Thanksgiving Dinner at our family gathering is always a lavish affair. Everyone brings their favorite dish to share; there is plenty of food for several meals. Leftovers. What does a person do with all the leftover turkey? 
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These Cajun Sweet Potato Wedges are mighty spicy, but also very tasty and they add spark to an otherwise ordinary meal. Plus sweet potatoes are very health and this is a good way to sneak some into your meals.
Sweet potatoes grow in Louisiana and autumn is harvest season for this agricultural crop. We are lucky to have the freshest and sweetest potatoes in grocery stores which were grown in the central part of the state. Here is a very easy recipe, “Candied Sweet Potatoes,” which makes a good way cook this healthy vegetable. The twist to the recipe is that the glaze is fruit and juice; which sweetens the potatoes but doesn’t add too much sugar.
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We stopped at a farmer’s market on our recent trip to Upstate New York. What fun it was to walk up and down the isles and see what was for sale that we don’t have in Louisiana. I loaded up the car with produce to bring back to Louisiana since this was a road trip. One of my bounty prizes was butternut squash. Much less expensive than in Louisiana. 
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