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Delicious Oven Roasted Sweet Potato Slices with Thyme

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By Jodee Weiland

There are so many wonderful ways to cook a sweet potato, but around this time of year everyone is thinking about eating healthier. An oven roasted sweet potato is a great way to have a healthy sweet potato with your meal. These sweet potatoes are so delicious, you won’t miss the brown sugar, butter, or marshmallows at all. Sweet potatoes are definitely sweet enough on their own, so why not roast them with a few seasonings and have my Delicious Oven Roasted Sweet Potato Slices with Thyme!

https://learnfromyesterday.comIt doesn’t take much to make a delicious oven roasted sweet potato. All you need is some extra-virgin olive oil and the right seasonings. Thyme is an excellent seasoning to add flavor to a sweet potato. Add some garlic and onion powder as well, and the flavor is outstanding! Lightly use some sea salt, but ever so lightly, and ground pepper to taste, and the result is perfection!

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2 to 4 sweet potatoes peeled (depending on the number of people and size of the potatoes)
Extra virgin olive oil
Garlic powder to taste (1/2 teaspoon to 1 teaspoon)
Onion powder to taste (1/2 teaspoon to 1 teaspoon)
Ground thyme to taste (1/2 teaspoon to 1 teaspoon)
Sea salt lightly and black pepper to taste

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These are the basic seasonings, but you can add any other seasonings you may like. Preheat your oven to 475 degrees. Prepare your baking sheets with parchment cooking paper. Cut the each potato in  ½” slices to create your oven roasted sweet potato slices just before you are ready to cook. You may do this sooner and leave in cold water, but I prefer to do it just before baking.

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Put the slices in a large bowl and pour some olive oil over the slices. Toss the slices until all of them are coated with some olive oil. They do not need to be drenched, but just coated. Once coated in olive oil, season the slices with the above seasonings to taste. It does not take much of any of the seasonings to add flavor, so add seasonings carefully. Place the slices evenly on your baking sheets. You may add any additional seasonings you may like, but if serving guests, I suggest you always ask about preferences as some people may not like or tolerate well certain seasonings. When done seasoning, place the baking sheets in the oven for about 16 to 20 minutes or until fork tender. Watch them carefully when baking so that you do not burn them.

https://learnfromyesterday.comMy Delicious Oven Roasted Sweet Potato Slices with Thyme are so good, you will want to eat sweet potatoes like this forever! Not only are they delicious, but they are healthy as well. What more could you want? We love these sweet potato slices, and we are seriously considering doing the sweet potatoes this way next Thanksgiving as well. Give them a try and see what you think! Enjoy!

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Fresh Homemade Cranberry Sauce

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If you’ve never made homemade cranberry sauce, when you decide to do so, you will be pleasantly surprised. Making homemade cranberry sauce from fresh cranberries is so easy, you’ll wonder why you never did it before. The flavor is sweet but tart and will make everything you serve with it taste so much better, because of it’s crisp rich flavor. My Fresh Homemade Cranberry Sauce is so flavorful and delicious, it will make any can sauce pale by comparison!

Cranberry Sauce I used to think making cranberry sauce was a lot more complicated. Once I found out how easy it is to make, I couldn’t wait to try it. But the best part of this learning experience was the burst of rich delicious flavor in Fresh Homemade Cranberry Sauce! It’s sweet tart flavor just explodes in your mouth as you savor the flavor that only fresh cranberries can give you. As a side to turkey, it really is the best and will not disappoint you or your guests!

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  • 16 ounces fresh cranberries
  • 1 cup raspberry acai juice from Trop 50 (or any fruit juice)
  • 1 cup light brown sugar

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https://learnfromyesterday.comPut all the above ingredients in a sauce pan and mix together with a spoon. Do not cover the sauce pan. Cook this mixture over a medium high heat for 15 to 20 minutes or until most of the liquid is reduced and the cranberry sauce is the desired consistency. You do not want to burn it, so stir occasionally while it is cooking. As it cooks, it will bubble and the cranberries will burst, letting their rich flavor blend into your cranberry sauce. When done, remove from the heat and let it cool down. Then serve with your meal. The cranberry sauce may be refrigerated in an airtight container for up to a week.

https://learnfromyesterday.comMy Fresh Homemade Cranberry Sauce is so flavorful and delicious! When it comes to the holidays, cranberry sauce is always a favorite with turkey and even ham. We love it any time of the year with a wide variety of meals because it adds such fabulous taste to so many meals. It is so easy to make and will be a family favorite. Whenever you decide to have Fresh Homemade Cranberry Sauce, you will love it, so enjoy!

Healthy and Delicious All Natural Applesauce (No Sugar Added)

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I love a good applesauce, whether it’s with a meal or just by itself! What I don’t like is when my applesauce has all kinds of sugars and other ingredients that are not really necessary. Apples have such great flavor on their own, so when we make applesauce, why do we think we need to add sugar. When I make apple sauce, I let the apples do the talking for me, so to speak. I add very little to my Healthy and Delicious All Natural Applesauce (No Sugar Added)!

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Making applesauce is really a very easy process, especially if you have an Apple Machine that peels and cores your apples while slicing them as well. These little machines are great for all kinds of apple recipes and cost very little. But even if you have to peel, core, and cut up the apples yourself, it isn’t all that hard. It will just take more time. Once you get this part of the process done when making applesauce, the rest is easy!

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Healthy and Delicious All Natural Applesauce (No Sugar Added)

  • About 4 pounds of apples peeled, cored, and cut up or sliced
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 and 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon or more to taste

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Peel, core, and cut up or slice the apples. Put the apple pieces in a large pot. Add the water, cover, and bring to a boil. When the water starts to boil, lower the heat to a simmer. Cover the pot and simmer for 10 to 20 minutes until tender, stirring occasionally. The amount of time it takes for the apples to become tender enough to puree will depend on the variety of the apple you choose and the maturity of the apples used.

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When the apples are done, turn off the heat and allow them to cool slightly. Once cool enough, put them into a blender and add the cinnamon and lemon juice. Depending on your blender or food processor, you may want to do this in two batches. Blend thoroughly until smooth. When done blending, pour into containers and let cool in the refrigerator. Once cool, freeze whatever you will not be using in either plastic covered containers leaving an inch of space at the top or plastic freezer bags with the excess air squeezed out. Applesauce will freeze up to one year, but this is so good, it doesn’t usually last that long.

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My Healthy and Delicious All Natural Applesauce (No Sugar Added) is wonderful and so easy to make! This applesauce is great as a healthy treat for children or with a meal. It can even be used as a topping for ice cream, pancakes, or so many other things. The best thing of all is that there are no added sugars, just pure apples, an all natural treat. So give it a try soon, and enjoy!