| Fall is a great season. The air is | | | | are a yummy fall treat that everyone |
| turning cooler and the holidays are just | | | | will love. Simply core an apple, fill it |
| around the corner. So many great fruits | | | | with brown sugar, butter, and nuts, and |
| and vegetables are available in the fall | | | | bake until tender. It's a perfect |
| and they are so versatile. Here are some | | | | dessert! Nuts can be added to just about |
| ideas about cooking with fall fruits and | | | | anything. They compliment apple and |
| vegetables. Squash is one of the | | | | squash dishes particularly well. A great |
| vegetables that is available in the | | | | thing to do with almonds and walnuts is |
| fall. There are so many different | | | | to coat them with butter and sugar and |
| varieties and so many different ways to | | | | bake them. It makes a tasty treat that |
| use them in recipes. Two of the most | | | | is good for you too! Nuts also go great |
| popular are butternut squash and acorn | | | | in fall breads like pumpkin bread or |
| squash. These are favorites with kids | | | | zucchini bread. What do you do with all |
| because they have a sweeter flavor. Moms | | | | that pumpkin that you scraped out of |
| love them because they are packed with | | | | your jack 'o lantern? Well, the |
| fiber and vitamins. Butternut squash is | | | | possibilities are endless. You can make |
| great in soup. It lends a bit of sweet | | | | pumpkin soup, which is quite tasty. |
| to a savory dish. Another hit with the | | | | Other options include pumpkin pie, |
| kids is to bake butternut squash with | | | | pumpkin bread, and even pumpkin butter. |
| butter and brown sugar. It is so easy | | | | And don't throw away those seeds. Toast |
| and delicious! Acorn squash can also be | | | | them in the oven with a little butter, |
| used in soups, but a great way to serve | | | | salt, and pepper and you have a handy, |
| it is stuffed with sausage, apples, and | | | | delicious snack. Fall produce is so |
| nuts. You simply halve the acorn squash | | | | wonderful. You can prepare it so many |
| and bake it until tender. Scoop out the | | | | different ways, so experiment and have |
| squash and mix it with the sausage, | | | | fun with it. One great thing is that it |
| apples, nuts, and any spices you like. | | | | is relatively inexpensive, so if you |
| Then fill the shells with the mixture, | | | | don't like what you have created it |
| top with bread crumbs and butter, bake | | | | won't cost you a fortune. Try a new |
| for another 10 minutes and dinner is | | | | recipe with your fall vegetables. Who |
| served! What a simple and delicious | | | | knows? Maybe you will create a new |
| weeknight dinner! One of the most sought | | | | family favorite that you can look |
| after fall fruit is the apple. There are | | | | forward to year after year. |
| so many different varieties and each has | | | | For more great ideas on what to cook for |
| its own virtues. You can add apples to | | | | your family, visit and grab your free |
| many savory dishes. They go particularly | | | | meal planning guide. |
| well with pork and chicken. Baked apples | | | | |