Oven Roasted Sweet Potatoes

I love using the oven in winter. You heat it up, chop up a bunch of veggies, and throw them in there to roast away while you make the main dish. Today we made this sweet potato dish and it was good. The original recipe says to add balsamic vinegar, which I did not do as some members of my family don't like it.

Oven Roasted Sweet Potatoes

From Allrecipes

Ingredients:

-- 4 cups chopped and peeled sweet potato (3/4 inch chunks)
-- 1 sweet onion, cut into wedges
-- oil, salt, and pepper

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
2. Mix sweet potatoes and sweet onion in a bowl. Drizzle olive oil over the mixture and toss to coat; pour into a shallow roasting pan.
3. Roast sweet potato mixture in preheated oven, turning frequently, until the vegetables are soft and golden brown, 30 to 35 minutes. season with salt and pepper.

Roasted Cabbage

This is so good! A quick and easy vegetable side. Anyone who thinks they don't like cabbage should try this first.

From eatingwell

Ingredients:

• ½ medium green cabbage (1-1½ pounds), outer leaves removed
• 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
• salt and pepper

 Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 450°F. Coat a large baking sheet with cooking spray.
2. To prepare cabbage: Cut cabbage half into four wedges and cut out any thick core, leaving the wedges as intact as possible. Drizzle the cut sides with 1 tablespoon oil and sprinkle with ¼ teaspoon each salt and pepper. Place the wedges flat-side down on the prepared baking sheet.
3. Roast the cabbage for 12 minutes. Carefully flip over (it's OK if it falls apart a little) and roast until browned on both sides, about 8 minutes more.

Pouding Chomeur (Poor Man's Pudding)

This is a French-Canadian treat I remember having on rare occasion as a child. My mom made this recipe the other day, it was so delicious I couldn't stop eating it and I had to have the recipe. 

Ingredients 

⦁ 1/2 cup softened butter or 1/2 cup margarine

⦁ 1 cup sugar

⦁ 2 eggs

⦁ 1 teaspoon vanilla

⦁ 2 cups flour

⦁ 1 teaspoon baking powder

⦁ 1 1/3 cups milk

⦁ 1 1/2 cups pure maple syrup

⦁ 1 1/2 cups brown sugar

⦁ 1 1/2 cups heavy cream

⦁ 1/3 cup butter

Directions

CAKE.

1. In a large bowl, with an electric mixer, mix the butter and sugar till the mix is light.

2. Add eggs and vanilla and mix.

3. In another bowl, mix flour and baking powder.

4. Alternate flour mix and milk to the butter mix.

5. Pour into a 13 inch by 9 inch greased pan.

MAPLE SAUCE.

1. In a large casserole, bring to boil the syrup, brown sugar, cream and butter and constantly stir.

2. Reduce heat and gently cook 2 minutes or till sauce has reduced a little bit.

3. Pour sauce gently over cake.

4. Bake at 325°F about 40 - 45 minutes or till cake is light brown and when toothpick inserted comes ou