Gluten Free Fall Recipe Roundup

This gluten free Fall Recipe Roundup is a collection of 45 recipes worth exploring to find your favourites. I try to make them every year but my categories all have so many recipes I can't get through them in a single season. Once you've got lists like that, no matter how you save recipes, that's what I'd call sweet success.

I want to enjoy fruits and vegetables at their peak as much as possible. Aside from the great taste of fresh produce a seasonal strategy automatically adds variety into your everyday meals. If you're trying to eat the recommended 30 plants a week here are some ideas to keep expanding your recipe collection.

Variety is the Spice of Life

I've been saving my favourite recipes for more than 30 years now. Don't compare to me, just look for something that says autumn and plan to make it soon. Get the groceries on a list and just do it. Life is too short to eat food that's just okay so keep trying new recipes, perfect them and only keep your absolute favourites.

Recipes with Fresh Tomatoes

Tomatoes are in abundance and I love seeing the pictures of kitchen tables covered with tomatoes of all shapes, sizes and colours. How fun is that! Here are some of my recipes to make with those tomatoes.

• Roasted Tomato Soup
• Halibut Puttanesca
• Farm-To-Table Gazpacho
• Chicken with Tapenade and Tomato Basil Sauce
• Homemade Tomato Sauce
• Bocconcini Tomato Basil Skewers

Recipes with Peppers

I buy bell peppers and chile peppers year round but in the fall the market displays show the best variety of colourful peppers you don't usually see.

• Stuffed Bell Peppers
• Paneer and Peppers in Fragrant Gravy
• Southwestern Quinoa Salad with peppers
• Lentil and Red Pepper Soup
• Authentic Greek Salad
• Chicken with Pesto and Peppers
• Cranberry Salsa with Poblano Chiles - This salsa and the ancho gravy are on my Thanksgiving table every year.
• Ancho Chile Gravy

Pumpkin Recipes

A fall recipe roundup wouldn't be complete without pumpkin which is now a season, not just a vegetable. Whether you're cooking with fresh or canned pumpkin this is the time of year to make every pumpkin recipe you have and then some.

• Traditional Pumpkin Pie
• Soft Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Iced Pumpkin Spice Cookies
• Moist Pumpkin Ginger Muffins
• Pumpkin Recipe Roundup for more pumpkin recipes.

Root Vegetables: Potatoes, Carrots, Beets and Parsnips

I use potatoes and carrots year round yet when they’re at their peak there's more variety available and everything is fresh. Roasted root vegetables kick off the season for me. Evenings are cool and I'm happy to turn on my oven and take in the aroma.

• Roasted Root Vegetables
• Roasted Carrot Hummus
• Maple Glazed Carrots
• Harvest Jewelled Salad
• Beet Yogurt Salad with Walnuts
• Salad with Beets, Goat Cheese and Pine Nuts
• Scalloped White and Sweet Potatoes
• Potato Latkes with grated apple

Zucchini, Butternut and Eggplant

Zucchini is a summer squash and in early fall gardeners and cooks are still dreaming up creative ways to use it. Grocery stores and markets have huge displays of squash including patty pan, butternut, acorn, spaghetti squash and more. Try something new!

Eggplants are not squash but they are interchangeable with zucchini in many recipes. They come in different shapes, sizes and colours and are in season at the same time. That's why I include eggplant here.

• Squash Soup with poblano chiles
• Greek Moussaka with Zucchini
• Quinoa and Italian Sausage Stuffed Vegetables
• Pan Fried Zucchini Fritters
• Balsamic Marinated Vegetables
• Butternut Squash and Pancetta Penne

Recipes with Cranberries and Pears

This selection of recipes includes cranberries that are fresh, dried and canned. Pears are a luscious fall fruit that require close observation to enjoy them when they're perfectly ripe. Embrace the challenge, the first bite always reminds me it was worth the wait. There are several pear varieties available in fall so try a few.

• Pomegranate Pear Guacamole - This recipe is a holiday favourite!
• Warm Cranberry Dip, greater than the sum of its' parts.
• Cranberry Orange Lettuce Salad is a light salad that you can serve right into January.
• Cranberry Orange Muffins
• Pears Poached in Port with Cranberries, put them in a giant martini glass beside a fall charcuterie board for a wow presentation.
• Cranberry Orange and Cilantro Salsa, the recipe I serve with my turkey dinner.

Apple Recipes

Apples are falling off trees and going to waste so try and get some before they fall to the ground. We're spoiled with varieties of apples but ini the fall hopefully they have been grown closer to home. Look for local varieties and find more varieties you like.

• Stuffed Baked Apples with Caramel Sauce
• Mustard Chicken with Grilled Apple Slices
• Morning Glory Muffins
• Crab Apple Jelly Glazed Chicken especially if someone gives you homemade crab apple jelly.
• Spinach Salad with Mango Chutney Dressing
• Fall Fruit Crisp
• Apple Quinoa Salad with Feta
• Overnight Oats with apples

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