More fall food

lurkergirl · October 2014

Food's a good topic. No fighting about it. Just don't talk about fucking fruit snacks, k?

Okay, with that out of the way, what are some non-soup or chili fall foods that you love? We are having perfect fall weather, and I want to cook some fall yumminess, but I've made soup and chili the past few weekends, so I need more ideas. Doesn't need to have pumpkin or squash, just something warm and comforting.

SmileDamnit · October 2014

Here's a pork crockpot recipe that is a frequent fall/winter go-to in our casa:

¼ cup (50 mL) light brown sugar
½ tsp (2 mL) crumbled dried thyme
½ tsp (2 mL) salt
¼ tsp (1 mL) black pepper
¼ tsp (1 mL) cinnamon
¼ tsp (1 mL) ground nutmeg
¼ tsp (1 mL) ground ginger
¼ tsp (1 mL) cayenne pepper (optional)
2 lb (1 kg) sweet potatoes (3 medium), peeled and sliced ½ in (1 cm) thick
1 medium onion, chopped
1½ lb (750 g) pork tenderloins (2 small or 1 large)
2 medium apples, peeled and coarsely chopped
¼ cup (50 mL) dried cranberries
2 tbsp (30 mL) water

In a small bowl, stir together the brown sugar, thyme, salt, black pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and cayenne.

Arrange the sweet potato slices in the bottom of the slow cooker. Add the chopped onion and sprinkle everything with about half of the sugar and spice mixture.

Coat the pork tenderloins with the remaining spice mixture and place them in the slow cooker on top of the vegetables. Depending on the shape of your cooker, you’ll probably have to curl the tenderloins around a bit to make them fit — that’s fine. Top the tenderloins with the chopped apples and the cranberries, then add the water and cover the cooker.

Cook on high heat setting for 1 to 1½ hours, then switch to low heat and let cook for an additional 5 to 6 hours. After 5 hours, quickly lift the lid and poke a fork down into the pot to see if the sweet potatoes are tender. If so, it’s ready. If not, switch the slow cooker back to high heat for the last hour. (If you aren’t home after 5 or 6 hours, don’t worry — it’ll still be delicious if it cooks a little longer.)

littlemushroom · October 2014

I make a copy cat recipe of Olive Garden's 5 Cheese Ziti and meatballs on the side or lasagna. I love baked pasta dishes, but they are too heavy in warmer weather.

Meatloaf and mashed potatoes with homemade gravy is another thing I only tend to make in chilly weather.

novella1186 · October 2014

pork chops with apples. No real recipe. Just saute the peeled, sliced apples in some oil with brown sugar, cook the pork chops and season with salt and pepper. The apple-brown sugar becomes all ooey and carmelizey and delicious. Top the pork chops with it.

Also love to make egg noodles, mashed potatoes and home-made gravy, and shredded chicken, and mix it all together in a bowl

blabla89 · October 2014

ALL THE PIES!

Oh wait, you mean real food? In the fall, my go-to is anything in the crockpot, like a pork roast with apples and white wine.

luckya23 · October 2014

littlemushroom said:

I make a copy cat recipe of Olive Garden's 5 Cheese Ziti and meatballs on the side or lasagna. I love baked pasta dishes, but they are too heavy in warmer weather. Meatloaf and mashed potatoes with homemade gravy is another thing I only tend to make in chilly weather.

Oooh, I love making that ziti!

Now that it's fall they finally have turkey breasts back in the grocery store!!

I'm torn if I want to make one or if I want to keep it special for Thanksgiving.....

pinkcow13 · October 2014

Mac and Cheese!!!!! I love all Mac and Cheese, especially in the fall/winter. Or grilled cheese sandwiches. Or potatoes au gratin!

Dammit now I'm craving cheese.

mschristie123 · October 2014

I'm having a hard time thinking of anything I would like to eat in the fall that doesn't involve soup, chili, or squash haha. These are two new recipes that are in my queue to make this coming week.

http://www.rachaelraymag.com/recipes/rachael-ray-magazine-recipe-search/dinner-recipes/autumn-golden-vegetable-lasagna

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/sunny-anderson/sunnys-italian-sausage-stuffed-acorn-squash.html

I'm also thinking of trying meatloaf muffins, after someone mentioned the idea in a thread recently. I'll make mashed potatoes on the side-- all for me-- because DH is silly and likes to eat low-carb.

climbingsingle · October 2014

Stuffed meatloaf

Baked ziti w/ sausage

And to me, grilled cheese sandwiches are the perfect fall food. Yum.

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lurkergirl · October 2014

Y'all. FI is an electrician and is very much against using a crock pot when we aren't home

However, I can totally use it on the weekends while I'm home! @smiledamnit that sounds soooo yummy! (actually these all sound pretty good!

mrsmagicgeek · October 2014

Home made applesauce is the plan for today.

kat1114 · October 2014

I made autumn soup last week, and although it came out kind of thick and was more like autumn mash, it was still so good! It's butternut squash, sweet potatoes, carrots, and a serrano pepper for some kick. If you want a thinner soup, I would add more stock or broth than the recipe calls for. Here's the link: http://myheartbeets.com/autumn-soup/

blabla89 · October 2014

I'm glad pork is a topic we can all agree on.

Here's one that doesn't use a crock pot: bacon mac and cheese (clicky)

lurkergirl · October 2014

pinkrevenge said:

Roasted seasonal vegetables, yo.

I'm going to have to get back to you on that one, because I don't do very involved cooking in my current apartment. It's small and infested and the idea of it makes me want to barf.

But we move in 2 weeks to a new, clean apartment with an eat-in kitchen. When we do that, I'm going to make sweet potato and onion pierogies, with sage or rosemary and gruyere cheese in them. And then I was going to cook them in brown butter. If they turn out I'll let you know.

I also just got the most amazing roasted brussels sprouts recipe from the head chef at my favorite restaurant! I am BOSS at shmoozing.

Uh, that sounds freaking amazing. Come to Atlanta and teach me? Pierogies are exotic for this southern girl!

doeydo · October 2014

Beef stew, pumpkin pie, squash (my mom would cook it, mash it, and put in some brown sugar in there), apple pie, and caramel apples.

blabla89 · October 2014

lurkergirl said:

pinkrevenge said:

Roasted seasonal vegetables, yo.

I'm going to have to get back to you on that one, because I don't do very involved cooking in my current apartment. It's small and infested and the idea of it makes me want to barf.

But we move in 2 weeks to a new, clean apartment with an eat-in kitchen. When we do that, I'm going to make sweet potato and onion pierogies, with sage or rosemary and gruyere cheese in them. And then I was going to cook them in brown butter. If they turn out I'll let you know.

I also just got the most amazing roasted brussels sprouts recipe from the head chef at my favorite restaurant! I am BOSS at shmoozing.

Uh, that sounds freaking amazing. Come to Atlanta and teach me? Pierogies are exotic for this southern girl!

FYI, Brick Store has amazing pierogies in a sage butter sauce. Just thought you should be aware.

ETA: My other favorite fall food is beer.

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climbingsingle · October 2014

GUYS! This mac and cheese is the fucking bomb.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/grown-up-mac-and-cheese-recipe.html

lurkergirl · October 2014

Oh, Publix has pork chops and cubed pork on sale this week. Looks like country fried pork with gravy is at least one menu item. With a sides of roasted seasonal veggies? And maybe porkchops with apples (I can't say that without thinking of the brady bunch 'pork chops and applesauce'

for another night. Mmmmmm.

lurkergirl · October 2014

pinkrevenge said:

lurkergirl said:

pinkrevenge said:

Roasted seasonal vegetables, yo.

I'm going to have to get back to you on that one, because I don't do very involved cooking in my current apartment. It's small and infested and the idea of it makes me want to barf.

But we move in 2 weeks to a new, clean apartment with an eat-in kitchen. When we do that, I'm going to make sweet potato and onion pierogies, with sage or rosemary and gruyere cheese in them. And then I was going to cook them in brown butter. If they turn out I'll let you know.

I also just got the most amazing roasted brussels sprouts recipe from the head chef at my favorite restaurant! I am BOSS at shmoozing.

Uh, that sounds freaking amazing. Come to Atlanta and teach me? Pierogies are exotic for this southern girl!

They're just kind of labor-intensive. Each step is simple, but when you make pierogies it takes all day. Plus you never make a small batch, you make enough to freeze and last for months (or a really big Christmas dinner, which is what my family does).
I'm from IL, currently in MN; heavy foods are certainly not exotic, not with our winters!

I would love to come visit GA again.

One of my best friends is Czech and makes amazing pierogies, but she's living in another country right now. Waaahhhh!

Southerners love casseroles or anything that can be crammed together in one dish and cooked in the oven for heavy winter foods. Thanksgiving and Christmas are just a plethora of casseroles.

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levioosa · October 2014

These are great, plus you can store the left over filling for either chicken noodle soup (just add more stock and noodles) or another day of chicken pot pies.

http://littlebgcg.com/2011/10/chicken-pot-pie-biscuits-newknorrstock.html

My personal adjustments: I didn't have the Knorr Stock, so I used 3 ½ cups of Trader Joe’s Chicken Stock instead. The only issue I had with the recipe was that I would have liked the filling to be a little thicker. I even tried adding in a little flour mixed in with cornstarch to thicken it more. It looks just like the website though, so I guess it’s supposed to be a little watery. I used a whole yellow onion instead of pearl onions. I would probably add potatoes and a little more seasoning next time (maybe triple the garlic, thyme, pepper, and add more salt?) I also skipped the step of boiling the veggies in the water altogether. I boiled them instead in chicken stock and then added the cornstarch with a little flour and then the chicken.I had a whole gallon bag of the filling left after filling two cans worth of biscuits in the muffin tins. The two cans fed about six people with two pies each.

Edit: Because TK hates paragraphs

beethery · October 2014

butternut squash raviolis mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

theartistformerlyknownas · October 2014

These are both awesome.

http://iowagirleats.com/2014/09/29/smoked-sausage-kale-and-cider-quinoa-skillet/

http://www.prouditaliancook.com/2009/10/butternut-squash-stuffed-shells-with.html (use way less butter for the sauce, just like 2T and drizzle it on.)

theartistformerlyknownas · October 2014

Ooh and have you tried any of the various "one pot wonder" pasta recipes? Love 'em.

The original:

http://www.apronstringsblog.com/one-pot-wonder-tomato-basil-pasta-recipe/?fb_source=pubv1

Spinach artichoke:

http://www.budgetbytes.com/2013/10/spinach-artichoke-wonderpot/

Thai style peanut:

http://www.apronstringsblog.com/one-pot-wonder-thai-peanut-pasta-recipe/

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lurkergirl · October 2014

::can't talk now reading crazy bump thread::

jenna8984 · October 2014

Can't believe no one has mentioned chicken & dumplings!! Few boneless chicken breasts in the crockpot with 2 cans broth, 2 cans cream of chicken. High for 6 or low for 4 hours. Once done shred breasts and return to crock pot. Tear up Pillsbury rolls dough into small pieces and add to top. Low for 20 minutes. Done.

mschristie123 · October 2014

Ohhh I was just thinking about that as I was reading through the thread again! I haven't made chicken and dumplings in years, but I forgot that I love it so much!

jenna8984 said:

Can't believe no one has mentioned chicken & dumplings!! Few boneless chicken breasts in the crockpot with 2 cans broth, 2 cans cream of chicken. High for 6 or low for 4 hours. Once done shred breasts and return to crock pot. Tear up Pillsbury rolls dough into small pieces and add to top. Low for 20 minutes. Done.

theartistformerlyknownas · October 2014

jenna8984 said:

Can't believe no one has mentioned chicken & dumplings!! Few boneless chicken breasts in the crockpot with 2 cans broth, 2 cans cream of chicken. High for 6 or low for 4 hours. Once done shred breasts and return to crock pot. Tear up Pillsbury rolls dough into small pieces and add to top. Low for 20 minutes. Done.

Cream of chicken soup is a crime against cooking.

This is my chicken and dumplings recipe, although I use boneless skinless chicken thighs rather than broiler fryers, and leave it cooking on the stove rather than in the oven (though I'll be trying the oven route soon with my new Dutch oven!). I also add potatoes. You can tell by the stains on the pages that I make this a lot.

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