Eye-Opening Apples: 3 Recipes Explore Our Favorite Fruit’s Savory Side

These savory recipes won’t upset the apple cart. Instead, they’re shine a light on the fruit’s possibilities.

Diced apple and butternut squash add seasonal fall flavor to this easy vegetarian curry. Gretchen McKay/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/TNS

PITTSBURGH—Apples are plentiful and at their peak in Western Pennsylvania as we head into fall. They’re also available in a wide variety of colors, flavors and textures, thanks to family-owned farm markets, fruit farms and orchards like Soergel Orchards, Trax Farm Market, Triple B Farms, and Apple Castle in New Wilmington.

Usually, you don’t have to think too hard about what to do with the a bag or bushel of fruit. Apples are terrific out of hand, of course, and make a great (and healthful) addition to your child’s lunchbox. They also travel well, making them an excellent car food.