What better way to welcome the beautiful month of October than with a round-up of 25 healthy apple recipes?
Apple season officially arrived several weeks ago here in Michigan and we did not waste any time getting in on the fun! In fact, we discovered that our 2 year old makes quite the apple picker and have already found ourselves knee deep in gala apples. Fun Fact: Gala apples are a great baking apple! Check out this article on Finding the Best Apples for Baking to learn more.
While I would love to make apple pie and experiment with the perfect pie crust every day of the season, I won’t be pregnant forever and eventually I’ll have to wear jeans with non-elastic waistbands again. Fortunately, there are countless ways to savor the season that don’t involve two sticks of butter. Enjoy these delicious recipes for morning, noon and night from my friends and your favorite food bloggers!
To kick us off, here are five tasty ways to incorporate apples into the most important meal of the day – breakfast:
Apple Pie Smoothie from Texanerin Baking
Whole Grain Pancakes with Warm Apple Topping from The Lemon Bowl
Caramelized Apple German Pancakes from I Heart Eating
Apple Pie Oatmeal from The Corner Kitchen Blog
Apple Peanut Butter Overnight Oats from The Lemon Bowl
Ready for lunch? Check out these salad ideas:
Kale & Apple Salad with Honey from The Kitchen is My Playground
Cabbage Salad with Braeburn Apples & Pecans from Karen’s Kitchen Stories
Waldorf Salad {California Pizza Kitchen Copycat} from I Heart Eating
Apple, Nut and Cheese Salad with Apple Vinaigrette from Aggie’s Kitchen
Toasted Quinoa and Apple Salad from The Tomato Tart
Is it snack time yet? Drooling over these fun ideas for my favorite s-word.
Sneaky Green Apple Fruit Leather from Oh My Veggies
Slow Cooker Apple Pie Spiced Pear-Applesauce from Noble Pig
Caramelized Apple, Yogurt & Granola Parfait from Cookin’ Canuck
Pink Smoothie from Bake Your Day
Maple Apple Cinnamon Chips from Texan Erin Baking
Don’t forget apples at dinnertime! Here are a few ideas to get you started:
Slow Cooker Pulled Pork with Apples and Onions from The Lemon Bowl
Apple Cheddar Pizza with Caramelized Onions & Walnuts from Oh My Veggies
Apples, Honey & Goat Cheese Crostini from What Jew Wanna Eat
Cheddar Apple Onion Bacon Pizza from Farm Fresh Feasts
Roasted Apple and Butternut Squash Puree from The Culinary Life
Last but not least, five incredible dessert recipes filled with apple goodness, not half a jar of shortening.
Baked Almond Apple Crisp Rings from Running to the Kitchen
Fourless Apple Brownies from Roxana’s Home Baking
Skillet Apple Berry Pie from Diethood
Apple Peanut Butter Oatmeal Crumble from Keep It Sweet Desserts
Cinnamon Apple Chips with Salted Caramel Dip from Dizzy Busy and Hungry
Your fork is waiting.
What a great round up! I’ve been dreaming of that pulled pork and apples for days.
It’s funny I need to make it again because I’ve been dreaming of it too!!! Can’t wait for your pumpkin month!
This makes me so excited that it’s October 1st already!!
Me too!!! I woke up so happy today.
I love that you included a picture for each one. Nice! All of the recipes look amazing and I can’t wait to try so many of them. Thanks for including two of my recipes!
Happy apple season to you!
Thank you!! I’ll be honest, it took about 100 years but hopefully it makes it easier for people to find their favorites.
Thanks for your awesome recipes!!
I feel you! Mine took 11 hours. For some reason, I thought it was would be quick post. Lol. Both our posts better be a success!
I’ve scheduled yours for everywhere!
I love Apple season! Can’t wait to try some of these apple recipes out! Thanks for sharing such a great round up!
Oh good let me know if you try anything!!! PS: Soon it will be lemon season.
So happy it’s that APPLE time of the year!!! Love the sweet picture of your little one picking apples!
Me too!!! It makes my heart sing.
Thanks so much – he loved picking! We will need to go again this year. 
We’re going apple picking this weekend, so these recipes will definitely come in handy! xo
Oh good!!! Enjoy the apple picking!! Can’t wait to see what beautiful recipes you come up with!
Love this list!!! Apples are so delicious and I’m stoked they’re in full swing!!! Definitely wanna try some of those pizzas!!!
I know me too!! I was resisting for a little while but I’m ready for them now!!
Liz,
Thanks for including my pizza in your round up! There are an amazing number of delicious dishes here, and I look forward to our first batch of of fresh apples!
I want your pizza now!!
Fabulous roundup for my favorite fall ingredient!
Thank you so much Jen!!
OMG, those baked almond apple crisp rings look amazing!! Great roundup Liz
I KNOW!! I’m dying over those too!!!
Thank you for including me friend, great list! I love apples!!
My pleasure!! Hope you’re doing well friend!
I better go back to the farm for more apples:-) Thanks for including me in this awesome roundup, Liz!
Yes you better!!! Wish you lived closer – I have about 100 pounds to share.
MMMmmm I really do love round ups! This is a great one Liz!
Thanks my dear!! Can’t wait to have cider with you!
Nice roundup! They all look so good. I like the picture of you little man picking apples. So cute! Pinned!
Thank you – he loves apple picking.
I love apples–great round up!
Hopefully you have some great apple options near you!!
These look great! I love new apple recipes! Thanks! These look so good!
Thanks so much Carrian!! Hope you had fun on your orchard tour!!
I have to stop myself from eating more than one apple a day at this time of year. I tend to overdo it and give myself a belly ache. Lol. I love these recipes. i am so glad to see this flourless apple brownies recipe. My neighbor called me last night asking if I knew of a good apple brownie recipe. I’ll have to ass it on to her.
lol it’s funny you mention that – I had to cut my 2 year old off at the orchard this morning!!! PS: I’m cracking up at your last sentence… freudian slip?
Lol! Not at all. Proofreading is not my strong suit.
What a great roundup! I love Fall, and I look forward to apple season. There are so many great recipes on here that I want to try! Thanks for putting this together and for including my recipes!!
I love fall too!! Thank you for the wonderful recipes!!
What a fun round-up, Liz! There are so many recipes on this list that I want to make right this minute. Thanks so much for including my yogurt parfait!
Same here!!! I just got another big batch of apples so I can’t wait to get busy in the kitchen!
Wonderful roundup! Now I need to make every single one of these!
You and me both sista!! Happy apple season.
(PS: Do you have apple season?)
Thank you for including my fruit leather! I wish we could find an apple orchard around here–I miss picking apples!
I am obsessed with your fruit leather!! It’s so dang cute!
Heck yes! Thank you for the best list EVER!!