These photos are from this weeks rainy past, but the sun is out now, and we're being promised no rain on Halloween. This will make the girls happy, and thus, I am happy. Also, I know that I will be outside on Halloween rain or shine, and so shine is good news. Fingers crossed.
Driving around right now, sometimes I laugh out loud at how outrageous the colors are. It's really over the top. One last push into, almost, garishness, before a good strong breeze will take them all down.
I noticed that our food looks a lot like the trees, currently. Do you notice that, too?
Butternut squash, and purple and green colored chard; pumpkin, of course. Dark, dark green broccoli rabe, and kale; and lighter, fading, escarole and arugula. Peppers and red onions and beets.
Fall food is hands down my favorite.
Some of the things we are eating now::
.homemade pizza with broccoli rabe
.leftover broccoli rabe in grilled-cheese sandwiches (if it sounds strange, try it)
.sauteed butternut squash in baked pasta
.butternut squash soup
.kale in minestrone
.sauteed kale in burritos (thank you, Chase's Daily)
.roasted brussels sprouts with chickpeas (thank you, Stephanie)
.fritatta with red peppers and onions
.quesadillas with red peppers and onions
.corn chowder with red peppers (thank you, Minnie)
.and last but not least, the season's first batch of Leslie's pumpkin cookies. I could eat these for dinner, if I had a nice salad to go with them. And if there were any left by dinnertime.
Are you cooking up some fall colors, too?
More tomorrow. Thanks for reading.
tt
posted by Tara Thayer at
1:59 PM
9 Comments:
Just saying hi. It's amazing how much easier everything feels when the sun is out. The colors are spectacular even in the gray but the sunshine fuels my soul.
i think we're in the same weather pattern. but i'm thankful because it's not the blizzard in colorado.
i love red bells in my corn chowder
love that pine straw and your autumn meals sound really delicious. hope you had a good day, tara.
oh how I wish people in my home would eat all this good stuff!
I struggle to convince my family that squash is to be celebrated...we are definitely eating warmer foods.
I wanted to say thanks for the tip off to Iron and Wine. I am loving it.
I just heard the weather man say it might be up to 70 degrees for Halloween here in RI!...
Love all the foods you do...especially the broccoli rabe...my daughter put some rabe leftovers in canned soup for lunch today and made it taste gourmet:)
i made a butternut squash soup yesterday and had a lovely spinach salad with pears, red onion, pecans and blue cheese. balsamic vinaigrette (with some brown mustard in it) for the dressing. it was pretty and spectacular.
i'm totally going to try the broccoli rabe in the grilled cheese. yum.
Sounds like one delicious October going on in Tarrytown!
Beautiful photos. They remind me of the weather here, in Columbia, Missouri. It feels like it's been raining non-stop for two weeks.
Where do you get all those delicious autumn vegetables?
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