Catfish Out of Water

I went apple picking the other day and now have an abundance of apples to use up before they go bad! And I'm not a big fan of sweets. So, I'm determined not to actually make a pie in this endeavor. I picked up 5 apples each of 5 different varieties. So, I have 25 apples to go through. Which might be a little ambitious! But I just made Quiche w/ Salmon, Leeks, & SnapDragon Apples and now I have a couple of extra SnapDragon apples remaining. Today, I've decided to roast apple cubes for Salad w/ Salmon, Black Rice, & Roasted SnapDragon Apples.

This worked particularly well with the Salmon that I already roasted for the quiche. Although you can mix and match your favorite ingredients or whatever you have on hand. Big savory salads are a great way to sneak fruits and vegetables into dishes. The sweetness of the apples balances incredibly well with savoring ingredients. Add in a little cloves and smoked paprika to the mix? It's an absolutely delicious fall recipe that's surprisingly simple to toss together.

SnapDragon Apples

I'm unsure whether Snap Dragon/Snapdragon has a space between it or not. I just went apple picking and the patch that I got them from wrote it both ways. Googling "snap dragon or snapdragon apple" gave me SnapDragon^®, which is neither of the ways that I was expecting. Although I also wasn't expecting this to come from snapdragoapple.com and its official partnership with the Buffalo Bills.

All I know is that I have a week to use a couple dozen apples. You can see all of the apples and recipes in this series in my full article on Apple Picking & What to Cook All Fall Season. And I think that I'm just going to go with SnapDragon, even though that still seems weird (in the process of writing the 5 recipes that have used these apples, I've changed all of the spelling 3 times and I am not going to do that again without very good reason!).

SnapDragons are a crisp apple that was developed in New York. They're a sweet Honeycrisp cross with a subtle tartness. They have a yellow base with a darker red hue throughout the rest of the apple. They're most known for being for being a crunchy and juicy apple that goes well as a nice crunch in salads and cheese plates.

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Variations of Roasted Apple Cubes

This might be the first time that I've roasted apples in cube form. I've definitely sliced and marinated them before, which is a lot of fun! But there are a plethora of ways to cook apples as well as a variety of other foods. Really, there should be more foods in cube form. It's a fairly efficient way of cooking fruits and vegetables. And is a little bit delightful when not just in stew form. Although I also like to cut sweet potatoes into triangles. A little whimsy in the culinary process goes a long way!