Well, it’s that time of year again when my refrigerator is bursting with apples because we’ve made not one, not two, but THREE trips to various apple orchards, and yet without fail each trip ends with the boyfriend insisting on picking “just a few more!” ...
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Crunchy Curried Chicken Salad
A few weeks ago, I shared a recipe for a mayo-free potato salad and was surprised by how many people commented about sharing my reluctance to consume the ubiquitous condiment. ...
Apple Spice Cake
I’m sure some of you are thinking, “Apple cake?! But it’s not fall anymore!” Well, as much as I love to feature seasonal foods, sometimes I’m inexplicably in the mood for something…unseasonal. Does that ever happen to you? Like, it’s the middle of July and you think to yourself, “You know, I could really go for some pumpkin bread right about now!”? Luckily, apples are one of the few fruits that ...
Apple Cider Pumpkin Butter
Happy first (official) day of fall! As much as I enjoy summer and feel a sense of panic as it leaves us each year, I really do love fall. The crisp mornings, the bright splash of color in the trees, the pumpkin patches, the cider mills… ...
Spiced Cranberry Pancakes with Sautéed Apples
Earlier this fall, I named pumpkin as my favorite fall flavor. I’m going to have to revise that statement. Apple has now pulled into the lead (along with its partner in crime, the cranberry), and if you don’t like or are already tired of apples and cranberries, you should probably just stop reading now. ...
Cheddar Apple Cinnamon Buns
When I was really young, my family had a Klutz Kids Cooking book. The only thing I remember from this book was a recipe for “Happle Bagel Sandwiches”: a bagel topped with apple slices, cheddar cheese, and cinnamon. I’m not sure why we stopped making these over time, but I only remember eating them as a small child (probably 5 or younger). When thumbing through Deb Perelman’s The Smitten Kitchen ...
Apple Cinnamon Cream Cheese Muffins
I’ll start with a warning: store these muffins in the fridge! The first time I made muffins with cream cheese centers was during my senior year of college, when I was living with three other girls. As it turns out, the average fridge is not designed with enough space to accommodate the different food preferences of four people, so it was like a never-ending game of tetris to find a place for a ...
Stuffing “Salad” with Roasted Sweet Potatoes and Tart Apples
If I had to pick one Thanksgiving food as my favorite, it would be stuffing. I like mashed potatoes well enough, pumpkin pie can be quite tasty, and I’ve made my peace with green beans (as a child, I would only eat them if they came from a can). I could live without cranberry sauce, and I’m still pretty lukewarm about the turkey itself – if ever I’m somehow left in charge of obtaining and ...
Chicken Salad Salad with Roasted Grape Vinaigrette
Earlier this fall, my boyfriend and I took a cooking class together. It was a one-time date-night class, and I was surprised to find that we were by far one of the youngest couples there (I had thought that in a college town, there would be more couples our own age, but maybe most couples our own age don’t consider having to cook your own dinner a proper date night. Their loss!). Although we ...