Name: Maple Roasted Roots
Ingredients: 3-4 cups of winter squash or root veggies (carrots, parsnip, sweet potatoes or beets, washed and chopped into bite sized pieces); 1/3 to 1/2 cup butter (melted while the oven is pre-heating); 1 T maple syrup; 1 dash cinnamon (or ground ginger, and/or nutmeg); salt and pepper (to taste)

This is one of my favourite fall dishes, and can feature any of the seasonal root veggies you have on hand.

Maple Roasted Roots

Ingredients

3-4 cups of winter squash or root veggies carrots, parsnip, sweet potatoes or beets, washed and chopped into bite sized pieces
1/3 to 1/2 cup butter melted while the oven is pre-heating
1 T maple syrup
1 dash cinnamon or ground ginger, and/or nutmeg
salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

Spread the veggies in a 9 by 13 cake pan.
Combine butter, maple syrup and spices in a liquid measuring cup. Drizzle the veggies with the butter sauce and turn the veggies in the pan with a spatula.
Roast in the oven at 350 degrees for about 40 minutes, stirring occasionally. Once the veggies are cooked through, you can brown the edges, and give the veggies a slightly crispy texture, by putting the pan on the top rack of the oven and broil at 500 degrees.