Happy Fall! The days are getting shorter and the trees are changing color… and I’m loving it. I’m all about apples & pumpkin sweet potato in this house.
We started off the chilly weekend with a trip to the farmers market, followed by 5+ hours in the kitchen to prepare 56 C of produce (tomatoes & bell peppers) for our freezer. We are now well stocked.
Since it’s officially fall now, you might find these apple-related kitchen tips useful:
How to freeze apples
How to remove the wax from apples
How to keep apples from browning
How to make apple chips & fruit leather w/o a dehydrator
How to make tea from apple peels
How to make your own caramel apple dip
How to make apple crisp with natural sugar
How to choose the right apple for the recipe
Plus – I shared our top 10 favorite apple recipes! You don’t want to miss that post.
Our fall eats are in full swing – here’s what we ended up enjoying last week:
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On the menu for this week:
Sunday
Overnight Oatmeal Waffles, applesauce
Leftovers {soup & bread}, Applesauce
Leftovers {pasta dish from last week}
To Do: nothing; day of rest! {pull out chicken legs from freezer}
Monday
Breakfast Sandwich, fruit
Leftover soup {freezer}
Crockpot Chicken Legs with Wild & Brown Rice, steamed broccoli
Apple Crisp
To Do: Roast tomatoes, prepare black beans, thaw Italian sausages
Tuesday
Granola & Blueberries
Broccoli & black beans with leftover rice, chicken & roasted tomatoes
Lazy Sunday Casserole {new}, green beans
To Do: Bake apple cinnamon baked oatmeal for breakfast on Wednesday
Wednesday
Apple Cinnamon Baked Oatmeal
Broccoli and Rice leftovers
Leftovers, Spiced Country Applesauce
To Do: Prepare veggies for soup, thaw a loaf of bread
Thursday
Granola & Dried Cherries
Leftovers
Cheesy Vegetable Soup with Open-Face Roasted Veggie Sandwiches
To Do: Thaw meat for BBQ
Friday
Scramble Melt, fruit
Leftover soup & whole wheat crackers
BBQ! {burgers, pickles, potato packets, etc}
Saturday
Chicken & Spinach Quiche
Leftovers
Chicken Mushroom & Brown Rice Bake
Crockpot Apple Cake
To Do: Make and freeze cinnamon oatmeal pancakes for breakfast for the week, make apple cinnamon oatmeal bread, make Spiced Country Applesauce, & my sister’s 25th Birthday Cake!!!
Snacks
Zucchini, Carrot & Apple Muffins {freezer}
Spiced Country Applesauce
Apple Chips – use dehydrator
Apple Cinnamon Rice Krispie Treats
Yogurt
Find more great menus at OrgJunkie’s Menu Plan Monday!
We're making English Muffins breakfast sandwiches this week too! I'm so glad to see you have a recipe for DIY English Muffins...I just bought some from the store and paid a lot for them, and was curious if they would be easy to do myself. Looks like they are!
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