Frog has tea going & Here's my contribution... Help Yourself to either OR both!   Cooler walk this morning.   The cars in the parking lot have a coat of    light frost on the windows.   When Dini rolled this morning the leaves   made that "frosty" noise underneath her.   I hear them saying on the radio about   "slippery road condition and snow   accummalations"!.....That is a sure sign that   "Winter is getting close"!   Another sure sign that Winter is close is the   fact that this Sunday is the....   "Toronto Annual Santa Claus Parade".   Is there a "Parade" where you live?   Do you go?   What are your plans for today?   I have 2 places.....and then on the way   home I am dropping in to see a "special"   that needs to be done.   I have a friend that is a "general contractor"   & he "refers" me sometimes to go in after   he finishes a job.   This one apparently could be a "2-day-affair"!   I can handle that!   If I get one more interruption this morning I will scream!   I love it when I get up at 4:00 a.m......Just   me and the dogs...this a.m.   dh has decided we need to have a running   conversation.......about freakin' keyboards!   Have no idea how anyone elses'   concentration span is ....BUT mine is   becoming very SHORT. This Morning it has   grown even shorter!!!!!!!   Alas...he has gone to play on his own computor.....   There isn't a whole lot of news from   Toronto today so I will hunt up a recipe for   you and be on my way for the day!   Have a great one....   Take care.   Maybe see ya'll later.   Carol/CSW/cas   Enjoy!     Spicy Sweet Potatoes & Apples   Preparation time: 15 min   Baking time: 42 min   Yield: 6 (1-cup) servings  1/3   cup Butter 1/4   cup water 2   tablespoons orange juice 1   tablespoon stone ground mustard 1   tablespoon honey 1   teaspoon freshly grated orange peel 1/4   teaspoon salt 1/4   teaspoon ground red pepper 2   large (4 cups) orange sweet potatoes or yams, peel, cubed 1-inch 3   small (3 cups) tart cooking apples, cubed 1-inch 1/4   cup chopped pecans Heat oven to 375°F. Melt butter in 13x9-inch baking pan in oven (2 to 4 minutes). Stir in all remaining ingredients except sweet potatoes, apples and pecans. Place sweet potatoes in butter mixture; toss to coat. Cover; bake for 25 to 35 minutes or until fork tender. Stir in apples and pecans. Continue baking, uncovered, stirring once, for 15 to 20 minutes or until apples are tender. Recipe Tip Although sweet potatoes and yams are similar in many ways, and therefore often confused with one another, they are different plant species. Yams may be substituted for sweet potatoes in most recipes.                       Tag - Hur05 ©Ursula Vernon tiles by SKPawPrintzBackgrounds Page and HTML by Debbe @ Creative Elegance