Sweet Potato Breakfast Bars
One of my Facebook friends just sent me this recipe. After she was raving about it online, I just had to get it for everyone to enjoy. A sweet potato is a veggie, right? So these are good for us, right?
Ingredients
5 sweet potatoes
1/4 cup sugar
2 T cinnamon
2 T canola oil
2/3 c maple syrup
3/4 c orange juice
4 c quick cooking oats (I love the steel cut kind, but any works!)
Wash and scrub sweet potatoes, pierce with fork, microwave until soft (about 8 mins, maybe a lot more depending on your microwave)
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Thanksgiving: Traditions IN, Caring About Lumps: OUT
Thanksgiving is definitely one of my favorite holidays. In my family, “Thanks” is the big one—our entire extended family, out to third cousins, gets together for a huge reunion / party. It’s a wonderful, multigenerational occasion for bonding. Plus it’s tons of fun. After the feast, we collectively put on an amateur Vaudeville show (emphasis on amateur), with the same “acts” performed each year, always to raucous applause and laughter. » Read more
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