There is nothing like having fresh, organic food directly from the harvest to prepare some of the best dished for the fall. With fresh vegetables from the farmer’s market there is so much that can be done to create dishes that are both tasty and healthy. Following are some great dishes that can be whipped together quickly while still tasting incredible.
If you want to taste fall in a skillet, squash gratin is full of flavor. It can be served as a side dish or when prepared correctly, it can be enough for a self-sustained meal. This dish consists of two different types of cool weather squash — kabocha and butternut.
You have not experienced flavor until you have had baked stuffed apples. This is a way to satisfy the yearning for dessert without going overboard with unhealthy sweets. Alton Brown’s version of this extremely popular dessert uses Braeburns apples that have been scooped out and filled with brown sugar, cinnamon, ginger and mixed oats.
When there is a need for something quick and distinct, this mashed sweet potato dish is up to the task. To speed up the cooking process, these sweet potatoes can be popped into the microwave. Once they come out of the microwave, they are then mashed up to the preferred texture and topped off with fresh sage and brown butter.
What brings out the flavor in this recipe is that Guy Fieri finds a creative way to utilize both, the seeds and the flesh of the acorn squash used in the recipe. In order to bring out the flavor in this dish, Guy uses goat cheese, bell peppers and onion as fillers. These little poppers make awesome appetizers.
This beautiful combination of sweet pears and goat cheese proves that dessert does not have to be heavy and unhealthy! The wonderful thing about pears is that when they are in their prime they almost stand completely on their own. All you need is a sharp knife and a quality Walnut Cutting Board. The walnut cutting board provides the ideal cutting surface to ensure even cuts.
The recipe here is very upfront and simple — sliced pears covered with a soft piece of blue cheese and a few drops of organic honey.
There are so many ways that you can prepare squash, and this is just one. The mixture of squash covered in dark brown sugar and molasses is the just the right type of sweet to tickle your taste buds. And, the natural sweetness of the butternut squash is enough to completely satisfy that yearning for something sweet.
One thing is certain the fall harvest will bring in some of the freshest food that is loaded with great flavor, and the freshness means that the texture of the food will be absolutely superb.
