One of my favorite vegetables is a simple baked sweet potato. They have so much flavor and nutritional value. Sweet potatoes are a rich source of fiber as well as containing an array of vitamins and minerals including iron, calcium, selenium, and they’re a good source of most of our B vitamins and vitamin C. Another favorite food is apples, crisp and sweet. Some years ago I read a recipe for a sweet potato apple cranberry bake for November and the holidays, and I had to try the combination. What could be better than sweet potatoes and apples? I guess the addition of tart fresh cranberries to mingle with the natural sweetness of apples and sweet potatoes.
There are many recipes availabe for this dish. I did not follow those recipes that call for a lot of sugar. I’ve eaten this dish without sweetener but usually just added a little maple syrup or agave nectar to my olive oil and cinnamon. Toss to cover the fresh ingredients and bake in a covered dish. Let me tell you I ate one meal, and I was hooked. Even though this is the perfect fall holiday dish, I eat it often throughout the year with frozen cranberries. I’ve even used frozen sweet potato cubes and that worked. I would never use anything but a fresh apple for best flavor and nutrition. I try to eat a lot of color and this dish is a perfect example. If you can’t get frozen cranberries in your area, buy fresh cranberries now and freeze for year round cranberry flavor in your dish.
It’s simple to make, has great nutritional value, and wins over lots of folks with vegetable phobias. It tastes like dessert to me. Hmm!
Sweet Potato Apple Cranberry Bake
Use organic when available. Serves 4
Sweet Potato Apple Cranberry Bake
Ingredients
- 1 large sweet potato peeled and sliced/cubed
- 1 large apple cubed
- 1/2 cup fresh or frozen cranberries
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 2 tbsp butter or margarine
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 cup maple syrup or agave nectar
Instructions
- Oil or butter baking dish
- Place sweet potatoes, apple, and cranberries in a bowl
- Add olive oil, cinnamon, and maple syrup and mix well
- Spoon into buttered baking dish
- Top with 2 slices of butter or margarine
- Cover and bake at 350 degrees F for one hour
- Remove and serve warm
Enjoy this flavor-packed side dish in the next few month, and it will become a favorite.
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…wonderful tastes of fall.
To me, that combination sounds so peculiar. It does look nice though, and I would be tempted to try it, if only I wasn’t the only person in my house who eats sweet potatoes and cranberries.
#mmbc
I love this recipe and have bookmarked it! Can’t wait to try this …for all the reasons you love it. Thank you. (I think “eat with color” or eat the color palette daily” is the best nutrition motto ever!
yes it’s a good reminder to eat healthy just by remembering to eat colors.
This sounds delicious, Carol. I am a big fan of sweet potatoes and adding apples and cranberries to them sounds very fall festive.
it’s festive and delicious
I love sweet potatoes. I’ve baked them with cinnamon and maple syrup and it’s so good. I’m sure this would be just as delicious. I’ve also baked apples with brown sugar. I’ll have to combine.
they are meant to be bosom buddies – they just taste great together
Nothing like the smell and taste of cooked apples. I like an apple crisp myself.
This looks super good!
It is one of my favorites and so easy to make. I hope you’ll give it a try.