The picture above shows the spoils of a recent shopping trip. I love apple cider but hate the overly processed stuff they sell in grocery stores. I was quite happy to find untreated cider alongside pie pumpkins and Macintosh applies in the local farm market. Currently, pumpkins, squash, and apples are also dominating the food blogs:
- We usually think of pumpkin as a sweet food that goes best with cinnamon and nutmeg. With this soup recipe, The Kitchn shows that it also goes well with bacon. Then again, what doesn’t?
- Right now, the grocery stores and farm markets are full of squash. Taste of Home‘s website has a quick guide to the more common varieties currently available, along with some ideas for what to do with them.
- Who’d think to grill apples? Certainly not me, until I came across this Grilled Apple and Chicken Salad recipe on Serious Eats. It will be on next week’s dinner menu.
- I’m not such a fan of candy corn. But this Candy Corn Cordial from Food Network is so pretty that it has me tempted to infuse some vodka with candy corn anyway.
- Finally, I’ve decided that my utensil drawer is in dire need of these lightsaber chopsticks.
