Ingredients:

4 Bosc pears
2 cups apple juice
1 cinnamon stick
2 cloves

Preheat oven to 400. Cut a thin slice off the bottom of each pear to help keep them standing upright in a baking dish. Pour fruit juice into the pan. Add cinnamon stick and cloves. Roast the pears, basting every 15 minutes, until tender and brown. Place pears on serving plate and use liquid from pan to drizzle on top.

Ingredients:

3 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
1 bunch of Broccoli (cut into florets)
2 tablespoons of balsamic vinegar
black pepper or red pepper flakes if desired

Combine olive oil with garlic in a bowl. Place Brocolli florets on a baking tray and drizzle olive oil and garlic mixture over top. Roast in a 450 degree over for 12 – 15 minutes turning once to coat with oil and brown evenly. You can then sprinkle with black pepper or lightly with red pepper flakes if you desire your dish a bit spicy.

*This is a delicious side dish to serve with chicken or fish.

1 head of Romaine lettuce
1/4 cup olive or walnut oil
2 tbsp. white wine vinegar
1 tbsp. cranberry juice concentrate
2 tbsp. local honey
1 tsp. fresh sage, minced
Sea salt and pepper to taste

Whisk oil, vinegar, cranberry juice concentrate, maple syrup and fresh sage. Add a pinch or two of sea salt and a shake of black pepper. Mix well with lettuce.