- black beans
- carrots
- chard
- cornmeal
- garlic
- green onions
- leeks
- lettuce
- potatoes, sweet
- radishes
- squash, winter
Ideas for Food Prep:
- Go ahead and pre-wash your salad greens! Make sure you’ve got salad dressings on hand.
- Wash and cut up your carrots and radishes for snacks.
- Clean and chop your leeks so they’re ready to go.
- Consider pre-roasting some of your sweet potatoes or winter squash to have on hand. You can use them to top pizzas, throw in quick curries or add to pasta.
- Go ahead and cook your beans to have them ready to use.
Here are some recipes to try!
BLACK BEANS (you can just sub in cooked dried beans for canned beans):
Note – it’s a myth that adding salt before cooking beans will make them tough. If you season them at the beginning of cooking, they’ll be better seasoned and creamier.
Crockpot Cuban Black Beans (veg gf v)
Black Beans Curry (veg gf v)
Black Bean Soup (gf)
CARROTS:
Vegan Garam Masala Carrot Soup (veg gf v)
Carrot, Walnut & Red Lentil Hummus (veg gf v)
Carrot and Chickpea Pancake with Lemon-Spiked Dressing (veg gf)
CHARD/KALE:
Baked Eggs with Swiss Chard and Green Olives (gf)
Nutty Harvest Honeycrisp Kale Salad (veg gf)
Moroccan Lamb Chili with Sweet Potatoes, Chickpeas and Kale (gf)
CORNMEAL:
The Best Cornbread I Will Never Serve My MIL (veg) – I have tried many cornbreads. This is the absolute best!
How To Make Creamy Stovetop Polenta (veg gf)
Baked Butternut Squash-and-Cheese Polenta (veg gf)
GREEN ONIONS:
Baked Potato Soup With Bacon, Scallions & Cheddar
Spaghetti with Scallion Sauce (veg gf)
Scallion and Coconut Rice with Pork (gf)
LEEKS:
Ginger Fried Rice (veg, gf, v)
Creamy Salmon and Leek Pasta (gf)
Leek and Mushroom Bread Pudding (veg)
LETTUCE:
Apple Wedge Salad (gf)
Autumn Cobb Salad (gf)
Holiday Lettuce Salad (veg gf) – sub in maple syrup or honey for the corn syrup
POTATOES, SWEET:
Chipotle Sweet Potato Chili (veg gf v)
Maple Harissa Sweet Potato Gratin with Almond Dukkah (veg gf v)
Oven Roasted Sweet Potato ‘Fries’ with Orange Salt (veg gf v)
RADISHES:
Sweet Turmeric Pickles (veg gf v)
Roasted Radish, Arugula, & Havarti Pita Bread Pizzas (veg)
Spicy Lentil Tacos with Radish Salsa (veg gf)
SQUASH, WINTER:
Squash-and-Kale Toasts (veg)
Pumpkin Soup with Almonds and Sage (veg)
Black Bean and Butternut Squash Burritos (veg v)
I tried to include lots of warming foods to help us adjust to the cold weather. Have a wonderful week, everyone!
veg: vegetarian
v: vegan
gf: gluten free
Please read! If a recipe can very easily be made vegetarian, vegan or gluten-free using simple substitutes like non-dairy spread, vegetable stock, gluten free pasta, gluten free soy sauce or a small amount of gluten free flour, or by leaving out an ingredient, I’ve coded them with that in mind. If they include things like mayonnaise, eggs, milk, honey or large quantities of flour, I haven’t coded them as such. I don’t have experience using things like egg substitute, non-dairy cheese or subbing in gluten-free flours. Please double check the ingredients for your own safety!
