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