Blackstone Sausage and Apples

Name: Blackstone Sausage and Apples
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: cooking oil of choice; 2 sweet potatoes (diced, skin on); kosher salt, pepper; 1 cup chicken broth; 1 pound pork sausage (either country or Italian sausage, chicken or turkey sausage works too); 1 onion (diced); 2 apples (I used Honeycrisp) (diced, skin on); 5 cups chopped, fresh spinach; 1 tablespoon dried or fresh thyme; 1 tablespoon paprika; 2 teaspoons ground cumin; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1/4 cup maple syrup; Optional: sliced green onions, crushed red pepper flakes