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**SKIP to Cooking - Starts at 2:05**
My favorite way to cook sweet potatoes!

RECIPE (originally from EatingWell.com https://www.eatingwell.com):
INGREDIENTS:
3 sweet potatoes, peeled & cut into 1" cubes
1/3 cup maple syrup
4 tablespoons butter, melted
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup pecans, chopped
DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 400F.
Place sweet potatoes in 9x13 baking dish.
Combine syrup, butter, lemon juice and salt. Mix well.
Pour over sweet potatoes. Toss to coat.
Cover with aluminum foil and bake 15 minutes.
Remove foil, stir potatoes and bake 15 minutes, uncovered.
Sprinkle pecans over potatoes and bake 30 minutes or until tender.

PRODUCTS in video:
Ove Gloves (https://amzn.to/4gkkePw)

FAVORITES (Garden Tools & Products I Use):
Black & Decker 3-in-1 Leaf Blower, Leaf Vacuum and Mulcher (https://amzn.to/3Z1rutX)
Grow Bags (https://amzn.to/3O44Pqv)
Metal Garden Hose (https://amzn.to/4fmVFBB)
Sloggers Waterproof Garden Shoe (https://amzn.to/3O8caW8)
Compost Bins (https://amzn.to/3OghOpf)
Garden Plant Clips (https://amzn.to/3Oh8wtc)

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ROASTED SWEET POTATO RECIPE (Not JUST for Thanksgiving) // Cooking with the Garden Harvest

**IF YOU want to skip the preliminary chatter - COOKING STARTS at 8:02**
Sharing my favorite hot sauce recipe using the last of my garden peppers (sugar rush peach peppers). Made this before and it has such a nice, savory flavor. The original recipe called for ghost peppers, and those work really well too, especially if you want something hotter.

RECIPE SOURCE:
Ghost Pepper Hot Sauce (https://www.chilipeppermadness.com/chili-pepper-recipes/hot-sauces/ghost-pepper-hot-sauce-recipe/)

PEPPER SEEDS:
Sugar Rush Peach Peppers (https://www.rareseeds.com/pepper-hot-sugar-rush-peach?srsltid=AfmBOoqQ05jhTFi-25EdiJ41SnXL77z9k6dJJyGp61OlehBU1xGbNAb3)

FAVORITES (Garden Tools & Products I Use):
Black & Decker 3-in-1 Leaf Blower, Leaf Vacuum and Mulcher (https://amzn.to/3Z1rutX)
Grow Bags (https://amzn.to/3O44Pqv)
Metal Garden Hose (https://amzn.to/4fmVFBB)
Sloggers Waterproof Garden Shoe (https://amzn.to/3O8caW8)
Compost Bins (https://amzn.to/3OghOpf)
Garden Plant Clips (https://amzn.to/3Oh8wtc)

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HOMEMADE HOT SAUCE RECIPE // Cooking with the Garden Harvest // #SugarRushPeachPeppers #GhostPeppers

Today I'm sharing what I'll be reading this fall and winter. When I can't be in the garden the next best thing is curling up with a good book about gardening, farming, self sufficiency, survival.

BOOKS I Talked About:
A Very Small Farm (https://amzn.to/40KpTKk)
Woodswoman (https://amzn.to/4hKUw8s)
Llewellyn's 2025 Herbal Almanac (https://amzn.to/3YLb6fQ)
The Vegetable Gardener's Bible (https://amzn.to/3UOqK8S)

FAVORITES (Garden Tools & Products I Use):
Black & Decker 3-in-1 Leaf Blower, Leaf Vacuum and Mulcher (https://amzn.to/3Z1rutX)
Grow Bags (https://amzn.to/3O44Pqv)
Metal Garden Hose (https://amzn.to/4fmVFBB)
Sloggers Waterproof Garden Shoe (https://amzn.to/3O8caW8)

DISCLAIMER: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. There is no extra cost to you, and using my links/codes is a way of supporting my channel. Thank you!

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GARDEN | FARMING | SURVIVAL // What I'm Reading // Staying Cozy this Winter (Pt 1)

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