Recipes for Fall

Fall Recipes

Fall has begun and people are looking forward to Pumpkin Spice Lattes, leaves changing colors and parents sending kids back to school.  If you’re in need of a few dinner suggestions using this season’s produce, try the recipes listed below. They’ll be a great way to eat and pack your veggies in at dinner.

                                                                                                                         

Apple, Goat Cheese, and Pecan Pizza

From Cooking Light: http://www.cookinglight.com/food/in-season/fall-recipes/apple-goat-cheese-pecan-pizza-fall-recipe

Nutritional Information:

Calories: 316, Fat: 11.2g, Saturated Fat: 4.4g; Monosaturated Fat: 4.3g; Protein 11.3g; Carbohydrate 43.2g; Fiber 3g, Cholesterol 15mg; Iron 0.7mg; Sodium 419 mg; Calcium 77mg

Ingredients:

1 (1-pound) six-grain pizza crust

Cooking spray

3 cups thinly sliced Fuji apple (about 8 ounces)

1 cup (4 ounces) crumbled goat cheese

2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme

1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil

2 teaspoons Dijon mustard

1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice

1 1/2 teaspoons honey

2 cups baby arugula

3 tablespoons chopped pecans, toasted

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 450°.

2. Place pizza crust on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray. Arrange apple slices evenly over pizza crust; top with cheese. Sprinkle thyme evenly over cheese. Bake at 450° for 8 minutes or until cheese melts and begins to brown.

3. Combine oil and next 3 ingredients (through honey) in a medium bowl, stirring with a whisk. Add arugula; toss gently to coat. Sprinkle pecans evenly over pizza; top with arugula mixture. Cut pizza into 6 wedges.

Note:

MyRecipes is working with Let's Move!, the Partnership for a Healthier America, and USDA's MyPlate to give anyone looking for healthier options access to a trove of recipes that will help them create healthy, tasty plates. For more information about creating a healthy plate, visit www.choosemyplate.gov.

Sandy Gluck,

Cooking Light

OCTOBER 2011

Grilled Fall Vegetable Salad with Boiled Dressing

CONTRIBUTED BY HUGH ACHESON

From Food & Wine http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/grilled-fall-vegetable-salad-with-boiled-dressing

© Jody Horton

·         ACTIVE: 40 MIN

·         TOTAL TIME: 1 HR 20 MIN

·         SERVINGS: 8

Boiled salad dressings—which aren't actually boiled but heated gently in a double boiler—are butter-based vinaigrettes that became popular in the South, due to the onetime lack of good-quality vegetable oils at one time. In this version for a grilled-vegetable salad, Hugh Acheson gently cooks egg yolks, spices and vinegar until silky and light, then whips in the luxuriously rich combination of butter, cream and crème fraîche.

INGREDIENTS
12 baby beets, trimmed
12 baby carrots, peeled and trimmed
12 baby turnips, peeled and trimmed
16 thin asparagus spears, trimmed
8 baby leeks or large scallions, trimmed
2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for drizzling
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 large egg yolks
1/4 cup sherry vinegar
1 teaspoon all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
1/4 teaspoon sugar
Pinch of cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon unsalted butter
1/4 cup heavy cream
1 tablespoon crème fraîche
1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest
8 cups (4 ounces) arugula

1. Preheat the oven to 400°. Put the beets in a small baking dish, cover with foil and bake for about 40 minutes, until tender. When cool enough to handle, peel and halve the beets and transfer to a large rimmed baking sheet.
2. Bring a large saucepan of salted water to a boil. Add the carrots and boil over moderately high heat until crisp-tender, about 4 minutes. With a slotted spoon, transfer to the baking sheet. Add the turnips to the boiling water and cook until just tender, about 3 minutes; transfer to the baking sheet. Repeat with the asparagus, cooking until bright green, about 2 minutes; transfer to the baking sheet. Add the leeks and cook until just tender, about 2 minutes; transfer to the baking sheet. Halve the carrots, turnips and leeks lengthwise. Drizzle the vegetables with olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
3. In a medium stainless steel bowl, whisk the egg yolks with the vinegar, flour, mustard, sugar and cayenne pepper until smooth. Set the bowl over a saucepan of simmering water and whisk over low heat until hot and thick, about 2 minutes. Remove the bowl from the heat. Whisk in the butter, then the cream, crème fraîche, 1 tablespoon of the lemon juice and the lemon zest. Season with salt and pepper.
4. Light a grill or preheat a grill pan. Grill the blanched vegetables over medium heat, turning once or twice, until lightly charred, about 5 minutes.
5. On a platter, toss the arugula with the 2 teaspoons of olive oil and the remaining 2 teaspoons of lemon juice; season with salt and pepper. Arrange the grilled vegetables over the arugula and serve the boiled dressing on the side.

MAKE AHEAD

The blanched vegetables can be refrigerated overnight. The boiled dressing can be refrigerated for up to 1 week.