Super-delicious (and easy!) Thanksgiving/Fall recipe!

This is what I'm making for Thanksgiving dinner! It is also a delicious treat any time during the Fall, as in incorporates simple ingredients, seasonal vegetables that you can access locally, and the promise of satisfying the craving for scrumptious comfort foods in a healthy way:

SWEET POTATO & APPLE BAKE

Ingredients:

3 cups sliced, peeled, cooked sweet potatos (*healthy: steam them)
3 cups sliced, peeled, tart apples
3/4 cup packed brown sugar (*healthy: can substitute a 1/4 to 1/2 cup with maple syrup)
3/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 dash fresh ground pepper
3 tablespoons butter (*healthy: use organic)
Optional: walnuts, sliced almonds, or pecans

Directions:

- Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees
Grease a 1.5 quart baking dish (*healthy: use organic butter, not oil or spray)
- Layer half of the sweet potatoes and apples
- Combine brown sugar, nutmeg, allspice, cinnamon and pepper; sprinkle half over the apples

- Dot with half of the butter

- Repeat layers, and sprinkle a layer of walnuts, sliced almonds or pecans on top if desired

- Cover and bake at 350 degrees, for 15 minutes

- Baste with pan juices

- Uncover and bake for 15 more minutes, or until the apples are tender

Serves 8.

Per serving: 223 calories, 4.7g of fat, 3.6 g of fibre, 1.5g of protein... and a huge amount of those good ol' vitamins A, B, C, E and minerals.

Mmm... enjoy!!

N.