Join Debbie as she raves about whole foods, rants about chemicals and generally celebrates cooking and eating with fresh, local, nutritious foods. And sometimes she might get a little feisty….
We’re in the heart of it now… the beautiful season we call autumn. There are so many things to love about the fall in New England: the spectacular foliage, the crisp sunshiny weather and the seasonal foods. Let’s celebrate the fresh, whole food and autumn-inspired recipes that the season brings us. You just might find a new favorite.
You’ve read all about our organic apple-picking adventures and some of the ways we love to enjoy our apples. As I type this post, I’ve got some butternut squash seeds roasting in the oven and my house is just starting to take on that glorious toasty smell you only experience this time of year. Owen will be pleasantly surprised when he wakes up and finds he’s got a fun snack to accompany his breakfast (spoiled boy!).
We’re basically purists when it comes to seed-roasting, but if you want to venture out, Heidi Swanson has some unique ideas for fancy toasted pumpkin seeds: three great recipes, to be exact.
You may not associate cabbage with the fall, but we’ve gotten so many wonderful heads of it this year from our CSA farm that we’ve been enjoying it often. We’ve tried sweet and sour cabbage wedges, Moo Shu vegetables and most recently, Heidi Swanson’s (there she is again….) Tassajara warm cabbage salad. This is actually the first year in a long time that I haven’t made some homemade sauerkraut with it, but we’ve still loved every cabbage-y bite this fall.
One last thing that I must eat before I can declare it fall is some type of orange squash stew. Yes, I’ve got to have my butternut squash sage pizza, but I need a stew. Chicken, pumpkin and kale stew is one of my favorites and we finally cooked it up this week. It is astounding how just a few ingredients combine together so perfectly to create a simple and spectacular dish.
What are some of your favorite fall dishes?
Clacked by Debbie McDuffee
on Nov 05, 2009 @ 10:00 EST5EDT
