Seasonal Sundays (Week 42) Apples Savory & Sweet

Apple picking, anyone? I've collected my favorite apple recipes for you, the ones that welcome fall with open arms ...

~ Skip Straight to the Good Stuff ~

Welcome to Seasonal Sundays ...

The politics, the pandemic, the protests ... it's a lot. Take care of yourselves, take care of others. My Canadian family and friends checked in this week. They're so worried about what's happening to the behemoth on their southern border. It helped, knowing the world is watching.

And wow, voting, what a moment of catharsis. On a pretty fall day, the outside of our county election office was lined with early and absentee voters, many with kids in tow, teaching moments intended and accidental. The atmosphere was serious, watchful, alert ... but still, almost festive?

24 days ...

V O T E.

About the Photo By Popular Request, a Little Insight into the Top Image: Word came out last week that the Missouri wild turkey population is down so imagine my surprise this very morning when three five six wait, seven no, nine turkeys appeared in the field across the way. Nine! We laughingly call each year's neighborhood turkeys "amigos" but really, these are hens. The toms won't appear until later ...

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving!

How are you celebrating, Canadian visitors? Share your gatherings, we Americans will be living vicariously for awhile longer ...

And in case anyone's still working out Thanksgiving details ...

• THE COLLECTION Thanksgiving Menus, Recipes & More
• ESPECIALLY FOR VEGETABLE LOVERS Thanksgiving Vegetable Recipes

Seasonal Showcase: Apples! Savory to Sweet

Today we're celebrating apples!

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PICK ONE

Pick One is for those of us overwhelmed by life's unending choices. If that resonates, then check out this one recipe and then call it a day. It's one that I think could make the most difference, the one I hope will become a regular in your kitchen, as it is in mine.

• THE RECIPE Chicken Cider Stew Another Quick Supper, one skillet perfect for fall.
• ANOTHER TAKE Chicken with Creamy Cider Gravy Another Quick Supper, moist chicken in a mahogany sauce.

Cook. Eat. Repeat.

Here's my appeal for mealtime minimalism, the idea that you don't have to think up a new breakfast or a new lunch every day. It's a way to think less about food rather than more. It's maintains that the ritual of healthy satisfying staples can fill you up in a way that the new and the novel cannot.

• THE RECIPE Microwave Creamy Oatmeal with Peanut Butter
• ANOTHER TAKE Just add chopped apple! Heaven ...

Something for Supper

• THE RECIPE Thick Chops with Sauerkraut & Apples A Quick Supper, moist chops in apple-chunky sauerkraut.
• ANOTHER TAKE Thick Iowa Chops with Easy Stuffing Crust Thick Iowa chops capped with a stuffing-like crust.

The Smart Switch: Sides --> Supper

Smart cooks have a precise dinner plan ... or just keep useful ingredients on hand so dinner can half make itself. This is one of Kitchen Parade's top recipes during the winter months but this week I converted it from a side dish into dinner itself. While the butternut squash and apples roasted, I collected a few other things from the fridge in large shallow bowls, technically they're pasta bowls but mostly we use them for salad dinners. Twas a wonderful fall weeknight meal, a layer of fresh spinach, the still-hot roasted squash, a scoop of cottage cheese, a little feta, a little Spiced Pickled Red Onions, a few Sweet Pumpkin Seed Crumbles with a few crackers topped with a mushroom pate. Would you call this "dinner"? Even my meat-focused husband was happy ...

The Swedish Red Cabbage would be wonderful with bites of crispy sausage; this week I added chunks of ham to the Sweet 'n' Sour Cabbage ... not pretty but delish!

• THE RECIPE Roasted Butternut Squash & Apple Unexpected layers of flavor and color, a very pretty dish.
• ANOTHER TAKE Steamed Butternut Squash in a Collapsible Steamer Basket

• THE RECIPE Swedish Red Cabbage & Apples Savory not sweet.
• ANOTHER TAKE Sweet 'n' Sour Cabbage Classic skillet dish.

Back-Pocket Recipe

We all keep certain recipes in our virtual back pockets, right? We might not need them right this minute but recognize their usefulness in our recipe repertoires.

• THE RECIPE Mulled Apple Cider Fruit and spices turn supermarket apple cider into something special and irresistible.
• ANOTHER TAKE Glöggi (Hot Red Mulled Wine) Scandinavian-style hot red wine 'mulled' with spices, fruit and for good luck, an almond.

Something New to You? A Challenge!

It's one thing to know what we like. It's another to get caught in a rut of repetition. Every so often, I may offer a challenge to try something that just might be new. The challenge is yours to accept – or y'know, not – but I hope to pique your palate!

• THE RECIPE Roasted Applesauce with Raspberries Glorious color and brightness!
  
• ANOTHER TAKE Naturally Sweetened Apple Butter Apple Butter as it should be, naturally sweet with just a touch of butter.

Something Salad

• THE RECIPE Healthy Waldorf Salad My makeover recipe for Waldorf Salad, reducing calories and Weight Watchers points by more than 80%.
• ANOTHER TAKE Easy Coleslaw with Blue Cheese & Apple Just three ingredients!

Something Extra

• THE RECIPE Cornmeal Muffins with Apple Studded, garnished with fresh apple.
  
• ANOTHER TAKE Savory Cornbread Muffins Cornmeal muffins spiked with chili powder, a little jalapeño and red pepper.

Something Sweet

• THE RECIPE Estonian Apple Cake A wordly, neighborly cake.
• ANOTHER TAKE Banana Nut Cake with Caramel Frosting A special-occasion cake yet simple to make.

• THE RECIPE Extra-Crispy Apple Crisp My very own "perfect" recipe, barely sweet apples firm and tart, topped with an extra-crispy topping, thanks to a secret ingredient.
• ANOTHER TAKE Estonian Apple Cake A wordly, neighborly cake

What's New?!

• THE REVIEW Trader Joe's Flat Green Beans (Product Review)
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• THE RECIPE Skillet Burgers with Tomato Gravy Burgers cooked right in the skillet with my "homemade marinara".
• ANOTHER TAKE Minnesota Sloppy Joes Sloppy joes made from scratch in the crockpot.

Just Updated!

• THE RECIPE Pumpkin Bars Quick and easy, filled with fall spices.
• ANOTHER TAKE Snickerdoodle Bars Snickerdoodle flavors with the firm, chewy texture of blondies.

Text Me Back!

I'd love to hear from you. Comment, send me a quick e-mail via recipes@kitchen-parade.com, dot-dash in Morse code, build a fire for smoke signals, launch a message in a bottle, send a Christmas letter, get the dog to yip, toss me a note wrapped in a rubberband, write a message in the sky, scratch a note in the sand, listen to a seashell, whatever.

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Kitchen Parade is written by second-generation food columnist Alanna Kellogg and features fresh, seasonal dishes for every-day healthful eating and occasional indulgences. Quick Suppers are Kitchen Parade favorites and feature recipes easy on the budget, the clock, the waistline and the dishwasher. Do you have a favorite recipe that other Kitchen Parade readers might like? Just send me a quick e-mail via recipes@kitchen-parade.com. How to print a Kitchen Parade recipe. Never miss a recipe! If you like this recipe, sign up for a free e-mail subscription. If you like Kitchen Parade, you're sure to like my food blog about vegetable recipes, too, A Veggie Venture. If you make this recipe, I'd love to know your results! Just leave a comment below.

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