The temperature is dropping across Canada, but that doesn’t mean it’s time to eschew fruits and vegetables for mac n’ cheese or an all-comfort food diet (not that there’s anything wrong with that). There is still plenty of locally-grown, in-season produce to plan your meals around.
Here’s our list for the best foods, and recipes, to cook with this fall. Have a favourite recipe featuring fall ingredients? Add it in the comments below.
Apples
Try these recipes featuring apples:
- Kale salad with apples, apricots and manchego cheese recipe
- Fennel apple salad
- Maple-baked apple bites
Cranberries
Try these recipes featuring cranberries:
Pears
Try these recipes featuring pears:
- Cardamom caramel poached pears
- Flourless pear and cranberry pie (gluten free)
- Caramelized carrots and pears
Beets
Try these recipes featuring beets:
Bok choy
Try these recipes featuring bok choy:
- Healthy Chinese chicken and vegetable soup
- Baby bok choy stir fry
- Thai beef and baby bok choy stir fry with peanut sauce
Broccoli
Try these recipes featuring broccoli:
Brussels Sprouts
Brussels sprouts don’t have to be boring, try these recipes:
Cabbage
Try these recipes featuring cabbage:
Carrots
Try these recipes featuring carrots:
- Lemon carrot ‘fettuccine’ with toasted walnuts
- Pumpkin carrot muffins with vanilla frosting
- Cucumber and carrot salad
Cauliflower
Cucumber (greenhouse)
Garlic
- Fettuccine with garlic-Parmesan puree recipe
- Grilled lamb burgers with garlic sauce
- Garlic Parmesan pumpkin seeds
Leeks
Mushrooms
- Salad, pastry rolls and easy pate recipes featuring mushrooms
- Japonica, shiitake and chicken stuffed peppers
- Stuffed mushroom caps
Onions
Try these recipes featuring onions:
Parsnips
- Parsnips with Moroccan spices
- Roasted parsnips and carrots with sesame-cider dip
- Parsnip and white bean soup
Potatoes
Try these recipes featuring potatoes:
Radishes
Squash
Sweet potatoes
Try these recipes featuring sweet potatoes:
- Recipe: Sweet potato, corn, black bean salad with spicy dressing
- Twice-baked sweet potatoes
- Sweet potato poutine
Tomatoes (greenhouse)
Try these recipes featuring tomatoes:
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