Sweet Potato Stuffed Empanadas

Take a mix of sweet potato mash and combine it with softened cream cheese and some brown sugar.

Use this as a filling for crescent rolls and you have an easy and yet elegant type of dessert.

Leftover Potatoes Au Gratin Crepes

Use leftover potatoes as the filling for these savory crepes.


Savory Crepes Recipe

Top with pats of butter and sprinkle grated Parmesan cheese over top.

Santa Chimney Cupcakes

With the use of jelly beans, graham crackers and red velvet cake mix, we made these hilarious mini-chimneys for a Christmas party.

Garlic Butter Sandwich Rollups

These make great party appetizers or just a different way to gussy up the old sandwich lunch.

Banana Bread Napoleons

Take three toasted slices of banana bread and fill them with cream and nuts.

Turkey Centerpiece

While not a cooking recipe, this project uses all of the techniques regularly used to prepare great food.

TURKEY FRUIT CARVING-Cut 1pumpkin+ 1pear+ 1cut pineapple+ 1watermelon+ 1pomegranate’s arils+ 2marshmallows +1lb grapes. Assemble into turkey

Banana Sour Cream Bread

We had sour cream to use up and decided to incorporate it into this banana bread recipe and it turned out pretty good.

Sweet Potato Soup

Sweet Potato Soup Recipe

This is a Sweet Potato Festival Recipe Award Winner.

Easy to make and delicious to eat. It's great in the winter months when a nice hot bowl of soup takes the chill out of the air.

INGREDIENTS

3 large sweet potatoes

2 shallots, peeled and cut in half lengthwise

2 Tbsp olive oil

1pinch of red pepper flakes

1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

2 cloves of garlic

1 teaspoon ground sage

1/4 teaspoon ground cumin

2 cups chicken stock

1 cup water

1/8 teaspoon black pepper

4 tablespoons plain Greek yogurt

Directions

 Preheat oven to 450°F.

Peel sweet potatoes and slice them into 1/4 inch discs.

Place sweet potato slices, peeled  garlic cloves, and peeled  shallots on a large dark baking sheet.

  Drizzle with olive oil. Sprinkle with salt, thyme, and cumin. Toss until everything is well coated with olive oil and seasonings.

Roast for 15 minutes. Remove from oven and flip vegetables. Reinsert pan in oven, rotating pan. Roast another 15 to 20 minutes until browned.

 Place half roasted sweet potatoes, garlic, chicken stock and shallots in a food processor and process until smooth.

Transfer to a large bowl.

Repeat with raining vegetables and water.

Pour second batch into the bowl with the first batch. Stir to combine.

Serve  warm in bowls with a spoonful  of Greek yogurt

Notes

When selecting  sweet potatoes, try to pick  long and straight ones-they are easier to peel.

Why chicken stock and water?  To make it more about the sweet potato flavor.

Why a dark pan for roasting? The darker pan absorbs more heat and makes for better browning and the delicious taste of carmelization.

Applesauce Oatmeal Cookies

Substitute applesauce and apple pie spice for some of the butter, sugar and spices to give oatmeal cookies a new taste...and a slightly lower calorie count.

Burrito Sandwich for #NationalSandwichDay

When is a burrito a sandwich? This philosophical question has provided a condundrum for courts and sandwich shops but we think we have an answer just in time for #NaitionalSandwichDay:

The Burrito Sandwich-

Place a burrito between two slices of toast with slices of tomato and avocado and taco sauce.

Tombstone Oreo Pudding Pie

We used this recipe for our Halloween post-trick-or-treat snack time

Grilled Cheese Breakfast Sandwich

Cheese, eggs and toast go together, especially first thing in the morning.
This basic recipe is a quick one with ingredients most people keep on hand.

The secret- toast the bread first. Toast absorbs the butter differently and adds to the crunch factor.



Add omelette fixings to amp up this breakfast sandwich (e.g. bacon, sausage, onions, peppers, mushrooms and other goodies), just don't forget to keep the cheese as a dominant ingredient.

This recipe is so easy, it made Twitter's 140letterrecipe list. It's not easy fitting a recipe into 140 characters, but this one works.

Ham and Egg Breakfast Rollups

Roll sliced sandwich ham and roll around scrambled eggs to make a quick and delicious breakfast.

Add cheese or other omelet fixings to make variations of this easy morning treat.

Spread cream cheese on edge and slice into little appetizers.

Coffee Crepes With Coffee-Yogurt Filling

In honor of #CoffeeDay, here is an interesting take on having your coffee with your breakfast - Coffee in crepes and in the filling.

Ingredients:

Crepes

1/2 cup coffee

1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 cup all-purpose flour

1/4 cup brown sugar

1 room temperature egg

1/2 cup milk

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

2 tablespoons melted butter

1/4 teaspoon salt

Filling

1 cup coffee yogurt

1/4 cup white sugar

Topping

1/2 cup cream cheese

4 squares of white chocolate

Candied sweet potato strips

Combine flour, baking powder and salt in a large mixing bowl.

In a separate bowl add sweet potato, eggs, milk, melted butter, 1 teaspoon of the vanilla, and beat until combine.

Add wet ingredients into the flour bowl. Beat until batter is consistently smooth.

Over medium-high heat, warm up a skillet and add 1/2 tablespoon cold butter. Spread butter around skillet. Add a scoop of batter to the center of the skillet. Lift skillet and tilt around so that batter spreads around the bottom of skillet. Sprinkle with sweet potato cubes.  Cook 1 minute or until lightly browned; flip crepe and brown other side. Repeat process with remaining batter.

Set crepes aside to cool. Crepes must be cooled before assembly can begin.

Mix topping ingredients in separate bowl.

Lay one crepe out on a flat surface. Spread over crepe and roll

Top with topping and candied sweet potato or whipped cream.