It’s apple picking time. The new crop is coming in. And pick-your-own expeditions are shifting into high gear. There’s no better time to haul out your favourite apple recipes and celebrate the unparalleled flavour, freshness and crunch of everybody’s number-one fruit!
This one of my favourite times of the year – along with Tomato time, Strawberry time and Sweet Corn time, of course!
As aficionados will almost certainly agree, there’s nothing like a fresh, crisp, juicy apple to satisfy your snack cravings. And the time to enjoy apples at their best is… Now!
I’ve linked to some of my own personal favourites, and a scattering of new ideas from the Internet, to get you started…
Celebrate the classics!
Your favourite apple recipes will never taste better than they will now, when you make them with this year’s crop, just in from the orchard. I love these old, standard go-to apple recipes:
- Apple Pie
- Apple Turnovers \ Blossoms
- Apple Strudel
- Apple Crumble
- Apple Fritters
- Apple Quick Bread
- Baked Apples
- Waldorf Salad
- Apple Cole Slaw
- Apple Sauce
- Apple Butter
- Apple Cider – Plain or Mulled
- Pork Loin \ Chops with Roasted Apples
Try something new!
- Appletini
- Spiced Apple Margarita
- Apple Sangria
- Apple Smoothie
- Apple Cranberry Stuffing
- Apple Dessert Nachos
- Apple Bacon & Spinach Salad
- Apple Cinnamon French Toast
- Apple Cheddar Waffle Sandwich
- Apple Cheddar Grilled Cheese
Create your own apple recipes!
Go crazy and create your own apple recipes. The following foods are natural companions for the humble apple and can transform it into something very special, indeed:
- Peanut Butter
- Maple Syrup
- Chocolate
- Caramel
- Cheddar Cheese
- Brie Cheese
- Vanilla Ice Cream
- Cinnamon
- Chicken
- Pork
- Bacon
- Sausage
- Onions
- Carrots
- Butternut Squash
- Cranberries
- Walnuts
And Google yourself silly…
… To find even more great ideas for enjoying apples this fall! I hope my favourite season will become one of yours!
~ Maggie J.