Gluten Free Fall Recipe Roundup

This gluten free Fall Recipe Roundup is a collection of 45 recipes worth saving and making year after year. I hope you'll find a few to try and then I hope you'll find one that you absolutely love. That's the one to add to your collection and that's how gluten free cooks can learn to make amazing dishes everyone wants to eat.

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 your list growing.

Tips To Add Variety To A Gluten Free Diet

I can't possibly make all my favourites each season but I have many once-a-year recipes that I absolutely look forward to making and eating. It's not that they are only worth eating once a year. It's just that I've been saving the best for 30 years so I have a long list of recipe that I want to make.

Look for something that says autumn; maybe maple glazed carrots or quinoa stuffed peppers.

The next step is to make it. 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 things and keep only your absolute favourites.

What To Make with Peppers and Tomatoes

I buy bell peppers and chile peppers all year long but in the fall the displays include the best variety of colourful peppers.

Tomatoes are in abundance and people are posting pictures of kitchen tables covered with tomatoes and a colourful array of peppers. Here are some of my favourites.

• Paneer and Peppers in Fragrant Gravy
• Southwestern Quinoa Salad with peppers
• Farm-To-Table Gazpacho
• Lentil and Red Pepper Soup
• Chicken with Tapenade and Tomato Basil Sauce

Pumpkin Recipes

A fall recipe roundup wouldn't be complete without pumpkin. People seem to agree that pumpkin is now it’s own season so just go with it. Whether you're cooking with fresh or canned pumpkin this is the time of year to make every pumpkin recipe you have.

• Traditional Pumpkin Pie
• Soft Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Iced Pumpkin Spice Cookies
• Fall Pumpkin Ginger Muffins

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 looks fresh. Roast a variety of root vegetables and you'll find different ways to use them up. Be sure to read the tags and signs on your produce to find out where it came from.

• Beet Yogurt Salad with Walnuts
• Salad with Beets, Goat Cheese and Pine Nuts
• Scalloped White and Sweet Potatoes
• Potato Latkes with grated apple

Squash: Zucchini, Butternut and Eggplant

Zucchini is a summer squash but in early fall gardeners in my area are still dreaming up creative ways to use it (or "get rid of it"). Grocery stores and markets have huge displays of winter squash like butternut, acorn, spaghetti squash and many more.

Shiny purple eggplants in different sizes are also in season during the late summer and into fall. Eggplant is technically a fruit but in many recipes I switch zucchini and eggplant so it fits into this category for me.

• Pan Fried Zucchini Fritters
• Balsamic Marinated Vegetables
• Butternut Squash and Pancetta Penne

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. That first bite will remind you that it was worth the wait. There are several pear varieties available in fall so try a few.

• 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 that giant martini glass too! Especially on a Charcuterie Board.
• Cranberry Orange and Cilantro Salsa, the recipe I serve with my turkey dinner.

Apples and Grapes

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 sometimes they taste like they've flown half way around the world. Look for some local varieties and try them. I had to include grapes yet I just eat them out of hand and tossing some into an occasional salad.

• Crab Apple Jelly Glazed Chicken
• Spinach Salad with Mango Chutney Dressing
• Fruit Crisp
• Apple Quinoa Salad with Feta
• Overnight Oats made with grated apple
• There are grapes in the Pomegranate Pear Guacamole above

That's a wrap for my fall recipe roundup! There are so many delicious things to cook I hope you'll try something new because winter will be here before you know it!

Let me know in the comments below what you tried or what you look forward to cooking in the fall.