project recipe box :: harvest time

A few months ago I found a vintage wooden recipe box (you can see a snippet of the box in the photo on the family salsa recipe card). My plan being to round up all my favorite dishes that I've collected from family members, friends and websites. This week has been a little slow at work so I've have a chance to sort through my "recipe" folder in my email and start designing some recipe cards. Here's 2 off my favorite "harvest time" recipes.

Healthy Apple Crisp: I love buying apples at the orchard this time of year - but you get so many you need to have a good plan on how to use them before they turn bad. This dessert fills the house with the warm smells of autumn with it's use of cinnamon and nutmeg spices, without adding the unwanted winter weight. I found this recipe on caloriecount.com

Family Salsa: I am always looking for ideas for fresh tomatoes at the end of the growing season when there tends to be a large abundance of the delicious fruit. This salsa recipe does the trick! This is a recipe my sister created and shared with me. The great thing about it is how customizable it is. You can add more or less heat, or different spices to really make it your own.