Even though I’m still getting tomatoes from the garden, I am fully embracing the fact tomorrow is the official start of fall. In the past week, it’s really started feeling like fall too–it’s a little bit cooler out and the days are most definitely shorter. And now eating apples and pumpkin and winter squash no longer feels like jumping the gun. It’s fall!
Here’s what I ate this week:
Super Easy Baked Apple Chips // Seriously, you need one ingredient. Just one! Or two if you want cinnamon on your chips. Like most things, homemade apple chips are so much tastier than the kind you buy and so easy to make too. Check out my post on Henry Happened to find out how!
Acorn Squash Stuffed with Chard & White Beans // I used roasted acorn and sweet dumpling squash to make these and because I don’t like white beans, I used edamame instead. Which was a little bit weird. But still better than white beans! I also got distracted by Facebook and burned these a little when they were broiling. Oops. But they were really good!
Honeycrisp Apple + Maple Almond Butter // This week on my Facebook page I asked you all what your favorite varieties of apples are. A lot of you are fellow Honeycrisp fans, so yay for that! (Pink Lady are a close second for me.) I love these little maple almond butter packets and they were on sale at the grocery store this week, so I picked up a few to have with apples as an afternoon snack.
Braised Broccolini // This definitely doesn’t need to cook as long as the recipe says (as you can see from my overcooked broccolini), but it turned out much better than my previous broccoli braising experience. A nice, simple side dish.
Spaghetti Squash with Walnuts, Basil & Sun-Dried Tomatoes // This is an adaptation of the pasta lunch I made a few weeks ago–I used roasted spaghetti squash instead of rotini and I tossed it with 2 teaspoons of lemon-infused olive oil, homemade sun-dried tomatoes, basil leaves, a tablespoon of chopped walnuts, and some Parmesan cheese. My new favorite lunch!
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My grocery store hasn’t gotten the memo that honeycrisps are in season but when they do, I’ll pay the inflated price (like I do for pink ladies) to enjoy them! YUM!
Yeah, I don’t mind paying more for the good apples. I am picky!
I feel like I haven’t been eating as many apples as I should lately, but a lot of our apple crop here was wiped out so the local ones really haven’t gone on sale or been very noticeable at all. I should still be eating more though – I love the idea of eating them with almond butter and had no idea you could make apple chips so easily – yours look better than storebought!
They are so much better than the ones you buy–I never liked those kind of apple chips because they have a strange texture and they taste so bland. These actually taste like apples!
i am waiting for some pretty squashes to show up.. luckily our late summer is sticking around.. well it started lat august, so i am not compalining:)
Yeah, I’m in the South so we always get everything a little bit early.
Want. That. Spaghetti. Squash. Yum! I need to experiment with it more; I’ve fallen into the red sauce with spaghetti squash and spicy sausage trap.
Well, that’s still good too!
Seriously, it all looks delicious; but, I cannot wait to try that Acorn Squash. Love the savory filling! I love white beans though so I’ll be using them.
Yeah, whatever you do, don’t use edamame. Because that was really really weird.
I love Justin’s Nut Butter and he makes the BEST chocolate peanut butter cups out there!
I love those peanut butter cups too!
Spaghetti Squash with Walnuts, Basil & Sun-Dried Tomatoes is just too yummy for words. I went to Henry Happened and I need to try to make the Apple Chips…I know I would love them too!
Apple chips are my new favorite snack. You can get a lot of chips out of one apple!
Honey crisps are so good!! And wow that acorn squash looks amazing, Kiersten!!
These all look so yummy! I’m going to have to try those apple chips!
What great ideas, I have a lot of Patty pan to use up and stuff!
I wish I had your problem–I got a grand total of two pattypan from my garden!
I love, love, love baked apples and they were one of my favorite snacks. But my dr. has me on a pre-diabetic diet and no apples are allowed anymore. It sucks
I love Justin’s hazelnut spread. I buy their products a lot as they’re a local company.
Apples are one of my favorite snacks too–I’m sorry you’ve had to give them up!
The apple chips look amazing! I need to try that.
I wish I had an underground tunnel to your house so that I could pick up a plate from every single one of your meals. Not that you’d want me showing up every day…but dang, you eat RIGHT!
Ha! Well, I try. I’m eating 1250 calories a day now, so I have to make them count.
The apples look so yummy. I want NOW!
My husband is going to love you after I try out the apple chip recipe. I even have a dehydrator which makes it a even bigger shame that I never make them.
I really need to get a dehydrator! The oven works well for a lot of recipes, but not all…
Looks delicious, I love stuffed squash!
That spaghetti squash with walnuts, basil & sun-dried tomatoes looks so good!
Yay for honeycrisp apples! I also went through a huge Granny Smith phase when I was pregnant – I was eating 3-4 a day
I think I could eat that many apples a day too–especially during late fall & winter when it’s kind of slim pickings for good fruit…
Oh. My. Gee! Your spaghetti looks SO good! And here it is 10PM and you literally just made my stomach growl. Bookmarking! I’m in awe of how you can combine ingredients! Simply amazing!
Aw, thank you!
Rumbly stomach is exactly how I felt when I saw your zucchini bread from last week…
Everything looks and sounds good!
That Honeycrisp Apple + Maple Almond Butter looks just Yum. They all do.
Dang.. it is 9 am and now I am starving and want to eat everything you posted! LOL
I love apples and peanut butter for my mid day snack.