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Great food: All require 5 minutes or less preparation time
1. Sweet potatoes
a. broil at high temperature for about 20 minutes
b. add 1 or more of the following:
i. non-sugar jam
ii. maple syrup
iii. frozen orange juice
iv. butter
2. String beans
a. steam, add oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper
i. 1 tsp nutritional yeast
b. try out other steamed vegetables to see if you like any others. add the same seasonings (oil, lemon juice, salt, pepper, nutritional yeast)
i. broccoli, cauliflower, spinach…
3. Potatoes
a. cut into strips, put a SMALL amount of oil and roast in the oven
b. Other veggies you can cut up, add a small amount of oil and roast:
i. zucchini, butternut squash (you may like this with maple syrup), yellow (summer) squash
4. Baked apples
a. cut in half, put in oven 20 minutes; roast if you like it slightly burnt; low temperature just to get it soft
b. Option: Core the apple and put a little maple syrup, cinnamon and raisins in – make sure the raisins are covered by the apple or they may burn
5. NUTS: Walnuts, pecans, cashews or almonds; SEEDS: pumpkin or sunflower seeds
a. spread out on baking sheet,
b. add salt, a LITTLE bit of cayenne, and about 1 tablespoon of maple syrup
c. under 400 degrees and probably no more than 10 minutes; check to make sure they don’t burn
