Author: Suzanne Welander

Hot Pepper Apple Pie

Last week we had an apple-cheddar pie recipe. This week it’s apples and hot pepper jelly. The idea came from Moore Farms and Friends, written in their style.

Honey-Jalapeño Chicken Tenders

Adapted from a recipe in “The Farm: Rustic Recipes for a Year of Incredible Food” by Ian Knauer. Long list of ingredients, simple directions and it will use up some of those jalapeños!

Baked Scented Beets and Greens

Elizabeth Schneider, the author of “Vegetable from Amaranth to Zucchini: The Essential Reference” (William Morrow & Company, 2001) loves root vegetables nested in their greens. She does something similar with hareuki turnips.

Apple and Chicken Liver Mousse

I’m pretty certain I’ve never offered a chicken liver recipe in these notes. But why not? Here’s one from “A Great American Cook: Recipes from the Home Kitchen of One of Our Most Influential Chefs by Jonathan Waxman with Tom Steele (Houghton Mifflin Company, 2007).

Sweet Potatoes with Collard Greens and Field Peas

With apologies to those of you who get emails from Whole Foods, this is a recipe that just arrived in my inbox today. “Sweet potatoes, collard greens …. and how about substituting those field peas for the aduki beans called for in the recipe,” I thought. And so, here it is.

Apple Jalapeno Cobbler

I did not make up this recipe! I think it came from a very broad-based consumer magazine like Better Homes & Gardens. One little jalapeno provides just a hint of heat. Try it!

Smoked Chile Collard Greens

One more collard green recipe – this one from Bobby Flay’s “Bar Americain Cookbook”. You can always cook the beet greens along with the collards to make up that 2 1/2 pounds the recipe calls for.

Garbanzo Beans and Hearty Greens

This is a recipe from Cooking Light magazine. Just the collards or beet greens. Either will work. You may want this dish longer in the last step, depending on how tender you want your greens.

No smoked paprika? It’ll be fine. But really – buy some the next time you’re at the market. It’s wonderful.

Apple-Sausage Rigatoni

Sorry, no idea where I found this recipe, but it’s simple and delicious. I love the combination of sausage, apples and a blue cheese. Great for a quick weeknight dinner.

Peppers Stuffed with Cheddar and Chicken

This recipe is adapted from one I found in Fine Cooking magazine. The original called for poblano peppers, but it works just as well with our beautiful bell peppers.