dinner - sweet potatoes

i made dinner tonight using some of the ingredients we've had and been meaning to use for a while now AKA roasted sweet potatoes, fried garlic-chicken sausage, and kale with garlic and white beans.

i had a request from someone on facebook to start adding recipes to my blog posts. i usually just make things up and don't have exact measurements, but i promised i would at least list the ingredients and general methods i use, so you can get the idea.. :)

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oven roasted sweet potatoes:
(also works with regular potatoes as well as brussel sprouts)

pealed and cubed sweet potatoes
olive oil
garlic powder
rosemary
salt
pepper


toss everything together and place in oven safe dish. cook at 350F for about 30 minutes, or until potatoes are soft when you poke them with a sharp knife.

blanched and sauteed kale:

wash and cut/rip kale into bite size pieces. place in boiling water for 3 minutes, and immediately after immerse in ice cold water. drain, set aside and prepare the rest of the ingredients:

olive oil
chopped garlic
white beans (great northern)
salt
pepper

heat olive oil and add garlic to pan, but be sure not to brown the garlic (we want it to stay soft and yummy). add beans and spices. lastly, add blanched kale and toss to heat up. serve immediately, so as to not over cook the kale.

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please, let me know if you try any of these "recipes"! :)