What Are You Eating in October?
There’s nothing like spicy sweet potato fries and warm mussels with tomatoes to celebrate October. Taste the flavors of the season with seasonal fruits, vegetables and appetizers that are perfect for fall.
Image: Cabbage. Photography by Brandon Maya
October Seasonal Fruits: apples, blackberries, cranberries, figs, grapes, guava, huckleberries, kumquats, passion fruit, pear, pineapple, pomegranate, quince, star fruit
October Seasonal Vegetables: acorn squash, aubergines, beetroot, Belgian endive, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, butter lettuce, butternut squash, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, chicory, chayote squash, courgettes, diakon radish, endive, garlic, ginger, jalapeno peppers, kohlrabi (cabbage turnip) leeks, lettuce, marrow, mushrooms, okra, parsnips, peppers, persimmons, potatoes, pumpkin, radicchio, shallots, squash, sweet potatoes, Swiss chard, tomatoes, turnips, watercress, winter squash
October Seasonal Meats and Seafood: guinea fowl, partridge, mussels, grouse, oysters
October Appetizer Recipes
- Steamed Mussels in Wine
- Pears Wrapped In Prosciutto
- Happy Quinoa, Shiitake Mushrooms and Tomatoes
- Psychedelic Tomato and Goat Cheese Salad
- Pinot Grigio-Cooked Shrimp in Endive Leaves
Season’s Eats Rewind
Tomato soup, roasted Brussels sprouts and lamb chops!
Hi, SVN Cooks,
That sounds like an amazing dinner. Enjoy and let me know how it goes!
Love, Peace and Lamb Skewers,
Brandon Maya
Mushrooms, things that are roasted, figs figs figs (while they last), root veggies like beets and parsnips- just posted a nice parsnip puree on my site. We had pork chops with a fig, wine, and sage reduction the other night. Mmm I love the Autumn and I love your site.
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Sabrina aka The Tomato Tart