Today is the first full day of Autumn! Welcome to fall. Are you looking for the most quintessentially fall activity to do this season? It’s 2023, let’s make it the best autumn ever!
But whoops. Pumpkin spice has been in the stores since early August. Are you tired of hearing about pumpkin spice already? Here is a list of 18 Fall Food and activity pairings to try this fall. They are fun, delicious and maybe the unsung heroes of the fall palette that we forget about in our quest for the perfect Pumpkin Spice Latte.
18 Fall Food and Activity Pairings Outside of the Pumpkin Spice Realm
- Whip up some Buffalo Cheesy dip and bring it to a football tailgate
- Enjoy some Snickerdoodle cookies while watching It’s the Great pumpkin Charlie Brown
- Have a Hot Apple Cider (with maybe some whiskey) while taking a Hayride in the dark
- Enjoy an Oktoberfest beer after finishing one of the many Fall Themed 5k Races that are happening this fall.
- Make a fall themed Charcuterie board to enjoy while watching a movie outside on a screen in your yard
- Treat the troop to a sausage and mushroom risotto to enjoy while helping your Boy Scout pick up canned food donations during their annual Scouting for Food event.
- Get yourself a thermos full of chili and a bread bowl to enjoy while taking in a fall marching band competition.
- Make a large pan of Apple Crisp topped with creme fraiche to take with you when you go grouse hunting.
- Pillsbury crescent hotdogs make the perfect snack to take mushroom foraging.
- Whip up some bourbon bacon jam and fresh bread to enjoy while planting flower bulbs.
- Eat your child’s Halloween parade candy while listening to The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot.
- Whip up some sauerkraut and sausages and watch a fun fall movie. Autumn in New York or Dead Poet’s Society are two great choices.
- Nothing says “We’re headed to deer camp!” quite like a Cranberry Orange Scone and a cinnamon Apple Latte.
- Get your high school student ready for their Homecoming Dance by preparing a delicious Kale, cauliflower and while bean soup to be enjoyed just before their date arrives.
- Who doesn’t love to pop a few roasted chesnuts while waxing their car in preparation for the cooler weather.
- Another great combination are Caramel Apples and lawn seeding
- Make an autumn pizza in your wood fired oven to enjoy while you are swapping in your storm windows
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Great ideas for Fall, Katie!
I’m changing your name to Autumn!!!!
You should. It is a nice name. Love that pumpkin spice