Sheet Pan Sausage with Cabbage and Apples

Ingredients

• 1 small head purple cabbage, chopped into 1/2 inch wedges
• 2 apples, cut into large chunks with skin on
• 1 onion, cut into wedges
• 1 sweet potato, cut into 1 inch chunks
• 3 springs fresh thyme plus 1 teaspoon chopped thyme
• 6 cloves garlic
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 6 apple bourbon chicken sausage links (Never Any! from ALDI is best!)
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees
2. Place the first 6 ingredients on a baking pan.
3. Drizzle the ingredients with the olive oil, toss to coat and spread evenly over the baking sheet. Distribute the sausage over the sheet pan and sprinkle with salt.
4. Roast for 30-35 minutes or until vegetables are tender. If additional color is wanted, broil for 1-2 minutes or until golden.
5. Meanwhile melt the butter in a small sauce pan and add the vinegar. Cook for 2 minutes over medium heat until bubbles appear and mixture starts to reduce.
6. Remove the sheet pan from the oven and drizzle with the butter/vinegar mixture.

Notes

• Serve with crusty bread or over plain cous cous

Source
https://weelicious.com/sheet-pan-sausage-with-cabbage-and-apples-recipe/

Best Baked Sweet Potatoes

Directions

1. Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 425 degrees.
2. Prick with fork 3-4 times. Place potatoes on a plate and microwave until potatoes yield to gentle pressure and centers register 200 degrees, 6 to 9 minutes, flipping potatoes every 3 minutes.
3. Wrap a rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil, set a wire rack on top, spray rack with vegetable oil spray.
4. Using tongs, transfer potatoes to the prepared rack and bake for 1 hour (exteriors of potatoes will be lightly browned and potatoes will feel very soft when squeezed). 
5. Slit each potato lengthwise; using a clean dish towel, hold ends and squeeze slightly to push flesh up and out.

Source
https://www.cooksillustrated.com/recipes/9903-best-baked-sweet-potatoes

Roasted Vegetable Soup with Brioche Croutons

Ingredients

• 1 pound carrots, peeled
• 1 pound parsnips, peeled
• 1 large sweet potato, peeled
• 1 small butternut squash (about 2 pounds), peeled and seeded
• 3 tablespoons good olive oil
• 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Brioche Croutons

• 6 ounces brioche loaf or challah
• 1 tablespoon good olive oil
• 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black 

Directions 

1. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
2. Cut the carrots, parsnips, sweet potato, and butternut squash in 1 to 1 1/4-inch cubes. All the vegetables will shrink while baking, so don't cut them too small.
3. Place all the cut vegetables in a single layer on 2 sheet pans. Drizzle them with olive oil, salt, and pepper. Toss well. Bake for 25 to 35 minutes, until all the vegetables are tender, turning once with a metal spatula.
4. In a large saucepan, heat 3 cups of chicken stock. 
5. Coarsely puree the vegetables and the chicken stock in the bowl of a food processor fitted with the steel blade (or use a handheld blender). 
6. Pour the soup back into the pot and season, to taste. 
7. Thin with more chicken stock and reheat. 
8. The soup should be thick but not like a vegetable puree, so add more chicken stock and/or water until it's the consistency you like.

Brioche Croutons

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Slice the bread about 3/4-inch thick. 
3. Cut off the crusts and then cut the slices in 3/4-inch dice. You should have 3 to 4 cups of croutons.
4. Place the croutons on a sheet pan and toss them with the olive oil, salt, and pepper. 
5. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes, tossing once, until they're nicely browned on all sides. 
6. Cool to room temperature before using and store in a sealed plastic bag.

Notes
Top with Brioche Croutons and a drizzle of good olive oil.
Total Time: 30 min
Prep: 20 min
Cook: 10 min
Yield: 3 to 4 servings
Level: Easy

Source
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/roasted-vegetable-soup-recipe2.html

Sweet Potato Peanut Soup

Ingredients

• 1 large leek, cleaned and thinly sliced
• 1/3 cup creamy peanut butter
• 2 cloves garlic, peeled and minced
• 1-inch piece fresh ginger , peeled and minced
• 6 cups low sodium vegetable broth
• 1 large sweet potato, small diced
• 2 tbs olive oil
• salt and black pepper to taste
• roasted peanuts, chopped
• flat leaf parsley, chopped
• lime juice (optional)

Instructions

1. Heat the oil in a medium pot over medium heat. Add the leeks season with 3/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper and cook, stirring occasionally until tender about 1 minute.
2. Add in the garlic and ginger, continue to saute for 2-3 min.
3. Add vegetable broth, sweet potatoes and peanut butter simmer for 20-30 minutes until sweet potatoes are fork tender.
4. Remove pot from heat, remove 1/3 of the veggies and reserve in a bowl. Use an immersion blender to puree what remains in the pot until completely smooth. Return reserved portion and return to heat. Season to taste.

Notes
- serve with rice
- serve with a squeeze of fresh lime juice

Source http://www.shape.com/healthy-eating/healthy-recipes/all-souped

Candied Sweet Potato

wash potatoes

bake in oven 400º for 45 min

let cool

peel skins

slice into 1½-inch-thick rounds

lay rounds flat in baking dish

sprinkle with ground nutmeg and cinnamon

top with brown sugar

top with nubs of butter

bake 

Roasted Vegetables with Balsamic Glaze

Ingredients

Roasted Vegetables

• 2 large sweet onions, peeled and cut into quarters
• 2 sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces
• 8 ounces Brussels sprouts, trimmed and halved
• 1/2 medium butternut squash, peeled and diced
• 8 ounces carrots, peeled and cut on the bias into 1-inch slices
• 8 ounces fingerling potatoes, halved
• 1 head garlic, cloves separated and left unpeeled
• 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Glaze

• 1/3 cup vegetable broth
• 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
• 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 1 tsp Dijon mustard
• 1 tsp mayonnaise
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• salt and freshly ground black pepper

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
2. In a large bowl, toss the onions, sweet potatoes, Brussels sprouts, butternut squash, carrots, fingerling potatoes and garlic with the oil, salt and pepper on a large jelly roll pan. 
3. Spread the vegetables in an even layer and roast, stirring once halfway through, until tender, 40 to 45 minutes. 
4. Remove the garlic from the skins before serving.
5. Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, combine the vegetable broth, oil, vinegar, honey, mustard, mayonnaise, lemon juice and some salt and pepper. 
6. Cook over low heat until the glaze is reduced by half, about 10 minutes. Serve over the vegetables or as a dipping sauce.

Notes
Total Time: 1 hr
Prep: 15 min
Cook: 45 min
Yield:6 servings
Level:Easy

Source
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/trisha-yearwood/roasted-vegetables-with-balsamic-glaze.html