BBQ CHICKEN AND APPLE MEATBALLS

It’s happening, I’m being ever so gently sucked into fall cooking and it’s starting with these BBQ Chicken and Apple Meatballs.

What makes them fall-ish? A little bit of grated apple. They are a little sweet, a little tangy and very very good.

I served them with roasted broccoli, quinoa and a simple arugula and (more) apple salad with crumbled blue cheese and toasted hazelnuts and for a small moment felt at peace with the shorter, cooler days to come.

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BRUSSELS SPROUT, ARUGULA AND APPLE SALAD WITH SPICED PEPITAS

Brussels Sprouts, Arugula and Apple Salad

This Brussels Sprout, Arugula and Apple Salad with Spiced Pepitas has everything I love about a good salad:

  • Tons of texture in the form of leafy greens, the crunch of crisp apples and toasted pepitas, and bites of creamy feta;
  • The perfect interplay between sweet, salty and spicy;
  • And, of course, visual beauty before you even take your first bite.

It’s what I call a “gateway salad”, one I’d prepare to help turn the tide for any self-proclaimed (but clearly misinformed) salad haters out there. I find salads with fruit + cheese + nuts can help open people’s eyes to how delicious salads can be.

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