I’m sure there are places in the country where it is still very much summer temperatures and places where cooler temperatures are on the menu.
Here in Ohio it’s a typical RAINY fall day. Cool (high 50’s) and rain expected ALL. DAY.
Soup weather. Pot Roast weather. Baking weather?
I’m working from home today but am planning on making an Instapot pot of soup. Here’s the recipe:
I might add some noodles though it doesn’t call for it - H will probably whine if chicken soup doesn’t have noodles
Have you cooked/baked a fall dish yet? Or what is the recipe that comes to mind when you think “fall” (not Thanksgiving - don’t want to go there yet!!!).
I made homemade pumpkin spice waffles on Sunday and I went to Trader Joe’s yesterday just for carrots, bananas, and milk but left with 2 extra bags full of “fall favorites”. I love fall weather and fall foods - anything pumpkin (except that dastardly PSL ), apple, squash and warm spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger!
It’s 80s here past 2 days. Veggie garden producing, but probably not much longer. I do have a lone, crazy pumpkin plant though that grew like wildfire and is still giving pretty yellow flowers… but no pumpkins - Darn. What did shock me when flying home from East coast vacation to Denver airport Tues night was the 46 degree temp at 10pm.
I’ve always said that one day I was going to open up a cafe and specialize in popovers (baked food item). Then I said I’m going to also sell homemade granola.
Well, today I decided I’m adding excellent coffee cake to my “dream” cafe. I have a couple of good solid coffee cake recipes and this one is being added to the roster. Made it yesterday and wow, is it good!! From the maple syrup/pumpkin batter to the cinnamon sugar middle to the buttery crumb topping and then the final maple glaze, !!!
Tomorrow, I’m making a dish with butternut squash, sweet onion, apple, and apple/chicken sausage. There is a little cider vinegar and apple cider in it too. It was in the newspaper and sounded good. I’ll post the recipe here if it’s tasty! Veggies are roasted with the apple. Then you stir in the cider vinegar and apple cider and put the chicken sausages on top…and roast until they are browned. There are some seasonings too…that’s the part of the recipe I’ll post if it’s tasty!
Made the NYT recipe for grilled cheese with Granny Smith apples, shallots, and apple butter tonight (with tomato bisque soup, comfort food!). Pleasant but took 4x longer than our basic grilled cheese without a 4x flavor boost.
Usually fall means that I start baking pumpkin bread from my old Jane Brody “Good Food” cookbook. But since I still have zucchini, I’ve been making zucchini bread from same.
It’s still summer here in California but I bought some pumpkin purée yesterday and was determined to make pumpkin bread today. Woke up early before the house gets hot and made a scrumptious loaf of pumpkin bread. I was able to have it with my morning coffee before the sun started bearing its teeth. I’m hoping it’ll cool down soon.
It was delicious. But I think I would add less liquid.
Preheat oven to 375
4 cups diced and peeled butternut squash
1 very large honey crisp apple (I used whatever apples I had in the house) peeled and diced
1 large sweet onion cut into pieces
Add to this 2 TBS vegetable oil and 1 tsp kosher salt…mix well.
Spread on a large jelly roll pan and roast in oven for about 30 minutes.
Cut 4 chicken/apple sausages into quarters (use the ones that are fully cooked….I think most are)
Mix 1/2 cup apple cider and 1 TBS cider vinegar. Add 1/2 tsp dried thyme and mix well.
After the squash cooks for 30 minutes, mix well. Put the sausage on top of the squash. Pour the cider and vinegar mixture over this. Return to oven and cook for 30 more minutes…stirring half way through.
It was very tasty. I think the cider vinegar adds a nice flavor. I definitely would make this again.
was just snacking on some fresh apple orchard apples - and think i’ll make sauteed apples this weekend for mom’s 80th.
No exact recipe, but i use all the fall spices, butter, sugar and brown sugar with a dash of white wine or sherry. They are a well-loved treat; but peeling all those apples takes forever!
), apple, squash and warm spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger!
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