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Maybe it's time to get more organized about working my way through cookbooks, rather than picking whatever strikes my fancy every week? At this rate, it will be ages before I whittle down my cookbook collection to something more manageable.
The fair thing to do is give both Clean Green Eats and Good Food Good Life a second round. Coincidentally, Candice Kumai has an Asian Ginger Steak Salad in her cookbook, which gives me another chance to try my luck with a grilled ginger steak type of dish. Curtis has a Quick Curry Noodle Soup in his, which is finally weather appropriate, and I'm still searching for a soup to replace my beloved Pho Ga Sate from Zadin in San Francisco. The laksa from Saveur was not the one.
This week I'm going back for a second (well, third technically) cooking class, this time on bagels, bialys, & pretzels. I'm not sure exactly what we'll be taught, but the course info says "recipes" for the aforementioned delights, plus toppings and fillings. In the spirit of that class, I suppose I should offer a "bagels, bialys, or pretzel" option for this week.
I'd be remiss not to mention that it's apple season (yay!). I'm fairly certain I've never gone apple-picking before this Fall. Now that I live in Jersey, I've managed to go twice in two weeks. So many apples! 
Obviously, I made a pie and it was delicious.
A) Asian Ginger Steak Salad from Clean Green Eats
B) Quick Curry Noodle Soup from Good Food Good Life
C) Bagels, bialys, or pretzels from my class
D) Deep-dish apple pie (optionally with salted caramel or cheddar cheese) from the Cook's Country Cookbook
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All of the options sound great this time, but hmm, after staring at that apple pie and since friends brought us a bag of apples yesterday, my vote goes to Deep Dish Apple Pie. The Cheddar Cheese addition sounds interesting, too.
Those apple trees in your photo were really abundantly laden!
While I do love bagels and pretzels, I vote for D) Deep-Dish Apple Pie. My favorite season is fall and memories include driving to an apple orchard for cider and apples. They even had cone shaped paper cups to sample the cider. We have been picking a variety of apples from our camp and are making apple sauce and apple crisp plus an occasional apple pie. It is wonderful to thaw some applesauce to enjoy during the winter months! While I know cheddar cheese goes great with apple pie, I have never served it that way so it is great… Read more »