Side Dish Recipes:
Apple and Brown Rice Pilaf
Apple and Carrot Casserole
Apple Barley Pilaf
Apple Butter Bread
Apple Curry Rice
Glazed Apples and Raisins
Golden Apples and Yams
Sauteed Apple Slices with Apricot Sauce
Scalloped Virginia Apples
Slow-Cooked Apple Butter
Squash and Apple Bake
Sweet Potatoes and Apples

Golden Apples and Yams

2 large yams or sweet potatoes
2 Golden Delicious apples, cored and sliced crosswise into rings
1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 tsp. cornstarch
1/8 tsp. ground cloves
1/2 cup orange juice
2 Tbsp. chopped pecans or walnuts

Heat oven to 400. Bake yams 50 minutes or until soft but still retain shape. (This can also be done in microwave.) Cool yams until they can be handled. Reduce oven to 350. Peel and slice yams crosswise. In shallow 1-quart baking dish, alternate apple rings and yam slices, overlapping their edges slightly. In small saucepan, combine sugar, cornstarch and cloves; stir in orange juice and blend. Heat orange juice mixture, stirring, until thickened; pour over apples and yams. Top casserole with nuts and bake 20 minutes or until apples and yams are tender. Serve. Makes 6 servings.

Nutritional Analysis Per Serving: Calories, 165; Fat, 2 g; Cholesterol, 0 mg; Fiber, 3 g; Sodium, 9 mg; Percent calories from Fat, 11%.