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Fall
Recipe Ideas
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If you
are a gardener or just love to by fresh, then here are several
fall recipe ideas to use up all your harvest. You now have
lots of tomatoes, squash, pumpkins, peppers, fruits and more just
sitting on any available table space, windowsill and pantries.
Now is
the time to start using these up on some fun fall recipes before you
give all your hard work away to neighbors, friends, family and even
sales people who happen to stop by.
So what can you make with all your goodies from the garden? Check out
these recipe ideas for some tasty and healthy recipes for this fall.
You can make breads, jams, casseroles and so much more with your
veggies and fruits.
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Fall
Recipe Idea #1
Salsa
Fresh salsa is a bit hit for fall. Use up all those tomatoes
and add some of your colorful yellow, red and green peppers in a spicy
yet delicious salsa. Add some of your onions, garlic, parsley or some
of your other favorite ingredients.
You can even add some of your
yellow corn, jalapeno peppers or more. Salsa is great with
chips, smothered over your favorite Mexican dish or anything you want
to give a little kick and flavor.
Salsa makes a perfect party dish or while watching your favorite sport
or movie on the television. Depending on the peppers you have
planted you can make a Mexican salsa as well as a simple tomato salsa.
If you choose to can salsa make sure you follow a recipe that is tried
and sure to keep the acid out of your salsa.
Fall
Recipe Idea #2
Sweet
Potato Dishes Galore
Sweet potatoes have great nutritional benefits. The sweet potato is
rich in vitamin A and C and other minerals. This food is a high
anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory food that you should add to your meals
anytime of the year. Try making a sweet potato pie or just bake them.
These sweet tasting potatoes don't need any additions to taste good, so
leave off the butter and sour cream to make it healthier.
This root also makes wonderful custards, casseroles and stews. It keeps
fairly well if kept in dark places. Once is has become woody, it is no
longer good for use.
Fall
Recipe Ideas #3
Zucchini
Recipes
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If you
planted zucchinis then you probably have more than you know what
to do with. Try making a zucchini boat. Just slice the zucchini open,
scoop out a bit of the middle then add some flavorful, fun and healthy
toppings.
You can use ground turkey (be sure to cook it first) some fat
free or low fat cheese, add some seasonings and it's ready to bake. If
the weather is still warm these cook up nice on the grill as well.
Of course there is the old favorite stand by zucchini bread. Who
doesn't love this tasty treat during the fall? You can freeze this
vegetable and use it all winter long in breads and potato pancakes by
adding zucchini to these favorite fall recipes. |
Fall
Recipe Ideas #4
Decorate
with Squash & Gourds
Okay, these are not exactly fall recipes but this is a fun way to use
up some of your garden fresh foods. Squash and gourds can be used as
decoration in your home or yard. If you’ve harvested them you
will know that they are everywhere in the fall. Take some fall flowers
(mums are particularly hardy), squash and gourds and make table
decorations from them. Of course you can prepare and freeze squash for
winter use.
If you have more than you need for decoration, try using up the squash
for a nice healthy lasagna. Just slice the squash thinly and lay this
out in your baking dish. Add all the normal lasagna ingredients and
then bake. This makes a typically high in carbs meal a low carb healthy
alternative.
Fall
Recipe Idea #5
Hash
It Out!
Hash
was one of those meals my grandmother always made in the fall with
the veggies they had left over after canning. It was a hodge podge of
many different veggies, meats and even some fruits.
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Try adding some
apples, sweet potatoes or butternut squash for a fun sweet taste to
your hash recipe. You can also make this a vegetarian dish and fore go
the meat. Try
dicing up some beets with fresh potatoes and add this to your pot roast
in the crock pot. Use your grandma's recipe and add your own twist to
it from your garden.
Fall
Recipe Ideas #6
Apples,
Apples and more Apples
Of course the typical urban gardener may not have a large apple orchid,
but maybe you have at least one tree. If you do, then you know just how
many apples you can get and will want ways to use all these up. Try
making some applesauce. This flavorful recipe will make your house
smell delicious and the kids will eat it up.
Of course with Thanksgiving not too far away try making an apple pie
and place it in the freezer. Then just bring it out on Thanksgiving and
heat it up a bit and it's ready to serve. Other great apple recipes
include cobblers, jams and butters, apple crisps and more. You can even
make dried apple chips for a great tasty healthy snack for you and the
kids.
Be sure to can some of your applesauce or apple slices for later use in
the year. Here are several apple smoothies recipes you can try to use
up all those delicious apples. This is a PDF file and a free gift to
you as a thanks for dropping by for a visit.
In addition to these fall recipe ideas, try some of these healthy
pumpkin recipes as well.
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