Bruschetta is a party favorite, usually in the summer with mozzarella, tomatoes, and basil. This fall counterpart utilizes hearty butternut squash and tangy goat cheese, one version with sage and pine nuts, and the other with cranberry and rosemary.

You can really mix and match your favorite ingredients—the base is sautéed butternut squash (in butter of course) along with goat cheese, a nut and an herb. I just threw these together based on basic fall ingredients making sure there was sweet, sour, bitter and salt flavors.

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Photo by Rick Bakas