Fall Grocery List

Are you already missing the heat, summer nights, salty hair, juicy fruits, and simultaneously getting excited about what fall’s going to come up with? Well I am too.

I am definitely a summer person, but I have to admit that I love fall. It isn’t -too- cold yet but enough to start snuggling into your boyfriend’s sweater (or yours! whatevs) and wear high thigh boots, shopping for Halloween, Thanksgiving and pumpkin spice lattes run. Oh, I just love it!

This excitement got me thinking of seasonal produce and I thought I’d share with you for different reasons.
- Seasonal fruits and vegetables retain more nutrients which makes it healthier.
- It preserves the environement.
- It supports your local farmers.
- You’ll save money. Seasonal food is cheaper to produce thus cheaper to buy

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Pumpkin Everything

It’s pumpkin season (or Fall if that’s what you wanna call it). How could I not put it on top of the list? I know that a lot of you are so fed up with all the hype about pumpkin but it’s not only super mega extra healthy, it’s also super tasty, and you can do everything with it! Dessert, dinner, drinks, decor… How’s that?

1. Pumpkin cheesecake via Minimalist Baker, 2. Pierogi via Lazy Cat Kitchen fill with pumpkin puree instead of potatoes, 3. Pumpkin spice muffins via Apple Of My Eye, 4. Pmpkin spice latte via Detoxinista.

Brussels Sprouts

These leafy green have gotten a bad reputation but the key is knowing how to cook them. It’s nutty and savory, high in nutrients and low in calories.
See 5 ways to make brussel sprouts tasty

1. Sriracha almond butter roasted brussels sprouts via Fooduzzi, 2. Warm quinoa brussels sprouts salad via Sweet & Savory, 3. Kung Pao brussels sprouts via Spicy Southern Kitchen, 4. Kung Pao brussels sprouts via Well Vegan

Sweet Potatoes

Sweet potatoes hit their peak just as the weather starts to cool, so they are rich in flavor and nutrition in autumn. It’s a little similar to the pumpkins, very healthy, and can easily be turned into a sweet treat or a warming meal.

1. Creamy chipotle sweet potato penne pasta via Ambitious Kitchen, 2. Garlic cream sweet potato noodles via RachL Mansfield, 3. Sweet potato oats waffle via Chef De Home, 4. Thai sweet potato carrot soup via Recipe Runner

Marshmallows

Blanket, Netflix, and a vegan marshmallow cocoa. I’m always down for this. Make sure the marshmallows are natural, organic and plant-based.
Click here for my favorite Dandies marshmallows.

1. Pineapple fluff via So Delicious Dairy Free, 2. S’mores bars via The Pretty Bee, 3. S’mores cheesecake via The Almond Eater, 4. Homemade hot chocolate via The Glowing Fridge

Radishes

Snack on radishes all day, everyday, roast them, make toast, or put some in your winter salad for an extra crunch.
Radishes are loaded in vitamin C and will help keep your skin moisturized - look it up - !

1. 1. Chive mustard butter roasted radishesbia Noming Thru Life, 2. Poached Radishes Salad via With Food + Love, 3. Roasted watermelon radishes with herbsed tahini sauce via With Food + Love, 4. Smashed white bean salad tartines with herbs & watermelon radish via The Bojon Gourmet

Cooking Spices

Toasty cinnamon, sweet nutmeg, spicy clove… Keep your kitchen warm and cozy with wonderful fall spices.

1. Pumpkin spice latte donuts via Catching Seeds, 2. Gingerbread waffles with mapple cinnamon drizzle via Evergreen Kitchen, 3. Banana spice cake with peanut butter glaze via Fooduzzi, 4. Almond milk chai latte via The Foodie Teen

Fennel

Raw for some super extra crunchy anise-flavored tasty crudité, grinded for an original dip, or cooked for a mild and pleasant side dish. There’s nothing that taste like fennel, it’s too unique.
I just love it so much.

1. Fennel, leek,and wild mushrooms soup via Garlic & Zest, 2. Flennel slaw salad with mint vinaigrette via Simply Recipes, 3. Fragrant fennel fronds pesto via Whole Food Bellies, 4. Creamy carrot fennel soup via My Darling Vegan

Maple Syrup

Here is something too little people know about maple syrup, it is healthier than honey (legit).
Maple syrup has a higher concentration of minerals, antioxidants and fewer calories than honey. Every spoonful offers zinc, riboflavin, magnesium, calcium and potassium, and let’s be real it’s soooo tasty.

1. Sesame sriracha tofu via Connoisseurus Veg, 2. Baked orange cauliflower via Kirbie’s Cravings, 3. Pumpkin maple pecan granola via Minimalist Baker, 4. Salted mapole pecan fudge via A Virtual Vegan

Oats & Oat bran

A warm batch of oatmeal in the morning is one of the healthiest way to start your day. Oats are very good carbs, loaded in proteins, iron and calcium; easy and quick to make tasty, and very low in calories.
You can use oats to do many things, such as pancakes, waffles, cookiest and much more.

1. Zucchini mac and cheese via The Healthy Maven, 2. Three ingredients pancakes via Simple Vegan Blog, 3. Crispy tofu nuggets via One Green Planet, 4. Almond joy oatmeal via V Nutrition And Wellness

Nuts

Nuts are good sources of fat, fiber, protein, minerals and vitamins. Crush a raw mix of nuts such as pecans, cashews, almonds etc., and sprinkle some other pretty much everything and anything.
Cool tip for nuts lovers, store them in the fridge, or even freezer to keep them fresh throughout the winter.

1. Easy cashew ricotta via Fooduzzi, 2. Baklava via Leite’s Culinaria, 3. Super seed nut butter via Bakerita, 4. Chili and rosemary roasted nutes via The Real Food Dietitians

“Off Season” Frozen Fruits & Vegetables

Frozen vegetables or fruits are likely to contain more nutrients than “fresh” vegetables/fruits as they usually snap frozen right after they are picked. Therefore, the nutrients are frozen and kept fresh and whole; whereas fresh veggies and fruits keep losing nutrients until you eat them.
p.s. GMO freeze too, so get organic fruits/vegetables too, even frozen.

1. Peaches and cream crisp via Feasting On Fruit, 2. Raspberry swirl sweet rolls via Sally’s Baking Addiction, 3. Frozen fruit cake with chocolate crust via Sprouting Zen, 4. Cookie dough banana ice cream via Food Faith Fitness

Leafy Greens

Your loving lettuce may not disappear from your grocery store all year long, it’s a summer vegetable; and although I won’t ask you to give up on it, I’d suggest you to keep your mind open to options such as spinach, kale, escarole, and chard.

1. Orange braised rainbow chard via Tastes Lovely, 2. Shredded kale salad via Oh She Glows, 3. Fall abundance endives salad via Vibrante Plate, 4. Roasted pear and rainbow chard salad via Food 52

Beans

Beans are incredibly cheap, nutritious and versatile. Stew, soup, dip, sauce, burgers or brownies, whatever you’re in the mood for, beans are there!

1. Red beans and rice via Monkey And Me, 2. Black bean and mushroom enchiladas via Veganosity, 3. Slow cooker three bean chili via Aberdeen’s Kitchen, 4. Black bean and veggie chili with quinoa via Little Broken

1. Spiced chocolate pear overnight oats, 2. Vanilla spiced pear butter, 3. Cranberry and pear French toast casserole, 4. Caramel cardamom pear jam

1. Vegan cabbage, 2. Chickpea and cabbage soup, 3. Mango lime cabbage tacos, 4. Cabbage cucumber radish salad

1. Apple pie bars, 2. Apple oatmeal muffins, 3. Apple enchiladas, 4. Apple crisp

1. Grilled turnips, 2. Turnip and chickpeas “meat”balls, 3. Oil-free curry turnip and sweet potato fries, 4. Turnip dhal

1. Roasted broccoli “cheese” soup, 2. Bang bang broccoli,
3. Broccoli salad, 4. Potato broccoli casserole

1. Raw beetroot cake, 2. Beetroot falafels, 3. Chocolate beetroot cake, 4. Beetroot gnocchis

1. Cardamom and fig cake, 2. Oatmeal fig bars, 3. Ginger fig tart with chestnut crust, 4. Hazelnut biscuit with fig compote

1. Curried quinoa and grape salad, 2. Red grape sorbet, 3. White chocolate peanut grape bites, 4. Grape jelly

1. Portobello mushroom bourguignon, 2. Mushroom burger,
3. Mushroom sauce, 4. Creamy mushroom pasta

1. Grilled “cheese”, 2. Baked cranberry french toast, 3. Homemade cranberry sauce, 4. Cranberry chocolate chip cookies

1. Whole roasted cauliflower, 2. Cauliflower taco “meat”, 3. Caulifrlower mac and “cheese”, 4. Harissa spiced caulifrlower steak

1. Holiday crunch salad, 2. Chocolate pomegranate tart,
3. Pomegranate smoothie bowl, 4. Pomegranate vinaigrette