3 Simple Ways To Enjoy Fall's Fresh Food

As I wrote about last year, summer may be one of the easiest times to eat seasonally because there is such a wide variety of fresh produce available to most of us. Fall, however, also offers plenty of tasty produce.

Think about it. Some of the most popular fresh foods are fall favorites: sweet potatoes, apples, and winter squash like acorn and butternut squash. Although we don’t often think of eating them except for in pies, pumpkins are also part of the winter squash family.

Here are a few simple ways to incorporate the foods of autumn into the busy holiday season and to slow down and enjoy them.

Since fall is the start of the holiday entertaining season, why not make your guests this easy and delicious cheese spread in a winter squash or this yummy maple roasted acorn squash.

Fall is the time for soup, so why not add some fresh vegetables to your dinner menu by making an easy and rich homemade soup like this roasted squash soup or a harvest squash and sweet potato soup.

Lastly, one of the best things about autumn is that it is apple season. So go and pick apples. If you don’t have a local farm or farm trail, how about picking from a friend or neighbor’s fruit tree? Or, if you are on vacation, check for local farms near you or near your vacation spot.

Once you get those fresh apples home, make an easy simmered fall punch. Combine 2 cups apple juice, 1/2 cup orange juice, 1/4 tsp. cinnamon, and 2 or 3 cloves. Simmer on the stove for 20 to 30 minutes. Remove cloves before serving.

Great resources for finding local farms, farm trails, farmer’s markets and all fresh food is Local Harvest or the Eat Well Guide.

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J.L. A.

7:16AM PDT on Apr 3, 2012

yum

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Carole R.

4:43PM PST on Nov 20, 2011

Thanks for the information.

May H.

12:03PM PST on Nov 17, 2011

Teresa W.

8:51AM PST on Nov 17, 2011

thank you

Michele W.

12:53PM PDT on Sep 26, 2011

Thank you

Jennifer C.

12:10AM PDT on Aug 19, 2011

Excellent article. Yummy recipes. Thanks.

Danuta W.

1:45AM PST on Dec 26, 2010

This is great article

Fawna F.

5:03AM PST on Dec 10, 2010

Thanks.

Heather D.

5:30PM PST on Nov 11, 2010

This sounds like a great idea. I have only recently been learning about eating foods seasonally. I guess it wasn't something I paid attention to in the past. Thank you for posting this. Id' like to try the fall apple drink recipe.

Bente S.

12:34AM PST on Nov 10, 2010

Thank you.