This weeks recipe theme is ORANGE. I thought of all the many pumpkin, squash recipes I could have shared but I decided to try something new. This year, much to my families delight, I filled our freezer with a whole pig. I know it’s strange. One week I post raw recipes and the next I am talking about our freezer full of pork! Food is like that around here. My husband and kids are not ordering off of my side of the menu! So I cook for them and I prepare something different for myself most meals.

This week I put to use some of the pork in the freezer by making a pork, sweet potato stew. I thought it was excellent. But I guess my families love of sweet potatoes is not as great as mine. I thought this tasted a bit like a curry .

.5 lbs of pork loin or shoulder, cubed

.5 lbs of sweet potatoes , cubed

10.5 oz tomatoes

2 cloves garlic

1 onion

2 Tablespoons peanut butter

2 teaspoons chili flakes (or less)

1 Tablespoons paprika

salt to taste

2 Tablspoons cilantro

10 oz hot water

Fry the pork garlic and onion in a little oil. Add sweet potatoes spices, tomatoes and water. Simmer for 20 mins or until sweet potatoes are cooked.

Stir in peanut butter-heat 5 minutes

Serve over rice.

I probably quadrupled this recipe-my piece of pork was about 2.4 lbs-so really I tried to keep the amount of meat and potatoes the same and the tomatoes and water the same and increased the rest. I thought this was really tasty and orange!

I got the recipe from here.

So do you want to play along this week? Well the Mr Linky I used last week doesn’t seem to be working this week-so just leave a link to your post containing your Thursday’s Orange Quarter Recipe in the comments.

Thanks-Happy Thursday

******I forgot to announce next weeks theme!!!!      SNACKS

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This week’s recipe theme is ALL AMERICAN So I made an apple pie…raw!! I try to keep most of my diet to raw food - it gets more difficult for me as it gets colder outside! But I don’t usually follow raw recipes. I just throw veggies together and mix up the “sauce” ingredients or I just eat fruit plain and simple. But a friend of mine posts the most divine looking raw desserts (as well as breakfasts, lunches and dinners!) on her blog, she inspired me to try one for myself.

You will need both a blender and a food processor. Because, I guess you can’t put liquid stuff in the food processor or it will seep out of every crack and crevasse..nobody told me that!

For the crust you will need

2 cups almonds-plus a few more for dusting the bottom

2 cups dates

1 teaspoon salt

Put a few almonds in the food processor and line your pie plate with almond dust

Next process the almonds dates and salt until they make a sticky mass. Dump them into a bowl and make it into a ball with your hands, try to form it into your pan shape as best you can-it will be crumbly-press itinto the bottom of you r pie plate.

For the Filling you will need

6-8 apples chopped-or thinly sliced

1 cup raisins and or cranberries

2 Tablespoons cinnamon

Combine in a bowl

For the Syrup for the filling you will need (this can be doubled-I did, because I lost most of it when I tried to make it in the food processor instead of the blender!)

1/2 cup of dates

1 large orange

1/4 cup of water

Blend this all up until smooth and pour over your filling.

Be sure to pit all your dates!!!

This was so delicious!! I even ate it for breakfast the next day and it was even better because the apples had softened a bit.

Try it you’ll like it!!!

OK now it’s your turn to share. Just add your name or blog name to Mr. Linky and be sure to also leave me a comment-in case Mr Linky doesn’t work-and we will come to your party too!!

Next weeks theme is ORANGE

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