Apple Culture

                                             Served with homemade whipped cream. Yum!

                       Nothin like spiked apple cider (freshly pressed) to warm ya up...

                             Sweet Potato Apple Beet Hash (Rainbow potatoes)


Very very loosely based on a recipe from Rachel Ray, it's safe to say this kicked her big ol' Italian ass. (really the only similarity was that there were some type of potatoes and apples in both recipes.) And it looked purrdy, too!

A huge sweet potato
An equally huge russet potato
2 beets
2 or 3 apples
white onion
kale
carrots, sliced thin
salt, pepper, dash of cumin, cinnamon (and the last of my supple of feve tanka, a semi-sweet Ethioian spice)
Parsley butter (or boring old plain butter. Or oil works, too.)

Cube and boil the potatoes first (Rachel tells you to microwave them, but I don't have a microwave, so fuck her.)  Chop up all the veggies and apples into chunks. Heat up the butter in a big frying pan. Toss the potatoes in and let 'em brown up. Add the apples, onion, carrots and beet. Add the kale towards the end. Sprinkle with salt, pepper, cumin, possibly a little cinnamon, and any other spice you want (go kind of light on the spice though, the sweetness of the flavors speak for themselves). I tossed in some chickpeas when I reheated the leftovers the next day, and that was delicious too!

                                 Crispy apple crisp, served with vanilla ice cream, of course!

You should really floss more.

 Taste-testing the Apples in their purest form, straight off the tree. Serious business, as you can see from Dylan's expression.

                                         We used McIntosh, not Empire. But Empire is another kind of apple. It is also delicious (as are Delicious apples. And Gala. And Granny Smith. And Pink Lady... Many varieties were represented.)

Our apples came all the way form Shelburne Orchards to King Street.

Apple Stuffing
Bacon-Wrapped Apples in Thyme Brown Butter
Brie, Apple &Walnut Crostini
Bri, Apple(&Ham) Sandwiches
Apple Curry
Apple Pineapple Pasta Salad
Sweet Potato & Apple Fries
Apple Cupcakes w/ Cream Cheese Frosting
Apple Crisp
Apple Pie
Apple, Spinach, Onion &Goat Cheese Flatbread
Pork Tenderloin w/ Apples