Welcome Fall with these Yummy Seasonal Recipes!

The countdown is officially on. It’s Labor Day, which means fall, aka Decorative Gourd Season, is near. With it comes back to school, apples, caramel, fall onions, squash and pumpkin beer/soap/coffee creamer and candles….

To welcome in fall I wanted to share a 12 of my all-time favorite and fun fall recipes.

Happy Labor Day weekend! Enjoy!

Fall Harvest Onion Soup – Oh yes my friends, this Jamie Oliver inspired soup is perfect for fall: it’s not only yummy, yummy with lots of flavor but it’s also almost effortless to make. Enjoy!

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Puff Pasty Filled Fruit Pockets – I love cooking with seasonal ingredients and nothing could be more seasonal now then apples and pears! This puff pastry dessert will give you a sense of nostalgia or complete satisfaction and perhaps even a brief respite from the stresses of the outside world… if only for 10 minutes…

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Butternut Squash Muffins – These muffins are all about adding vegetables in unexpected places. This recipe is sweet and full of fall flavors!

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Crockpot Butternut Squash Soup -This soup screams fall with butternut squash, chickpeas and kale because squash!

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Kid-Friendly Caramel Apples – These are also perfect for Halloween parties and fall gatherings.

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Healthy Cinnamon Apple Bake – Cinnamon, apples and oatmeal baked in the oven – it’s a thing and it’s delicious.

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Easy Phyllo Apple Tart – I made this Phyllo-Apple Tart. I used farm fresh Melick’s apples and a basic frozen dough from the store to make this amazingly tasty fall treat.

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Apple Muffins– we these them all the time and pack them for school lunches and snacks. Give them a try and let me know if these are a hit in your house! Enjoy!

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Early Fall Pork Tenderloin – Oh my goodness am I ever in love with this  pork tenderloin recipe! Wait a minute… did I just say that? Yes, I LOVE this pork recipe and I know that you will to! This dish is sweet, savory and even my kids love it! Give it a whirl and let me know what you think!

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Turkey and Butternut Squash Chili – My family polished this off in one sitting so I’d say this was a hit on all fronts. This butternut squash chili is full of flavor: the chili powder & cumin come together to compliment thesquash, making this a flavorful, perfect one-pot meal.

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Twice Baked Ranch Butternut Squash -Introducing Twice-Baked Ranch Squash. Really… I’m in love and I promise you that you will be as well!

Butternut Squash and Apple Soup -… yes… I’ve blogged Roasted Butternut Squash Soup before… but you have to give this recipe a try as well! it’s really THAT good… almost orgasmic… really…

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And, just because it’s fall and and you can, why not bake up some of these Beer Infused Salted Caramel Chocolate Cupcakes– Could there be anything more sinfully delicious?

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