Colorful Apples in a Bowl

You can bring some natural beauty into your home this fall with a bowl of red and yellow apples.

During fall, a visit to the farmer's market will provide you with ample choice of bright and delicious apples. Maybe you want Cortland apples for applesauce, Granny Smith for caramel apples, Jonathans for pies, McIntosh apples for making cider, and Honeycrisp apples for eating.

If you want a delicious recipe for applesauce, visit my other blog Home Crafts by Ali for a Slow Cooker Cinnamon Applesauce Recipe.

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Summer Tomato Basil Salad

When you pick a sun ripened tomato from the vine in your garden, the tomato is still warm and it smells so fresh. It's hard to resist eating the flavorful colored fruit before you get to the kitchen.

Having multi-color tomatoes growing in the garden is such a treat. They have different sweetness and flavor, but go so well together. Aren't they striking in a bright blue bowl with fresh chopped green basil from the garden?

Food is not only pleasing to the taste buds, it is pleasing to the eye as well. The mix of the vibrant colors can make your dining a more enjoyable experience.

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Fresh Ripe Red Tomatoes

Beauty can be found in unexpected places, when you take the time to stop for a minute and look. Recently I bought some Campari tomatoes to make homemade stewed tomatoes. As I was washing them, I stopped and noticed the perfect little water droplets against the red skin of the tomatoes.

I don't generally think that tomatoes are beautiful. To me they are just a tasty fruit (or vegetable, however you classify them). But when I looked at the tomatoes with the sunlight coming in my kitchen window and the water on them, my eyes were opened to the simple beauty that was right in front of me.

So take a moment in your day to pause and look at the simple beauty in an everyday moment.

You can find the recipe for homemade stewed tomatoes on Home Crafts by Ali, one of my other blogs.

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