Step 1:Spray a 9×13-inch baking dish with non-stick cooking spray. Place alternate layers of sweet potatoes and apples in baking dish, ending with apples. Pour orange juice and zest over mixture and sprinkle with cinnamon.

Step 2:Bake, covered with foil, in preheated 375 degree oven, 40 minutes.

Step 3:Remove foil, top with crushed cereal or bread crumbs, and spray with cooking spray. Bake an additional 15-20 minutes, until golden brown.

Step 1:In a large skillet, bring 1inch of water to a boil. Add yams. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes or until they are tender. Drain.

Step 2:In a small bowl, mix orange peel, orange juice, brown sugar, salt, cinnamon and allspice. Pour over yams in skillet. Cook and stir until bubbly. Simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes, spooning sauce over potatoes occasionally to make a glaze.

Step 1:Heat the oven to 400 degrees F. Cut each of the squash in half and remove the seeds and fibers. Place the squash, cut sides down, in an ungreased baking pan. Then add water to the depth of 1/4-inch and bake, uncovered, until the squash is tender, about 30 to 40 minutes.

Step 2:While the squash is baking, cook and stir the meat in a large skillet until it is brown. Drain off the excess fat. Remove the skillet from the heat and stir in the 1 1/2 ts of salt as well as the cinnamon, then coarsely chopped tart apples and the raisins.

Step 3:When the squash is cooked, turn them so that the cut side is up and remove them to a platter. Drain off any remaining liquid in the pan and dry. Scoop out the pulp from the acorn squash, making a shell that is 1/4-inch thick all the way around. Season the shells with salt to taste. Mash the pulp and mix in the meat mixture

Step 4:Return to the shells, piling them full and sprinkle with 1 tb of brown sugar on each. Drizzle with the melted butter. Bake uncovered until the apple is tender, about 20 to 30 minutes.

Step 1:Scrape or pare carrots and place in casserole

Step 2:Cream butter, sugar, salt and cinnamon together; add water and blend well. Pour over carrots, cover and bake in moderate 350F oven 1 1/2 hours.