Roasted Beets and Sweet Potatoes
13 10 2010
I love all root vegetables roasted. I think it brings out their earthy flavors and caramelizes them to a perfect sweetness. This was a beautiful autumn side dish. This is very simple to make and you can keep the leftovers for up to a week.
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Tags: beets, sweet potatoes
Categories : Vegetable side dish
Sweet Potatoes, Caramelized Apples and Greens
3 04 2010
As usual, it was time to use up an odd assortment of vegetables in my refrigerator. I love sweet potatoes simply roasted with sea salt and olive oil or butter. I also know that people love to pair sweet potatoes with more sweetness. Usually I find that to be cloyingly sweet, like those marshmallow and sweet potato combinations at Thanksgiving. However, in the case of this recipe, I thought the slightly bitter greens would compliment the sweetness of the caramelized apples and the sweet potatoes. I was right. It was delicious and naturally sweet as so much of God’s wonderful produce is. Remember you can use any combination of braising greens like mustard greens, kale, collard and beet greens in this recipe.
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Tags: apples, Greens, sweet potatoes
Categories : Greens, Vegetable side dish
Butternut Squash and Pear Soup
10 03 2010
Wow, last night I made this fantastic soup! I looked in my refrigerator and found a butternut squash and some overripe pears. This recipe used them up beautifully. I could really taste the lovely combination of the sweet pears and the creamy butternut.
Before I made the soup though, I quickly threw together a Vegetable Stock (see recipes). I kept throwing in things like the peelings of the butternut squash as I was preparing to make the soup. I really think the key to a good soup is the stock. If you have to buy commercial stock, then use less stock and dilute it with water. Commercial stock is thicker than homemade.
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Tags: pears, squash, sweet potatoes
Categories : Soup
Braised Kale with Sweet Potatoes
17 02 2010If you enjoy kale and sweet potatoes, you will love this recipe. I never understood the American obsession with sweetening sweet potatoes. They are already beautifully sweet, just as God made them . This recipe calls for a little orange juice which does sweeeten a little bit but mostly adds a lovely depth to the flavors. This dish can be eaten as a side dish or as a main course with a side salad.
2 large sweet potatoes, scrubbed
1 tbsp vegetable oil
1 red bell pepper, diced
½ onion, diced
1 to 2 jalapeno peppers, minced
2 pounds kale, washed, tough ribs removed, leaves stacked and coarsely chopped
1/3 cup vegetable stock
1 orange
1 to 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
2 medium tomatoes
salt and freshly ground pepper to taste Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: kale, sweet potatoes
Categories : Main Dish, Vegetable side dish
Katherine
