulled cider evening.

Oct 26, 2008, 11:47am Permalink

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