September Favorites

Here are my favorite recipes from The Messy Apron archives posted in the month of September

Apple Baked Oatmeal with Walnuts and Cranberries
A hearty baked oatmeal studded with your favorite apples

Apple Cinnamon Muffins
Moist and flavorful, these muffins are an easy treat for fall mornings, or anytime you feel the need.

Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal Cookies
The addition of sautéed fresh apples only serves to enhance these great oatmeal cookies.

Basic Basil Pesto

Best use of that bumper crop of basil!

Bean Dip with Sour Cream, Salsa and Cheese
An easy fall sports party favorite.

Beef Stew with Tomatillos and Roasted Poblano Chiles

Uniquely tangy and spicy.

Beet and Carrot Burgers

One of the few recipes that makes beets palatable to me. A great veggie burger

Broccoli Cheese Casserole with Mustard Rye Croutons

A somewhat rustic representation of broccoli and cheese

Caramel Dip for Apples

Of course early fall apples are delicious enough on their own, but an easy caramel dip doesn't hurt them.


Cheddar Jalapeno Cheese Ball
A delicious, cheesy, spicy snack spread. Stock up on crackers!

Ginger Spice Ice Cream

Great with autumn fruit crisps

Mustard Greens and Green Bean Stir Fry with Peanuts

A simple and delicious use of end of the season beans and greens

Noodle Bowl with Spicy Greens

A comforting hot bowl of broth, noodles and vegetables for those cooler nights.

Plum and Grape Galette with Almonds 
A delicious rustic tart. Make it with the best plums and grapes you can find for a special late summer treat.

Potato and Sauerkraut Cakes
Sauerkraut gives a surprising punch to these hashbrown-style potato patties.

Roasted Cherry Tomatoes and Roasted Tomato and Olive Galette

One of my most popular posts. Cherry tomatoes get extra flavor through roasting then get folded into a rustic pie with garlic and olives.

Tomato and Beef Stir Fry

A surprising combination that's sooooo delicious!

Winter Squash and Onion Curry withYogurt Sauce

An easy but intensely flavorful treatment of fall vegetables. 

Zucchini Multigrain Coffee Cake
Shredded zucchini adds moisture to this cake, which is also given a nutty and malty flavor by a multigrain flour mixture.

Zucchini Wheat Bread

Gotta put that zucchini somewhere. This is a good sandwich bread.

August Favorites

Here are my favorite recipes posted to The Messy Apron in the month of August

Apricot and Raspberry Tart with Crumble Topping (see photo above)

Blueberry Coconut Muffins

Broccoli and Chickpea Salad with Mustard-Pepper Dressing

Chocolate Zucchini Quick Bread       

Falafel


Garlic and Herb Vegetable Dip

Gazpacho

Pasta with Cherry Tomatoes and Garlicky Chickpea Sauce

Pasta with Cherry Tomatoes, Olives and Basil        

Pasta with Yellow Squash, Corn, and Bacon

Plum Upside-Down Yogurt Cake         

Rosemary Focaccia

Simple White Cake with Berries 

Spicy Eggplant Dip with Basil andMint

Zucchini Buttermilk Bread with Pecans

July Favorites

Here are my favorite recipes posted to The Messy Apron in the month of July.

Berry and Rhubarb Galette
A simple, rustic berry pie; it's okay if you don't have any rhubarb available in July. This berry pie would be delicious without it!

Chard Tart with Feta Cheese and Olives (see photo above)
A delicious savory tart featuring lots of summer Swiss Chard

Cherry Almond Loaf Cake
An simple loaf cake stuffed with cherries and almonds that comes together quickly in the food processor.

Chinese-Style Barbecue Sauce and Marinade
Laced with sweet and savory hoisin sauce, this is a great marinade for just about any protein you might put on the grill.

Coke Brined Chicken
Give your chicken on the grill a bit of a sweet kick with this brine treatment.

Fried Squash Flowers with Fresh Sage
A great summer appetizer!

Granola
A great homemade breakfast or snack for anytime of the year. Try taking it on your hiking trips or road trips in July.

Grilled Green or Yellow Beans
Beans on the grill? Yes, please!

Lemon Herb Potato Salad
A lighter and wonderfully flavorful take on potato salad

Lemon, Lime and Basil Cookies
Now a big basil crop can be a perfect excuse to make cookies!

Open Face Blueberry Pie
The best, most fresh-tasting blueberry pie

Pasta Salad with Cauliflower and Mustard Lemon Dressing
A delicious, saucy, zesty pasta salad.

Rhubarb Yogurt Cake
If you've got a rhubarb plant, chances are you've still got rhubarb in July. Enjoy it in this simple cake.

Rich Chocolate Ice Cream
Chocolate ice cream. 'Nuf said.

Turkey Burgers with Cilantro Lime Aioli
A really flavorful burger for grilling season.

Wheat Berry Salad with Sugar Snap Peas and Lemon Vinaigrette 
You could use lots of summer veggies in this salad, but I love those snap peas.            

Whole Wheat Cornmeal Bread with Basil
A good sandwich bread with a hint of summer herbs

Summer Squash Galette with Ricotta and Feta
A delicious savory pie with a yeasted crust

June Favorites

Here are my favorite recipes from The Messy Apron archives that were posted in the month of June.

Barbecue Beans
Use your favorite barbecue sauce to simmer up a quick pan of delicious beans.

Bean Salad with Mole Vinaigrette
A bottle of dark chocolate flavored balsamic vinegar inspired this hearty salad covered in a dressing reminiscent of mole sauce.

Blueberry Rhubarb Sauce (see photo above)
I'd certainly stand in line to vouch for the deliciousness of the blueberry-rhubarb combo! This sauce is great on plain cake or vanilla ice cream.

Chickpea and Olive Salad with Greek Flavors

This salad, which helps tide me over if there’s a delay in local spring produce, is loaded with chickpeas, kalamata olives, feta cheese and pepperoncini peppers.

Fresh Peas with Mint
Sweet little green jewels just picked from the garden make this very simple salad one of the best things in all of spring. I hope to grow peas forever, just so I can make it again and again.

Green Bean and Shiitake Salad with Creamy Wasabi Dressing

One of my favorite treatments for green beans. Use a little or a lot of wasabi to your own taste. (I like a lot!)

Lime Bars with Graham Cracker Crust

Sweet and tart squares reminiscent of key lime pie.


Napa Cabbage Slaw with Asian Dressing
A light and fresh cabbage salad with a sweet and sour dressing. Add whatever vegetables you like to accompany the cabbage.

Noodles with Cilantro, Green Onions and Peanuts

A fairly simple noodle dish with lots of flavor.

Pasta Carbonara with Garlic Scapes and Garlic Chives (see photo below)
This twist on classic pasta carbonara may not be authentic, but it is delicious with the mildly garlicy addition of early garlic stems and garlic chives.


Peanut Butter Ice Cream
Peanut butter. In ice cream. Really!

Rhubarb Compote with Brown Sugar and Vanilla

Rhubarb gets a big boost from brown sugar and vanilla in this especially flavorful and versatile dessert sauce.

Rhubarb Custard Bars

A rich and delicious dessert with a shortbread cookie crust, custard filling with rhubarb, and a cheesecake-like topping.

Sesame-Soy Asparagus with Garlic and Ginger

My go-to recipe for the ultra-seasonal asparagus.

Sweet and Tart Broccoli Salad

A fresh take on the heavily dressed broccoli salads with bacon and raisins. This one has just a touch of mayonnaise in a sweet-tart vinaigrette and dried cranberries in place of the raisins. I left the bacon right where it was.

Strawberry Rhubarb Freezer Jam
A simple and delicious way to save some of those fresh spring fruits for later.

Strawberry Rhubarb Sauce

This simple and tasty seasonal sauce is great on ice cream or folded into whipped cream to make a fool.

Szechuan Broccoli and Water Chestnut Stir Fry

Just five ingredients get tossed in a wok to make this fast, easy and flavorful stir fry.

Three Pea Salad with Walnuts and Parmesan

Shelled peas, sugar snap peas, and yellow split peas join up in a flavorful salad with a simple lemon-walnut vinaigrette.

May Favorites

Here are my favorite recipes posted to The Messy Apron in the month of May.

Arugula Pesto with Kalamata Olives
Baguette and Multigrain Baguette

Batter Fried Morel Mushrooms
Blackberry Sauce with Lime and Vanilla (see photo above)
Coconut Cranberry Quick Bread
Corn and Green Onion Tart with Bacon
Feta and Lemon Vinaigrette
Grilled Potatoes with Lime-Herb Dipping Sauce
Homemade Seitan
Morel Mushroom Galette with Cream Cheese Pastry
Pasta with Morels and Brown Butter
Pea and Almond Pesto with Pasta and Peas
Olive and Green Peppercorn Flatbread
Peanutty Noodles

Radish Leaf and Peanut Pesto
Spinach and Feta Souffle
Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp with Graham Cracker Topping 
Wheat Berries with Bacon, Arugula and Tomato (see photo below)
White Bean Soup with Fresh Herbs
White Beans with Sage and Garlic

Rhubarb Recipes

Here are some recipes for dishes with rhubarb from The Messy Apron archives.

Berry and Rhubarb Galette
A rustic single-crust pie stuffed with perky rhubarb and sweet, delicious berries.

Blueberry Rhubarb Sauce
Don't let strawberries have all the fun! Blueberries make a fine dessert sauce with rhubarb, too.

Hot and Sour Lettuce Wraps with Pork
These savory lettuce wraps are an admittedly unusual application of rhubarb, but I stand by its use in a hot-and-sour flavor profile!

Rhubarb Barbecue Sauce
More like a tart and tangy condiment, this sauce is a delightfully perky compliment to chicken, pork or tofu.

Rhubarb Compote wtih Brown Sugar and Vanilla Bean
A wonderful rhubarb sauce with a fabulous flavor combination. Spoon it over ice cream or pound cake, or stir it into yogurt.

Rhubarb Custard Bars (see photo above)
A rich and delicious dessert with a shortbread cookie crust, a custard filling with rhubarb, and a cheesecake-like topping

Rhubarb Custard Pie
Mounds of brown sugar-sweetened rhubarb are held together nicely by just enough custard in this decadent pie

Rhubarb-Ginger Galette (see photo below)
A rustic pie stuffed with sweetened rhubarb and flavored with fresh ginger and vanilla

Rhubarb Sour Cream Muffins
Sweetened with brown sugar to compliment the tart rhubarb, these muffins are also just a bit tangy from the addition of sour cream.

Rhubarb Yogurt Cake
A simple coffee cake with a pockets of tart rhubarb and a sweet brown sugar-pecan topping.

Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp with Graham Cracker Topping
A delicious sweet and tart dessert with a crunchy topping that soaks up some of rhubarb's juicy goodness. Strawberries are not essential, since you can make it with just rhubarb if you want.

Strawberry Rhubarb Fool and Strawberry Rhubarb Frozen Fool
Strawberry Rhubarb Sauce folded into whipped cream with a splash of orange liqueur. Freeze it to make a semifreddo-style dessert.

Strawberry Rhubarb Freezer Jam
A simple and delicious introduction to jam-making without the labor of canning.

Strawberry Rhubarb Sauce
A simple but delicious sauce with the classic spring combination of strawberries and rhubarb

April Favorites

Here are my favorite recipes from the archives that were posted in the month of April.

Apricot and Almond Cookies with White Chocolate
Deliciously simple oatmeal cookies with tart dried apricots and sweet white chocolate

Banana Quick Bread
My version of the basic banana bread. Easy and delicious!

Cabbage and Chard Slaw with Orange-Tahini Dressing
A flavorful and substantial salad with a unique dressing

Cabbage Slaw with Feta and Olives
A delicious and satisfying twist on coleslaw

Cappuccino Coffee Cake with Mocha Crumb Topping
A simple coffee-flavored cake with a rich and crunchy bittersweet streusel

Chickpea and Spinach Curry
Easy and versatile, this doesn’t have to be a curry if you want a different flavor.

Chocolate Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting
Delicious fluffy chocolate cupcakes with a decadent, creamy peanut butter frosting.

Coconut Lime Dressing (see photo above)
Perky and delightful, this dressing is as great on noodles (see recipe below) as it is on a plate of spring greens.

Italian Chickpeas (from my first post!)
It’s hard to believe that something this easy can be this satisfyingly delicious.

Lemon-Fennel Egg Salad
A great use for leftover hard-boiled Easter eggs, this egg salad can also be made with dill and celery in place of the fennel.

Lentil Barley Burgers
My answer to the veggie burger blues

Oatmeal and Dried Cherry Bars
A simple but surprisingly delicious oatmeal crumble bar stuffed with dried cherries.

Oatmeal Sandwich Bread
One of the nicest loaves of bread I've ever made!

Peanut Butter Granola
A peanut butter-y version of classic granola. Can I just say, "I love it!"?

Rhubarb Ginger Galette
This quick and rustic pie is a fast and easy feature presentation for those early rhubarb stalks.

Vanilla Ice Cream
Classic and delicious. Use vanilla beans or vanilla extract.

Warm Noodles with Cilantro and Coconut Lime Dressing
You’ll never have to worry about using a whole recipe of Coconut Lime Dressing (see recipe above) if you use any leftovers in this dish. (I fact, I like it even more here than I do on salads!)

Wheat Sandwich Bread
The standby sandwich bread that I make just about every week

Whole Wheat Butterscotch Pecan Bars
Big, fat, sweet, and nutty bar cookies!