M. Suzanne Terry

Proof from The Weather Channel that it was fall-ish earlier in the day. I need to come up with a breakfast stew so that I can usher in the autumn as soon as the mornings start feeling like it.

This week gives you some time to catch up– to finish your snowed-in meal days or finish your pantry lists. While we’re still working on those steps, I’ll be linking you to some of my favorite recipes (arranged by season, of course) and some of my favorite books on building different parts of your pantry, planning meals, and building a recipe repertoire.

 As we are currently in fall (allegedly), that’s the season we will start with. Fall means comfort food to me. And this year, during this particular election season, being bombarded with the terrible human Trump has always been and continues to show no real remorse for being, I’ll take all the comfort I can get.

 If you are looking to change things up, here are some recipes that I have tried and love especially in the fall.

1. Pumpkin bean soup – I cook the cannellini beans from dry and substitute rosemary for the sage, but otherwise, this is a simple soup that will both fill and warm you.
2. Roasted butternut squash – With everything. On everything. Side dish or main dish over rice or in a tortilla. This particular recipe calls for paprika and turmeric, but you can use any spice or spice blend, and it will be awesome. I even used a mole rub one time, and it was still delicious. I don’t even like mole all that much, but I liked that.
3. Ditto for roasted Brussels sprouts.
4. Or put those two ideas together and make a salad. Or a skillet meal.
5. And I love everything Joy the Baker does – including this delicious tart to eat up the last of the tomatoes that are still hanging on from summer.

 Speaking of Joy the Baker, her Homemade Decadence is full of ideas that I can’t wait to try out on people at parties. And because fall often finds me clinging to fresh local vegetables, Martha Stewart’s Vegetables and Alice Waters’s Chez Panisse Vegetables often have my attention more at this time of the year.

What are some of your fall favorites?

I am sharing my Epic Meal Planning strategies for Write 31 Days – click to see the master list.