Starting to think of fall foods

13 years ago

It's early, but we've had chilly weather, more like mid-late September than like August should be! So, I guess I'm starting to think of my favorite fall foods early.

Apples - Any way you can imagine - baked, apple dumplings, apple pie, apple crisp, apple tarts....

Pumpkin bars

Winter squash - all kinds, baked, fried, roasted

Root vegetables - parsnips, beets, rutabaga

What are your favorite fall foods? Do you usually fix them year 'round, or mainly when the weather cools and fall is in the air?

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houstonmom_gw
13 years ago
I've also been thinking about (looking forward to) fall / winter foods. Our weather down here in Houston gives us a short window for cold weather dishes. But when those cold weather days do hit us, you can bet we're eating soups, chili or stew!

I prepare an oven roasted root vegetable bake that we enjoy when the weather is a bit cooler!
jel48
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13 years ago
I had totally forgotten to mention soups and stews! And beans... I love old fashioned homemade ham and beans, or beef and beans, but only when the weather is chilly! Or chicken and noodles, served over mashed potatoes. They always used to make those (homemade noodles) for our church bazaar when I was growing up and for many years after. I still make them once in a while and love them!
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Hello all! I was just getting around to logging on to thank you all for the wonderful plants that you offered me in the spring. I took some pictures, but am having trouble uploading... The monarda was lovely, the grasses came in well, the rudbeckia and echinacea have been blooming for quite some time now -- as has the balloon flower! The lilies are all done blooming now, but boy were they lovely! The sedum just started blooming about a week or so ago. The hosta has done well in spite of the slug population this year. Oh and the philadelphus was so lovely -- the scent and the sweet flowers. The styrax japionica has been given a special place in our family as my daughter's tree. I thank you all for these wonderful growing gifts, and will definately join you again in September (hopefully this time the lemon tart won't melt in my car). Incidentally, the vege garden, which is usually the prolific part of my yard, severely underproduced this year. Perhaps it was too much rain. I'll be lucky if I get a handful of tomatoes from the 15 plants that I planted. :( I would be interested in a lilac. Also have room for some Anemone and blanket flower, if ya'll have enough. Cannot wait!
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Please, please... give me a break. Our plums and berries are burying us alive, and Peaches have not ripened yet. Summer squash, OH MY GOODNESS.... they grow huge overnight... and the freezer is full of jam making purees .... and where oh where has the time gone. I did bake (and one for the freezer) an apple pie last night with the AC doing battle with the oven, and the dehydrator making plum 'leather'. And, I forgot beautiful, beautiful tomatoes given away and made into soup starter. I must take a few breaths now, and let you know that winter comes all to soon here in Southern Oregon and lasts too long!
bigfoot_liz
13 years ago
already thinking about it myself too LOL! Even thou it is still 94 everyday at some point in the future months it won't be! Williams Sonoma just came out w a Pumpkin Spice coffee syrup I will get this weekend, at least I can have iced pumpkin spice lattes until I can run the oven for baking or tolerate eating heavy fall roasts, soups, stews, chili etc.... This week I stocked my work office w fall candles LOL we are more than ready for the change in temps. ~ liz
glenda_al
13 years ago
For me it is pumpkin bread baking time.
redcurls
13 years ago
Oh, yeah!!! I think we could use a thread on Apple Recipes!!!
patti43
13 years ago
Since I'm addicted to Pinterest Food & Drink, I've noticed a lot of people are ready for fall/winter foods. Guess it's a lot cooler in other areas of the country and Canada.

I love the winter root vegetables and others like Brussels sprouts, cabbage and potatoes. Love baking and do more than in the summer, although if I'm hungry for something, it doesn't matter what time of year it is. I make pumpkin, banana and other sweet breads whenever the mood strikes.

C'mon, Fall. We're all ready for you!!
sheilajoyce_gw
13 years ago
Zucchini cake and zucchini bread--yum! And I don't live around anyone who plants zucchini, so I have not had any donations to the cause.

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