Fall’s coming, friends.  And with it, crisp, fresh apples.  Pair those apples with the bitter of arugula and the savory of bacon and you have an amazing flavor combination that will wow everyone you share these apple bacon arugula bites with. It’s a simple recipe that packs a lot of (flavor) punch… and is ready to go in just a short time…so you can have them set to go even for the most last minute of gatherings.

Apple Bacon Arugula bites

Ingredients

1 large Apple, sliced

1 Tbsp. Lemon Juice

2 Cups water

8 oz. Cream Cheese

½ teas. Garlic Powder

½ teas. Salt

½ teas. Pepper

1 teas. Italian Seasoning.

2-3 Bacon slices, cooked and crumbled

Baby Arugula

Instructions

Core and Slice apple into 16-20 slices and add to a bowl with the Lemon juice and water, set aside.

In food processor combine Cream Cheese, Garlic Powder, Salt, Pepper and Italian seasoning running about 30 seconds and scraping down with a spatula and repeat two more times.

Remove Apple slices from Lemon water and pat dry.

Spread enough Cream cheese mixture on slice to almost cover the whole slice.

Place a small leaf of Arugula on the lower half of the Apple slice and Bacon crumbles on the other half.  Repeat with remaining slices.

Serve or refrigerate in airtight container until serving.