Fall Recipes, Meal Ideas And Cooking Tips | Cub

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As Minnesotans, we share a universal drive to squeeze as much fun, flavor, and magic from each season as possible because we know all too well how fleeting a season can be. But fall, in all her maroon and gold glory, hits especially hard. There are apple orchards and pumpkin patches to visit, hometown football teams to cheer on, and 10,000 reasons to return to the kitchen.
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Coffee Specials

Bring the coffeehouse home

The freshest cup in town is the one you craft yourself. Pair with a sweet treat or a piping-hot breakfast sandwich for the full coffee shop experience at half the price.

In a Pumpkin State of Mind

If the changing of the leaves aren’t a giveaway that fall is in full swing, the crop of pumpkin spice snacks lining our shelves sure is!

Pumpkin Pie Overnight Oats

Pumpkin Pancakes

Pumpkin Spice Dip

Chai Pumpkin Napoleons

School-Safe Snacks for All

Allergen-free fun at Cub

Food allergies can be difficult to navigate when school is in session. Easy to pack, fun to share, and above all, safe for everyone, you can find allergen-free snacks for the whole classroom at Cub.

game day plays

Game Day Plays

In football and in tailgating it takes practice, skill, and grit to perform at the top of your game. Find recipes, serving ideas, and spirit at Cub to make your game day great!

Spicy Beer Cheese Steak Dip

Fiesta Layered Dip

Pepperoni Pizza Dip

Copycat Dirty Dubs Tots

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mealtime made easy

Mealtime Made Easy

Fast, easy, and sure to please everyone ‘round the family table, this collection of dinnertime ideas prove that dishing up a crowd pleasing meal is doable any night of the week.

Slow Cooker Tuscan Chicken Stew

Maple Chili Pork & Sweet Potato Sheet Pan Dinner

Slow Cooker Mississippi Pot Roast

Cook Once, Eat Three Times

Three pounds of beef chuck roast, 15 minutes of effort, and your trusty slow cooker team up to carry you over the line with a hearty base for nearly a week’s worth of dinners when you follow it up with Beef and Corn Enchiladas, Easy Beefy Chili, and Chicago-Style Italian Beef Sandwiches.

Chicago-Style Italian Beef Sandwiches

Beef and Corn Enchiladas

Easy Beefy Chili

Raid the Pantry

It’s no secret that the pantry is where all the mealtime stars hang out. Straight out of the can, box, or bottle or used as ingredients, these hardworking staples aren’t just the most valuable players of breakfast, lunch, and dinner, they’re a great value, too.

Udon Noodle Salad with Tuna and Veggies

Shrimp Creole

African Peanut Soup

Spam Melt Sliders

Elote Tortilla Pizza

Doable Dinners

Comforting fall favorites the whole family will enjoy.

Each Doable Dinner comes together with just 5 key ingredients, in 30 minutes or less, for around $20 each. We’d call that a win-win-win.

Skillet Tater Tot Hot Dish

Cheesy Chicken Fiesta

Caesar Pork Chops and Pasta

Sheet Pan Asian Pork and Vegetables

Miso Butter Chicken & Broccoli Ramen

Halloween No-Brainer

Between school pickup and trick-or-treating plans, there’s hardly time to think, let alone squeeze in a meal. Unless you have a Lotzza Motzza frozen pizza stashed in the freezer!

To make, carve out two football-shaped slices on either side of the pie forming a skull shape. Then, create the skeleton’s facial features using two rows of mozzarella pearls for the mouth, two black olives for the nose, and stacked pepperoni and olives for the eyes. Then all that’s left to do is serve up your creepy, cheesy masterpiece to the sound of delighted screams!

best breakfast sandwich

Best-Ever Breakfast Sandwich

There are two non-negotiables: start with the very best protein (that would be Hormel) and build it on the freshest bread (ahem, Cub bakery). All other riffs, twists, and add-ons are welcome.

Double Maple and Bacon Breakfast Sandwich

Canadian Bacon, Egg, and Cheese

Spicy Egg & Sausage Sandwich

Ham, Egg and Swiss Croissant

Upgrade Your Egg

Fried eggs can be spurty and scrambled eggs aren’t cohesive, but this method is just right, delivering creamy, cheesy, egg in every bite.

Whisk 1 large egg, 2 tablespoons cottage cheese, and a pinch each salt and pepper until combined. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Once hot, add 1⁄2 tablespoon butter and cook until sizzling. Pour in the egg mixture and quickly rotate the pan so the egg covers the bottom in a thin layer. It will start to set immediately. Add a slice of cheese and when the egg is set, fold all the sides into the center so that the cheese is all wrapped up in a tidy little square.

milk and cereal remix

Milk & Cereal Remix

Like PB&J, salt and pepper, or ketchup and mustard, milk and cereal are meant to be together. And while traditionally considered a breakfast duo, they have so much more to give. From dessert ideas to after-school snacks, and late-night treats, we’re basically giving you an excuse to eat cereal morning, noon, and night.

Milk and Cereal Bars

Fried Ice Cream Bars

Strawberry Milkshake Frosted Flakes Whipped Cream

Cereal Milk Panna Cotta

chop to it

Chop to It

It’s not often that making your meal is as satisfying as eating it, but that is 110% the case with these TikTok-inspired chopped salad sandwiches. Load up on Kretschmar meats from the Cub deli, grab your biggest cutting board and your favorite knife, and let’s go!

Chopped Italian Sub

Chopped Turkey Apple Caesar Sandwich

Chopped Chicken Cobb Sandwich

Consider Cabbage

Often overlooked or relegated to slaws, it’s time to move the entire brassica family to a front-row seat at your dinner table.

Charred Cabbage Wedges with Herbed Sour Cream

Red Chile Slaw

Make-Ahead Maple Soy Brussels Sprouts with Gruyere

Jalapeno Lime Slaw

Copycat Kung Pao Brussel Sprouts

a toast to the season with. the most

A Toast to the Season with the Most

No other time of the year has more spectacular colors, more football, or more reasons to break out the bourbon.

Midnight Moon Smash

Gold Rush

Batanga

Pickle Margarita

Pan Sauce 101

When meat, poultry, or fish meet a sizzling hot skillet and create fond, aka, crusty bits, you’re already well on your way to a pan sauce. Those browned bits are hiding an incredible amount of flavor and all you need to do to unleash their full deliciousness is deglaze using whatever liquid you like. Broth, vinegar, beer, wine and cider are all solid options. Adding aromatics like garlic or herbs take things a step further in terms of yum, and tossing in a nob of butter at the end make for a glossy finish. Follow our steps and add your own riffs. As long as you’re not using a non-stick pan, there’s almost no wrong way to make a pan sauce.

Go Fall In

Fall in love with additional recipes, game day inspiration, and read more seasonal stories in the Fall issue of our magazine! Read it online or pick up your FREE copy in store next to the weekly ad.