3 golden apple cheddar dried cranberries Recipes

brown rice (if you can get it, lundberg s blends are especially nice in this dish), butter, yellow onion, chopped, green pepper, chopped, mixed vegetables, of your choice cut into small pieces (we like cauliflower, broccoli, carrots, peas, yellow, red, and orange peppers, and celery), golden raisin (regular will work too), dried cranberries, apple, cored and chopped, almonds (optional), sharp cheddar cheese, cubed (optional), salt, pepper

golden delicious apples, peeled, halved, cored, cut into 1/2-inch cubes (about 2 1/2 cups), loosely packed) coarsely grated extra-sharp cheddar cheese, pure maple syrup, chopped walnuts, sweetened dried cranberries, salt, frozen puff pastry (2 sheets), thawed, egg, beaten with 1 tsp water to blend (for glaze), sugar