PARADISE CASSEROLE

PARADISE CASSEROLE image

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 10

4 sweet potatoes or 4 cups roasted red squash
1/2 or more cup cored peeled and chopped crab apples or other apples
1-2 tablespoons sweet white miso
1 teaspoon rice wine vinegar
1 teaspoon umeboshi paste
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
2 tablespoons maple syrup
2 2 tsp sugar
2 c cooked mixed grains quinoa, barley farro, millet, with sauteed onions and peppers,
2 1/2 cups black beans mixed with smoked paprika ( 1 tbsp)

Steps:

Bake sweet potatoes or squash until tender, about 1 hour in a 350 degree oven (use a drip pan to catch juices). Mash baked potatoes with miso, vinegar, paste, cinnamon, syrup, and stevia and stir in chopped crab apples. layer the grains with onions and peppers, the 2 ½ c spicy black beans with smoked paprika, then the sweet potatoes with crabapple recipe (three layers total - cooked grains, cooked beans, cooked sweet potatoes) and bake all for 45 minutes at 350 degrees.) can add a layer of greens as well