I LOVE the beautiful apples this time of year! MMM..mmm... good. Plus i am catching wafts of our Apple cinnamon candle and it is just setting the mood for my fun fall day.
What are you going to do with all of your beautiful apples you may ask? Why, I would love to tell you.
I am making Carmel apples of course. With Cinnamon sticks as their stem, and dipping them in M&M's once they are covered. I am also making some mauled spiced cider with fresh pink ladies each with 10 cloves to bring a lovely aroma to the household and then to my tummy. Last but not least we will be bobbing for apples at our party, to bring our childhood fun back to life.
We went over to our Landlord's house for dinner on Sunday (DELICIOUS), and her friend made her this cake, and she gave us some to take home. Isn't it beautiful! Just an FYI, German baked goods are not as sweet as American ones. No death by chocolate here, it was good though.
For dinner they made a turkey they said they used apples and oranges, it was so good! They also made red kraut out of apples, so good, and knudel which is potato and bread mixed? It looked like a dumpling, smashed like potatoes and tasted like goodness with a hint of mint.
One of my favorite fall dishes to make is a vegetable pasta bake. In spain i had manicotti stuffed with fall vegetables and tried to make it as soon as we got home. I just made mine a bake because the cheese baked on top is the best part, why not have more of that?
I sauteed the zucchini and yellow squash in just salt and pepper.
The Eggplant was sauteed in cinnamon and nutmeg.
I sauteed Mushrooms in chili flakes, and then threw all of the veggies into a large bowl and added gorgonzola sauce. Tomato sauce that is orange, due to the high volume of cheese! :)
Now pop this sucker into the oven until the cheese bubbles and is beautiful!
Ta da!
Then i made Bruschetta to go with...
Just chop Basil very thin... very, very thin. Add olive oil and parmesan cheese. Then chop up the tomatoes, i take the goop out. Ick. Place on a baguette. Voila!
Oh and no, the tomatoes on the pasta bake didn't move in the oven, i made two. My friend Kari just had her baby, and Nick and i tried to provide some lovin' with a vegetarian dish.
Pumpkin Butter!
I had never made it before, and if you want the truth, i only tried it because i thought it would be a cute wife thing to do... but it was good! :) Now i want pancakes with this smothered on top!
So easy too! I just threw the whole 29 oz can of pumpkin into my pot, added 2 cups of apple juice, about 1 Tbsp. of ginger, cinnamon and freshly ground nutmeg. 1 tsp. of cloves and 1 1/2 cups of sugar. Set on low for about half an hour. It smells so good simmering...
I just bottled it up in my jars and popped it in the fridge, now it is ready anytime we need some!
I also made booscotti, owls, and pumpkin cheesecake! I can't wait for our party!
Then, when Nick got home we carved pumpkins!
My party cooler pumpkin!
Our pumpkins
Mine is lame. The whole time i am thinking to myself "I am sooo... good at this, i made two pumpkins and baked the seeds with time to spare in the time Nick made his one pumpkin. Now i know why, his kicks butt.
Mine doesn't even show up in the dark. LAME! It was an owl...
