Market-fresh Thanksgiving recipes - Delicious Living

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 4-6 Fuji apples (2 pounds), chopped
• 10 Medjool dates, pits removed, chopped
• 1 lemon, zest and juice
• 1 orange, zest and juice
• 1/2 cup unsalted roasted almonds, chopped
• Salt and pepper, to taste
• 1 onion, roughly chopped
• 1 carrot, peeled and roughly chopped
• 2 stalks celery, roughly chopped
• 4 Cornish hens, 1 1/4 pounds each
• Olive oil, for brushing
• 1 medium yellow onion, chopped
• 1 medium fennel bulb, chopped
• 6 medium parsnips (about 1 1/2 pounds), peeled and chopped into 1-inch pieces
• 1 medium potato, peeled and chopped into 1-inch pieces
• 2 cups low-sodium vegetable stock or broth
• 2 cups water
• Butter, to taste