Eat Fall Foods

1. Pumpkin Everything

Pumpkin appears earlier and earlier every year-Starbucks launched their Pumpkin Spice drinks on August 24th this year!-but I can't say that I'm mad about that.

Perfectly Perfect Pumpkin Bread Recipe

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This is the original Pumpkin Pie recipe from the 1993 Thanksgiving issue of Cook's Illustrated. I have made adjustments over the years to improve the recipe for my and my family's personal tastes. Additional notes on ingredients and shopping resources are included after the recipe.

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Pumpkin Spice Layer "PSL" Cake with Salted Caramel Cream Cheese Frosting

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Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream Sandwiches

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Pumpkin Butter Mochi Recipe

Like pumpkin pie, but in that bouncy, chewy texture of mochi, Pumpkin Butter Mochi is your new favorite for fall and beyond!

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Pumpkin Spice Baked Oatmeal Recipe

Made with that good morning staple, oats, and naturally sweet, antioxidant-rich pumpkin, this recipe for Pumpkin Spice Baked Oatmeal is a deliciously healthy must-make! Perfect as a breakfast or snack to-go!

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Pumpkin Spice Latte Chia Pudding

Like a pumpkin spice latte, but with all the power-antioxidant super foods like chia seeds and anti-inflammatory spices, and none of the empty fat and calories

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Ultimate Pumpkin Cheesecake Recipe

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Pumpkin Spice Cold Brew Coffee

2. Epic Tailgate Party Foods

Epic Game Day Charcuterie Board

How to put together the most EPIC Game Day Cheese and Charcuterie spread, with downloadable shopping lists in spreadsheet format so you can sort and color-code as you need!

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Plus wings, nachos, sliders, hot dogs, sandwiches, all the chips with all the dips, jalapeño poppers, pizza, salsa and guacamole, and chili

3. An Apple a Day

Invisible Apple Cake Recipe

Invisible Apple Cake is a light French apple cake with thin layers of apples, a custardy texture, and the perfect fall baking dessert.

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Easy Apple Cake with Olive Oil Recipe

A simple olive oil-based Apple Cake that's subtly sweet so it can be served as an afternoon snack cake, or dressed up with a dusting of powdered sugar or cream cheese icing to serve as dessert.

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Fall Harvest Salad with Apples and Walnuts

Crisp fresh apples, crunchy toasted walnuts, tart fresh cherries, and tangy salty feta make a craveable salad perfect for fall!

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Apple Cabbage Salad with Miso Mustard Dressing

Crunchy shredded cabbage combined with crisp sweet apples is the perfect palette for a spicy, tangy, Miso Mustard Dressing that you will not be able to stop eating!

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Fall Fruit Salad Recipe

Fall Fruit Salad is the light, bright, fresh palate cleanser you need between all those rich, buttery recipes throughout the season! Serve it as dessert after a heavy Holiday or Thanksgiving dinner, as a light, healthy snack, or on top of salads and yogurt bowls.

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Apple Kimchi Recipe

Apple Kimchi is the best way to get the most out of that bushel of apples you couldn't help but pick up! Spicy, salty, tangy and so refreshingly delicious!

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Apple Cider Vinaigrette

Apple Cider Vinaigrette is a light, bright dressing that dresses salads, bowls, and even works as a marinade! It's so fast and easy to make, keep a jar in your fridge all the time.

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4. Fresh, Ripe Figs

Fig Salad with Goat Cheese and Pistachios

When figs are in season, they're the perfect sweet complement to bitter, peppery arugula in this well-balanced salad

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Fig Ricotta Toast with Honey, Balsamic, and Pistachios Recipe

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Walnut Olive Oil Cake with Figs Recipe

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Fresh Fig Ice Cream Recipe

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5. Back to School (and Work!) Fall Foods

Fast and easy weeknight dinners, packable workday lunches, afternoon snacks, and breakfast-to-go.

Korean Beef Bowl Recipe

Bring home the flavor and fire of Korean BBQ with this easy recipe for a Korean Beef Bowl that you can throw together quickly and easily on a weeknight.

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California Roll in a Bowl Recipe

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Blueberry Muffin Baked Oatmeal Recipe

Like a blueberry muffin, but fiber-rich and filling, perfect as breakfast with sustained energy throughout the morning, or as a snack

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Brownie Baked Oatmeal Recipe

Is it a healthy dessert? Is it an indulgent breakfast? Brownie Baked Oatmeal is your favorite breakfast bowl infused with antioxidant-rich dark chocolate and sweetened with a secret, no refined sugar (nor bananas for that matter)!

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What to do with a Rotisserie Chicken

6. Grapes

Multi-colored Grapes Cheese Board

Grab all the colors of the grape rainbow and throw them onto an epic cheeseboard for your early Fall entertaining and tail-gating-at-home!

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7. NFL Sunday Funday Brunch

8. Pears

Pear, Walnut, and Blue Cheese Pizza Recipe

inspired by the seasonal offering at Offspring Pizza in Boonville, Anderson Valley, CA. Pair with an interesting dry white wine like Gewurztraminer or Riesling, or if you're inclined toward red, you can never go wrong with a Pinot Noir, especially one grown in the valley.

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Arugula Pear Salad Recipe

Crisp sweet pears are perfectly balanced by peppery arugula, crunchy walnuts, tart pomegranate, and a little bit of funk from an aged cheese.

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9. Oatmeal for Breakfast

Pumpkin Spice Baked Oatmeal Recipe

Made with that good morning staple, oats, and naturally sweet, antioxidant-rich pumpkin, this recipe for Pumpkin Spice Baked Oatmeal is a deliciously healthy must-make! Perfect as a breakfast or snack to-go!

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Blueberry Muffin Baked Oatmeal Recipe

Made with that good morning staple, oats, and naturally sweet, antioxidant-rich blueberries, this recipe for Blueberry Muffin Baked Oatmeal is a deliciously healthy must-make! Perfect as a breakfast or snack to-go!

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Brownie Baked Oatmeal Recipe

Is it an indulgent breakfast? Or is it a healthy dessert? It's both! Made with that good morning staple, oats, and naturally sweet, nutrient-rich prunes, this recipe for Brownie Baked Oatmeal, aka Breakfast Brownies is an absolutely deliciously healthy must-make!

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Savory Oatmeal

Boost your bowl of oatmeal by cooking oats in protein-rich bone broth and topping with healthy, savory ingredients!

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10. (Not) Avocado Toast.

Avocados are a summer fruit in California, but that doesn't stop us from smashing, slicing, and spreading them onto toast year-round because we are practically in Mexico, which supplies almost the rest of the world outside California. However, there has been some drama related to avocados from Mexico that I'm too stupid and lazy to research in depth, but have heard enough to draw the conclusion that our cooler season's avocado supply has been total crap in terms of both supply amounts and actual quality. So maybe let's try to make toast with other things.
Ricotta and Butternut Squash Toast

11. Rosemary and Sage

Rosemary Olive Oil Cake Recipe

A dead-simple olive oil cake that's subtly sweet that can be served as an afternoon snack cake, or dressed up with a dusting of powdered sugar and Candied Rosemary to serve as dessert.

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• How to Make Fried Sage
• Butternut Squash Ricotta Toast with Fried Sage

12. Brussels Sprouts. 

I will never give up roasted Brussels sprouts, but every once in a while a fresh perspective does good for your appreciation of the bitter, sweet, caramelization of roasting.

Crispy Shaved Brussels Sprouts with Pomegranate and Walnuts

Nothing makes Brussels sprouts more craveable than shredding them then roasting them (or air-frying if you have an air fryer!) until golden brown with delicious crispy bits. Add tart pomegranate and crunchy toasted walnuts and it'll become an addiction.

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Shaved and Sauteed Brussels Sprouts with Pears Recipe

Twice the Brussels sprouts texture in this recipe with Brussels sprouts that are both raw and roasted, and served with double layer of sliced pears and honeyed pear dressing.

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Miso Brussels Sprouts and Shiitake Mushrooms Recipe

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13. Cauliflower

Whole Roasted Cauliflower Head Recipe, Spicy "a la Brasa" Style

serves 2-4

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Roasted Cauliflower Salad with Chickpeas, Walnuts, and Parsley Recipe

This recipe is inspired by the Roasted Cauliflower, Hazelnuts and Pomegranate Salad from the Jerusalem cookbook by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamini, but has neither hazelnuts (because I'm allergic) nor any of the spices, so basically it is nothing like that recipe except for the roasted cauliflower.

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Cauliflower Steaks with Golden Raisins and Pistachios Recipe

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Cauliflower Steak Recipe

Serving cauliflower as steaks takes the humble vegetable from the usual side dish to an impressive yet light vegetarian main dish

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14. Mushrooms

Lion's Mane Mushroom Recipe

A quick stovetop sauté of lion's mane mushrooms and a simple drizzle of soy sauce makes it easy to eat one of the most beneficial mushrooms for our brains and bodies, lion's mane.

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15. Winter Squash

Butternut squash is just the beginning. Make this the year to check out acorn squash, delicata, kabocha, and relatively new hybrid, teeny tiny cute little Honeynut squash!

Roasted Honeynut Squash Recipe

A simple roast of these tiny squash is all you need because they're already so sweet and flavorful!

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Roasted Butternut Squash with Feta and Pomegranate Salsa

Nutrient-rich butternut squash gets caramelized with an oven roast then dressed with a tart and tangy complement from whipped feta and pomegranate salsa

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Butternut Squash Carbonara Pasta Recipe

serves 4

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Butternut Squash Black Bean Chili Recipe

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16. Sweet Potatoes

Whipped Sweet Potatoes Recipe

Whipped Sweet Potatoes recipe that works for any kind and color of sweet potato, whether orange, white, or purple, or all three together like I do!

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Whipped Sweet Potatoes with Feta and Pomegranate
Crispy Smashed Sweet Potatoes

17. Crudité Platter with Fall Fruits and Vegetables

Cheese boards and charcuterie plates don't get their own numbered lines here because they are always in season.

18. Oysters

I feel like I'm cheating by putting oysters on this Fall list because not only was it on the Summer list, but I didn't actually eat any oysters this summer, or any summer for that matter because oysters are fucking terrifying, so it's like I failed and have to give myself another chance to fail, kind of like what happened with Physics 8A, which is a freshman class that I had to take three times.

19. Bone Broth

Chicken Bone Broth

Simmer chicken bones and veges for the deepest, darkest, mot nutrient-rich Chicken Bone Broth that you can sip for healing

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Turkey Bone Broth Recipe

The best part of Thanksgiving turkey isn't the turkey, but the glorious, nutrient-rich bone broth you make with the leftover bones!

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20. Soups

French Onion Soup Recipe

Inspired by the ease of Trader Joe's French Onion Soup, here's a recipe for cozy, comforting Vegetarian French Onion Soup with more natural flavor and fewer un-pronounceable ingredients!

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Split Pea Soup Recipe

You'd never know you could get so much health-supporting fiber from a bowl of soup! Split Pea Soup inspired by Joy of Cooking, 75th Anniversary edition, page 134

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Vegetarian Split Pea Soup Recipe

Protein-packed, fiber-rich, and 100% plant-based to keep you warm and cozy all through soup season (which is every season).

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21. Braised Chicken

Let's be honest. I make braised chicken year round because I just do. Though it's in the same family as slow-cooking, chicken cooks much faster.

Crispy Braised Chicken Thighs with Beans and Greens

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Chicken Cacciatore Recipe

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Dak Jjim, Korean Garlic Soy Braised Chicken

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22. Hearty Slow Cooked Meats

Gone are the days of flash grilling foods out on the patio. Fall means slow-cooking big, heartier cuts of meat like short ribs and making stews.

Galbi Jjim, Korean Soy Braised Short Ribs

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Barolo Braised Short Ribs

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Boeuf Bourguignon, French Red Wine-Braised Beef

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23. (Leftover) Halloween Candy

Heath Bar Cookies Recipe

If you have leftover Heath bars, make them into these cookies! But these cookies are so good, they're worth getting the candy bars just to bake them!

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Heath Bar Blondies Recipe

Get all the buttery, nutty deliciousness of English toffee in a bar cookie, without having to actually getting out the candy thermometer to make English toffee with these Heath Bar Blondies! Especially perfect if you have leftover Heath Bars from Halloween!

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24. Persimmons

Persimmon Salad with Pomegranate, aka Autumn Caprese Recipe

There is no absolute right or wrong way to arrange the ingredients on the platter. However, some ways are righter than others. I like to keep each of the ingredients generally together, and everything arranged in rainbow-ish order. Tossing everything into a bowl probably works, too. It's a salad, ffs.

serves 2 as a light main or 4 as a starter

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Persimmon Upside Down Cake with Persimmons

The season will dictate whether to use plum (summer), pear (fall/winter), or blood orange (winter)

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Farmers Market Salad with Maple Citrus Vinaigrette

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25. Pomegranate 

Homemade Pomegranate Molasses and Pomegranate Salsa, which I am predicting will overtake has officially taken over cranberry sauce in consumption on my Thanksgiving table.

Pomegranate Salsa Recipe

All the health benefits of pomegranate in a spoonable salsa. Pro-tip: make double, or even triple, and use it straight out of the fridge for days!

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Spicy Pomegranate Salsa

This spicy rendition of Pomegranate Salsa is perfect when you want both the health benefits of pomegranate and a hit of heat to keep warm in the fall and winter

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26. Fall Pies

Best Pumpkin Pie Recipe

This is the original Pumpkin Pie recipe from the 1993 Thanksgiving issue of Cook's Illustrated. I have made adjustments over the years to improve the recipe for my and my family's personal tastes. They are included in parentheses! Additional notes on ingredients and shopping resources are included after the recipe.

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Apple Pie, Pecan Pie, Pumpkin Pie, Sweet Potato Pie

27. Thanksgiving 

The Perfect Thanksgiving Menu

This year's perfect Mediterrasian Thanksgiving, based on two of the world's healthiest diets, Mediterranean and Asian

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Thanksgiving made healthier. I know. Roll your eyes. But here's the weird thing. I think this is the year, THIS IS THE YEAR, that 1) my family is willing to break from traditions, namely the Green Bean Casserole without protest and 2) they want foods to be healthier. This comes of course, from all of our, my sisters and I included, aging, and with aging, comes health issues. Hallefuckinglujah! Roasted vegetables! Green salads! Cauliflower puree! But mostly, no more fucking green bean casserole. I also think every year is THE YEAR.

Drink Fall Lattes, Wine, and Cocktails

28. Pumpkin Spice Latte. Up until a couple of years ago, I had never once in my life had a Pumpkin Spice Latte, aka PSL for those basic bitches in the know. I finally tried one. I don't ever need to drink one again. This is on the list not for me, but for you.

29. Carrot Ginger Turmeric Juice. Carrot juice is a warm, welcoming, wide-open gateway to juicing because carrots have natural sweetness so the juice tastes fucking delicious. Until you add fresh turmeric to up the health factor and then carrot juice tastes worse than straight up lawn mower clippings because turmeric tastes like dirt. But anyway, start with carrot juice, and if you can stand the heat, ginger. And if you're already drinking this combination (I am!), it's time to level up to adaptogens.

30. Hot Dark Chocolate

31. Hot Toddy

32. Mulled Wine

33. Pumpkin Beer. Fall Rosé. I am just being realistic here. Pumpkin Beer will never get checked off this list, because I don't always drink beer, but when I do, fuck that, I still drink rosé.

34. Beaujolais Nouveau

35. Cranberry Moscow Mule

Cranberry Moscow Mule Recipe

A little sweet, a little spicy, the Cranberry Mule is the perfect cocktail for the holidays!

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Do Fall Activities

36. See Fall colors. I live in Los Angeles. I have no idea how to do this.

37. Fall cleaning. Because I live in southern California, there really is no SOP for prepping the house for the Fall and Winter like clearing debris out gutters, weatherproofing windows, or even switching bedding from summery linen to warm winter cashmere. What we DO do, at least what I do, is do a deep clean of the kitchen, specifically the refrigerator and pantries.

38. Go back to school. And learn something. Anything. For God's sake could you just read a book?

39. Tailgate in an actual parking lot and watch a live football game

40. Visit wine country and go wine tasting

Harvest in California starts as early as August and can run through November, depending on the region and the wine. Fall is a great time to visit because the vines are heavy with grapes, some of the leaves may start turning golden, and the wineries themselves are buzzing with activity. Napa and Sonoma are obvious options, and here are some slightly under-the-radar California regions that absolutely deserve a weekend getaway, listed North to South:

• Anderson Valley, a tiny, remote AVA in Mendocino County, about 2½ hours north of San Francisco
• Monterey County, well-known as a tourist destination for a whole host of other attractions, but wine is becoming a bigger draw!
• Paso Robles, inland and part of the larger Central Coast AVA, well known for some of my faves, Rhone varietals
• Santa Ynez and Santa Maria Valleys, smaller wine producing regions within the grater Santa Barbara region
• Santa Barbara, both the city, and the greater wine region that was named Wine Enthusiast's Wine Region of the Year for 2021

41. Watch the World Series. Which is really just an excuse to eat Dodger Dogs with Farmers Market Fresh Toppings and all the other trash stadium foods.

Wear Fall Style

42. Boots. Not ankle boots, or booties, or even Uggs really which are a category unto themselves so depressing that they have been relegated to last on this list (see #50 below), but 100% legit boots that reach up to your knees to protect your jeans hems, pant cuffs, and legs from the elements if you live anywhere but southern California, and even over-the-knee-boots, to protect your modesty when you're wearing ass-grazing hemlines, probably in southern California.

43. Dark nail polish

44. Fall uniform. I don't know about you but my fall uniform is also my summer uniform, just worn in the Fall. Zip hoodie and black yoga pants.

45. Knit beanie

46. Scarf

47. Short, dark hair

48. Sneakers

49. SPF. Every day. Oh, the sun's not as strong because it's Fall so you think you can get lax about SPF? That is precisely why you have to be hyperaware. Here are some of my favorite sunscreens, and yes, having SPF in multiple products as layers is not a bad thing:

• Facial moisturizer with SPF
• Face Sunscreen, my all-time favorite SPF 46, a little pricey
• Drugstore facial sunscreen (<$25), mineral-based, little to no white cast (depending on skin tone)
• Foundation with SPF, SPF 50, sort of heavy coverage, but hey, it's fall/winter
• Compact powder with SPF to re-apply SPF over makeup through out the day

50. Uggs. Ugh. Look, I'm not saying Uggs are stylish. I am saying they are acceptable to wear in the Fall because they're truly functional for warmth and actually coordinate with your fleece-lined leggings and quilted puffer.

Extras for Fall

These are things that were originally on the full 90-items-for-90-days of Fall Eat Drink Do Wear list but edited out because the "F" alliteration of Fifty Fall is so much more satisfying. They are included as an afterthought here anyway so that if you did do them already/anyway, you can check them off and feel accomplished, kind of like the way you write-in "Walk the dog" on Your To-Do list after you've already done it anyway just to feel better about yourself. Oh, no, not you? Ok, never mind.

• Apple Cider Doughnuts
• Caramel Apples
• Go Apple Picking
• Visit a Pumpkin Patch
• Get Lost in a Corn Maize Maze
• Carve a Jack-o-Lantern
• Roast Pumpkin Seeds
• Eat the Candy that Only Comes Out Around Halloween Like Candy Corn and, That's About It I Guess
• Wear a Halloween Costume
• Throw a Halloween Party
• Go Trick or Treating
• Wear New Yoga Pants. Please. Even if they're from Target. Just throw out those faded, fraying, pilling, thinning-in-all-the-wrong-places "pants" you've been trying to pass off as pants in Life.
• Celebrate Día de Los Muertos

And there you go. Let's compare notes on the last day of Fall, December 20, then start the Winter List! Which, to be honest, will be so easy because it has only, like, four things on it.

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Fruits and Vegetables in Season in October | Recipes and Ideas for October |
Fruits and Vegetables in Season Year-Round

Fruits and Vegetables in Season in October

Here's the tl;dr list easy to copy and paste into your grocery list for the week ahead. Peep the following section for more details, and the best recipes that are fast, fresh, easy, and of course, healthy.

• Apples
• Beets
• Broccoli
• Brussels sprouts
• Cabbage, kale and all the other brassicas
• Cauliflower
• Butternut and other hard squash like Delicata, Honeynut, Kabocha, Spaghetti
• Carrots
• Celery
• Chicories like radicchio and treviso
• Dates
• Figs
• Green beans
• Pears
• Persimmons
• Plums
• Pomegranates
• Pumpkins
• Quince
• Sweet potatoes

Recipes and Ideas for October

APPLES

If there's any fruit that is the quintessential pre-Holiday fall fruit, it's apples. And though most everyone's first instinct is ALWAYS to just eat an apple out of hand, slicing them and including apples in dishes adds a supernatural sweetness and superb crunch. And can we all agree that Honeycrisp apples are the elite apple?

• Apple Kimchi
• Apple Cabbage Salad with Miso Mustard Dressing
• Apple Salad with Walnuts and Feta
• Invisible Apple Cake
• Fall Fruit Salad
• EASY Apple Cake with Olive Oil

BEETS

Technically, beets are in season year-round, but their earthy, hearty flavor and texture really vibes with Fall. Other than just straight up roasting them, whizz them into highly dippable hummus and yogurt dips!

• Beet hummus
• Tzatziki with roasted beets

BROCCOLI

• Brady and Connor's Best Burnt Broccoli
• Korean Sesame Broccoli Banchan
• Garlic Sauteed Broccoli, Din Tai Fung Dupe

BRUSSELS SPROUTS

• Crispy Shaved Brussels Sprouts
• Miso Roasted Brussels Sprouts
• Shredded Brussels Sprouts Hash
• Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Kimchi

CABBAGE

Why yes we are kinda obsessed with the unsung hero of the kitchen, cabbage, in this house, how did you know?

• Garlic Sautéed Cabbage, Din Tai Fung Dupe
• Charred Cabbage Caesar
• Roasted Cabbage with Gochujang Glaze
• Miso Braised Cabbage
• Green Cabbage Kimchi for kimchi emergencies
• Cabbage Apple Salad with Miso Mustard Dressing
• Chicken Cabbage Salad
• Crunchy Asian Cabbage Crunch Salad
• Addictive Japanese Yamitsuke Cabbage Salad

CAULIFLOWER

• Cauliflower Parm
• Cauliflower Gratin
• Whole Roasted Cauliflower
• Roasted Curried Cauliflower
• How to Cut Cauliflower Steaks
• Pull Apart Garlic Cheese Whole Cauliflower "Loaf"

KALE and other LEAFY BRASSICAS

• Kale and White Bean Salad, Better than Erewhon
• Emerald Kale Salad, Better than Hillstone
• Kale Rotisserie Chicken Salad with Peanut Vinaigrette, Houston's Dupe
• Kale Slaw
• Superfood Kale Pesto
• Kale Tabbouleh
• Kale Caesar Salad

BUTTERNUT AND OTHER HARD SQUASH

• Roasted Butternut Squash with Whipped Feta and Pomegranate
• Pan Roasted Honeynut Squash
• Roasted Honeynut Squash with Kale Pesto
• Butternut Squash Carbonara Pasta

CARROTS

• Spicy Carrot Salad
• Pickled Carrots and Daikon
• Gochujang Glazed Roasted Carrots
• Spicy Carrot Lentil Soup
• Easy Single Layer Carrot Cake

FIGS

• Fig Arugula Salad
• Fresh Fig Ice Cream
• Fig Walnut Olive Oil Cake
• Fig Ricotta Toast with Honey, Balsamic, and Pistachios Recipe

GREEN BEANS

• Classic Salade Niçoise
• Salmon Niçoise Salad

PEARS

• Pear Arugula Salad
• Brussels Sprouts Salad with Pears
• Korean pears on top of Spicy Buckwheat Noodles Salad Bibim Naeng-Myeon
• Asian pears on top of Buckwheat Noodles in Chilled Broth

PERSIMMONS

• Persimmon "Caprese" Salad
• Fall Farmers' Market Salad with Maple Citrus Vinaigrette
• Sqirl Café Persimmon Upside Down Cake

PLUMS

• Plum Tart in Oatmeal Cookie Crust
• Rosé Plum Cake

POMEGRANATES

• Roasted Butternut Squash with Whipped Feta and Pomegranate
• Pomegranate Salsa
• Spicy Pomegranate Salsa
• Homemade Pomegranate Molasses

PUMPKIN

• Perfect Pumpkin Bread
• Pumpkin Spice Baked Oatmeal
• Pumpkin Spice Chia Pudding
• Pumpkin Butter Mochi
• Cook's Illustrated Pumpkin Pie Recipe
• Pumpkin Spice Layer Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
• Pumpkin Cheesecake
• Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream Sandwiches

SWEET POTATOES

• Whipped Sweet Potatoes with Feta and Pomegranate
• Crispy Smashed Sweet Potatoes with Dips

Fruit and Vegetables in Season Right Now and Always

These fruits and vegetables are considered "always in season!" At least here in California!

• artichokes
• beets
  • Beet hummus
  • Tzatziki with roasted beets
• broccoli, cauliflower and fam, except brussels
  • Best Burnt Broccoli
  • Sesame Broccoli
• Cauliflower
  • Cauliflower Parm
  • Cauliflower Gratin
  • Whole Roasted Cauliflower
  • Roasted Curried Cauliflower
  • How to Cut Cauliflower Steaks
  • Pull Apart Garlic Cheese Whole Cauliflower "Loaf"
• cabbage
  • Cabbage Apple Salad with Miso Mustard Dressing
  • Chicken Cabbage Salad
  • Roasted Cabbage with Gochujang Glaze
  • Green Cabbage Kimchi for kimchi emergencies
• carrots
  • Spicy Carrot Salad
  • Pickled Carrots and Daikon
  • Carrot Cake
• flowers, edible and otherwise!
  • Spring Rolls with Flowers
  • Carrot Cake topped with Nasturtiums
• fruit, dried
  • Brownie Baked Oatmeal with Prunes
  • Pinot Prune Jam
  • Healthy Chocolate Spread aka "No-tella"
  • Chocolate Salami for Dessert Platters
  • Homemade Hoisin Sauce
  • Cauliflower Sicilian-style with Raisins and Pistachios
• garlic
  • Asian Garlic Noodles
  • Thomas Keller's Garlic Confit
  • Caramelized Garlic Cauliflower Soup
• herbs
  • Rosemary Olive Oil Cake
  • Rosemary White Bean Dip
  • Olive Salsa Verde
  • Italian Salsa Verde
• lemons
  • Lemon Vinaigrette Dressing
  • Lemon Olive Oil Cake
  • Marcella Hazan's Roast Chicken with Lemons
• lettuces and leafy greens
• mandarins and tangerines
  • Avocado Citrus Salad
  • Baked Salmon with Citrus
  • Mandarin Chicken Salad
• mushrooms
  • Roasted Shiitake Mushroom "Bacon"
  • How to Cook Lion's Mane Mushrooms
  • California Sushi Rolls with Mushrooms
  • Summer Rolls with Mushrooms
• onions
  • Perfect Pickled Onions
  • Salsa Criolla Lime Pickled Onions
  • Caramelized Onion Dip
  • French Onion Soup
  • Pissaladiere with Caramelized Onions
• oranges
  • Orange Olive Oil Cake
  • for your Cheese and Charcuterie Boards: Candied Oranges
  • for your cocktail garnishes: Dried Oranges
• potatoes
  • Korean Potato Salad
  • Roasted Garlic Potato Salad
  • Crispy Smashed Potatoes with Feta and Honey
  • Salt and Vinegar Crispy Smashed Potatoes
• radishes
  • Pickled Radish
  • Vietnamese Pickled Carrots and Radish Do Chua
  • Soy Sauce Pickled Radish and Onions
  • Spicy Radish Salad, aka musaengchae
  • Radish Kimchi, aka "kkadugi"
• strawberries
  • Strawberry Salad
  • Strawberry Mochi Cake
  • Strawberry Ice Cream
  • How to Keep Strawberries Fresh
• sweet potatoes
  • Whipped Sweet Potatoes with Feta and Pomegranate

What Fruits and Vegetables are in Season, by Month

Planning ahead? Here's what fruits and vegetables are in season for the months coming up:

• What Fruits and Vegetables are in Season in October-we're here!
• What Fruits and Vegetables are in Season in November
• What Fruits and Vegetables are in Season in December
• What Fruits and Vegetables are in Season in January
• What Fruits and Vegetables are in Season in February
• What Fruits and Vegetables are in Season in March
• What Fruits and Vegetables are in Season in April
• What Fruits and Vegetables are in Season in May
• What Fruits and Vegetables are in Season in June
• What Fruits and Vegetables are in Season in July
• What Fruits and Vegetables are in Season in August
• What Fruits and Vegetables are in Season in September

You don't NEED a reason to celebrate, throw a dinner party, gather friends and family to grill, but if you do, here's an entire monthly calendar of food holidays in October to celebrate!

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Check out the "holidays" below, calendar format first, list after. Some fun recipes included to help you celebr-eat!

Happy October!

And when you're ready and set, go plan ahead with the November Food Holidays calendar!

October Food Holidays Google Calendar

This a PUBLIC calendar, so you can add it to your own google calendar!

Use the blue arrows < > on the calendar to click month-to-month for more.

Month-long Celebrations in October

• National Apple Month - celebrate apples all month with Apple Cabbage Salad with Miso Mustard, Harvest Apple and Walnuts Salad , Apple Kimchi, and sweets like Invisible Apple Cake and Easy Apple Cake with Olive Oil.
• National Applejack Month
• National Caramel Month
• National Cookbook Month
• National Cookie Month
• National Dessert Month
• National Pasta Month
• National Pickled Peppers Month
• National Pizza Month
• National Popcorn Poppin' Month
• National Pork Month
• National Pumpkin Month
• National Pretzel Month
• National Seafood Month

Best Pumpkin Recipes

Week-long Celebrations in October

• First Week of October: National Chili Week, try this Turkey Chili famously served at Deer Valley Ski Resort
• Second Week of October: American Beer Week
• Second Week of October: National Food Bank Week
• Second Week of October: National School Lunch Week
• Third Week of October: National Bulk Foods Week
• Third Week of October: National Kraut Sandwich Week
• Third Week of October: Pickled Peppers Week
• Fourth Week of October: Chicken Soup For The Soul Week

October Holidays, Day-by-Day

• First Tuesday of October: National Fruit At Work Day
• First Wednesday of October: National Kale Day
• Second Thursday of October: national Dessert Day
• 2nd Friday of October: World Egg Day
• 4th Friday of October: Global Champagne Day

Best Recipes for Pumpkin Spice Day, October 1

• October 1: Homemade Cookies Day
  October 1: International Coffee Day
  October 1: National Pumpkin Spice Day
  October 1: Pudding Season Begins
  October 1: World Vegetarian Day
• October 2: National Fried Scallops Day
• October 3: Global Smoothie Day
  October 3: National Caramel Custard Day
• October 4: National Cinnamon Roll Day
  October 4: National Taco Day
  October 4: National Vodka Day
• October 5: National Apple Betty Day
• October 6: National Noodle Day
• October 7: National Frappe Day
• October 8: National Fluffernutter Day
  October 8: National Pierogi Day
  October 8: National Salmon Day
• October 9: Moldy Cheese Day
  October 9: National Submarine-Hoagy-Hero-Grinder Day
• October 10: National Angel Food Cake Day
• October 11: National Sausage Pizza Day
  October 11: Southern Food Heritage Day
  October 11: World Dulce de Leche Day
• October 12: National Farmers Day
  October 12: National Gumbo Day
  October 12: National Pulled Pork Day
• October 13: National Yorkshire Pudding Day
• October 14: National Chocolate-Covered Insects Day
  October 14: National Dessert Day
• October 15: National Cheese Curds Day
  October 15: National Chicken Cacciatore Day
  October 15: National Mushroom Day
  October 15: National Roast Pheasant Day
• October 16: National Liqueur Day
  October 16: World Bread Day
  October 16: World Food Day
• October 17: National Pasta Day
  October 17: Four Prunes Day
• October 18: National Chocolate Cupcake Day
• October 19: International Gin & Tonic Day
  October 19: National Seafood Bisque Day
• October 20: National Brandied Fruit Day
  October 20: World Calvados Day
• October 21: National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day
  October 21: National Apple Day
  October 21: National Mezcal Day
  October 21: World Bolognese Ragu Day
• October 22: National Nut Day
• October 23: National Boston Cream Pie Day
  October 23: National Canning Day
• October 24: National Bologna Day
  October 24: National Good and Plenty Day
• October 25: National Greasy Foods Day
  October 25: World Pasta Day
• October 26: National Pumpkin Day
  October 26: National Pretzel Day
  October 26: National Mince Meat Pie Day
• October 27: American Beer Day
  October 27: National Potato Day
  October 27: National Parmigiano-Reggiano Day
• October 28: National Chocolate Day
  October 28: Wild Foods Day
• October 29: National Oatmeal Day
• October 30: National Candy Corn Day
  October 30: Buy A Doughnut Day
• October 31: Halloween
  October 31: National Candy Apple Day
  October 31: National Caramel Apple Day
  October 31: National Carve A Pumpkin Day

Food Holiday Calendars for the Entire Year

• January Food Holidays
• February Food Holidays
• March Food Holidays
• April Food Holidays
• May Food Holidays
• June Food Holidays
• July Food Holidays
• August Food Holidays
• September Food Holidays
• October Food Holidays - you're here!
• November Food Holidays
• December Food Holidays

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