Roasted Parmesan Sweet Potatoes

I know the combination sounds super weird, but these were absolutely heavenly!  Sometimes sweet potatoes are just too sweet to eat with dinner, but these were perfect.  The salty cheese and the sweet potato are a
match made in heaven!

Ingredients:
4 large sweet potatoes, peeled and cubed
3 tablespoons olive oil
4 basil leaves
4 rosemary sprigs
1/2 cup parmesan cheese
salt

Directions:
Pre-heat your oven to 350 degrees.

In a large bowl, put the olive oil and the cubed sweet potatoes.  Stick to about a 1/2 inch cube and try to make them all the same size.  Chop up the basil leaves and rosemary sprigs very finely and put into the bowl.  Stir around until each potato is evenly coated.

Pour the mixture onto a cookie sheet and bake in the oven for 50-55 minutes or until potatoes become tender.

Take out of the oven, and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese (I freshly grated mine), and place back in for another 10 minutes or until cheese begins to melt.  Serve and enjoy!

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Roasted Turkey

Since Thanksgiving is coming up I thought I would post my Dad's delicious Turkey recipe. 

Ingredients:
20-25 lb turkey (You don't have to get one this big, my family just does everything in excess)
2 tablespoons salt, plus a few extra tablespoons to wash
2 tablespoons paprika
2 tablespoons sage
2 tablespoons garlic powder
2 tablespoons parsley
1 stick of butter
1 apple
5 sprigs of rosemary

Directions:
So this may sound odd but my dad washes the turkey with salt.  Basically when you are washing the turkey just sprinkle a lot of salt over it and rub it in and then rinse it off.  I guess it is kind of similar to brining.  Then put the turkey in a large roasting pan and sprinkle with 2 tablespoons salt, paprika, sage, garlic powder, and parsley.  Evely disperse this on the outside, and also on the inside of the turkey.  Put an apple inside the turkey.  This will absorb any excess fat.  Then put in the rosemary sprigs to infuse flavor. Now comes the best part.  Literally just put a stick of butter right on top of the breast bone of the turkey.  This will melt throughout the process and baste the whole bird.

Then cook the bird in a 325 over for 5 hours.  That is about 15 minutes per pound.  Cook the bird with the foil over it, until the last half hour.  Baste the bird every hour with the pan drippings.  For the last half hour, turn the oven up to 375 degrees and allow the skin to brown.  That means the total cooking time is about 5 1/2 hours.  Enjoy and Happy Thanksgiving!

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