Some Recipes

Smitten Kitchen has a recipe for tomato sauce with butter and onions and it looks delicious. The only problem is that M will be looking for the meat to go with it, but I can always have a meat dish on the side. It's a great vegetarian option.

This recipe by Bonnie Stern seems like a good healthy one to try:

MASHED SWEET POTATOES WITH APPLES AND MAPLE SYRUP

One of the healthy outcomes of the low-carb diet was the popularization of sweet potatoes. They are one of the best sources of the powerful antioxidant beta carotene.

2 lb (1 kg) sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks
1 apple, peeled, cored and cut into wedges
3 tbsp (45 mL) maple syrup
2 tbsp (30 mL) extra virgin olive oil or butter — optional
1 tsp (5 mL) kosher salt

1. Cook sweet potatoes and apple together in a large pot of boiling, salted water until tender. Drain well and mash coarsely.
2. Mash in maple syrup, oil and salt until mixture is smooth. Taste and adjust seasoning if necessary.
Makes 4 to 6 servings

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