First Meal of Fall: Sweet Potato Gnocchi

 

I woke up this morning to a cozy, cloudy day. My favorite kind of day. A day for getting up early and lighting a cinnamon apple candle while brewing coffee and baking a batch of cornbread. Watching VHS tapes of Little Bear and vintage Scooby Doo while decorating for fall... 

I made this sweet potato gnocchi on a whim for dinner the other night, rolling out the dough while gazing out my kitchen window at a little yellow house with a lawn that is covered in leaves. I'm so happy i have a room with a view, a new home, and time to do things like make elaborate meals while sipping a glass of red wine...

Ingredients:

2 large sweet potatoes

2 cups flour

1 egg

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp nutmeg

1 tbsp butter

1/2 tbsp sage

2 cups spinach

1/2 tsp garlic powder

1/2 tsp onion powder

Instructions:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and bake sweet potatoes until tender, about an hour. Remove the skins and mash the potatoes in a large mixing bowl. Mix in egg, salt and nutmeg. Stir in the flour until dough ball forms. On a lightly floured surface, use a rolling pin to roll out the dough to 1/4 inch thickness. Add more flour, a little at a time if dough becomes too sticky. Using a leaf shaped cookie cutter, cut out pieces and make leaf veins with a bamboo skewer rolled in flour. Bring a pot of salted water to boil and cook gnocchi until they begin to float to the surface, about five minutes. Drain and set aside. Meanwhile, saute the spinach with garlic and onion powder while melting butter and sage together. When the spinach is wilted, add gnocchi and sage butter sauce. Enjoy!

Friends of the forest, what are your favorite fall foods?