Happy Friday! We have a fun weekend planned full of exciting events like an 80s-themed 40th birthday party, a monster truck show (for Luca) and an American Girl Doll salon appointment (for Amalia), and more, if you can believe it.
I don't have anything too excited to report on this week. I just put my head down and banged out weeks' worth of work that I was behind on for clients and for me.
We went apple picking this past weekend and I started frantically Googling recipes since we have approximately 713 apples and I can only give away so many. I pulled together a list of 20 savory dinner recipes, delicious desserts, and delectable drinks.
Mustardy Cider-Braised Pork Chops: Bon Appetit
Roasted Butternut Squash Apple Burrata Pizza: Half-Baked Harvest
Pork Apple and Sage Meatballs: The Pioneer Woman
Kale & Apple Salad: Martha Stewart
Honey-Apple Baked Brie with Fried Sage: Country Living
Apple & Cheddar Crisp Salad: Smitten Kitchen
Cheddar Apple Butternut Squash Soup: Half-Baked Harvest
Grilled Apples with Prosciutto and Honey: Country Living
Cider-Braised Chicken with Apple Kohlrabi Slaw: Food & Wine
Caramel Apple Pie: Lemon Stripes
Cinnamon Sugar Apple Cake: Pinch of Yum
Apple Cake: Love & Lemons
Spiced Apple Mug Cake: The Pioneer Woman
Salted Caramel Apple Cookies: Bon Appetit
Old Fashioned Easy Apple Crisp: The Chunky Chef (This is the recipe I use when I make an apple crisp!)
Spiced Brown Butter Apples: Food & Wine
Apple Cider Floats: Lemon Stripes
Foolproof Tarte Tatin: NY Times
Apple Cider Margarita: Lemon Stripes
Apple Cider Sangria: Delish
Happy Friday!
It was so fun to put this post together and has felt so good to get back into blogging over the last two weeks. This week I've been feeling really healthy and good which is a nice change. It's crazy how when you're sick or in pain for a while how amazing it feels to just feel normal.
With everything going on this summer, I stopped creating recipes and testing them completely. I missed it, but was just too tired and overwhelmed, and stuck to tried and true classics when I did cook. Now that I'm finally feeling better, it feels so good to get creative in the kitchen again!
I wanted to use some jalapeño peppers from the garden before they went bad and was craving a hearty soup, so the other night I decided to try my hand at a buffalo chicken chili and woah.
