You’ll know me. I love making a list. Also I love the pumpkin spice season. Especially the pumpkin spice products. I didn’t think about it till recently but thinking about seasonal products is a big topic for me on this blog.
Here are some great past reads about me and my relationship pumpkin spice products. Check’em out if you have time:
- An Update on My Pumpkin Spice Journey (January 2023)
- I Have Extra Pumpkin Spice Savings In My Pocket. 5 Ways to Spend It (October 2022)
- 5 New Seasonal Product Ideas For Fall of 2020 (September 2020)
However, I might have been doing you all a disservice because fall foods are more than just pumpkin spice.
And thought, I have blogged about it less, the fall season is more than just picking apples and visiting pumpkin patches.
I just think that it is really important to think beyond the vision of drinking a pumpkin spice latte while strolling through a pumpkin patch or going apple picking.
That’s why I created my original list highlighting: 18 Food and Activity Pairings Outside of the Pumpkin Spice Realm
But then I got to thinking, what if I missed something? Fall is such a special time. There is a lot to do in the fall. Also there are so many great foods that a person could indulge in at this time of year.
That’s when I knew that I would have to create a new list. So without further ado. I give you.
18 More! Food and Activity Pairings Outside of the Pumpkin Spice Realm:
- Whip-up some grilled summer squash with tzatziki, creamy carnaroli rice & olives and treat yourself while cleaning and storing your outdoor furniture.
- Basque in preparing yourself a butternut squash bisque to enjoy after you finish cleaning your gutters and downspouts.
- Preparing some espresso for a Cinnamon Crunch latte is the perfect reward for changing your smoke detector batteries.
- A Tomato Carpaccio with yellow tomatoes, nardello puree, and ground cherries is the perfect antidote after a long day spent volunteering at a food bank
- Recharge after a fall photo shoot by preparing or ordering in a pear (or peach or any stone fruit really) tarte tatin. You energy will be restored in no time.
- At the end of a beautiful fall horseback ride, nothing satisfies quite like a classic duck with plum sauce.
- Get spooked by a haunted house and come home to enjoy easy venison ravioli with brown butter morel sauce.
- Light a cinnamon scented candle and write a gratitude list. Then you can thank yourself for having the good sense to have some Fiadone (Corsican Cheesecake) with Chestnut Honey and Figs on hand for when you have finished writing.
- Cozy up to a warm fireplace and indulge in a steaming plate of Sheet Pan Pierogies With Roasted Brussel Sprouts, Shallots, an Mustard Dressing.
- Maple-Bourbon Banana Pudding Cake can be make ahead of time and transported to your tree stand while you celebrate archery season which runs from September 30-November 11th in Pennsylvania. A welcome and well deserved snack.
- A red lentil curry brightened with root vegetables and warm seasonings can make even the most tedious session of winterizing your swimming pool a cozy experience.
- Store your summer clothes and inspect your winter wardrobe then whip up some maple-gazed salmon and roasted sweet potato puree to add a little flare to a busy Saturday night.
- Hake (a fish) with bacon roasted leaks and mushrooms adds that little something-something to a day of cleaning and reversing ceiling fans.
- Creamy walnut pesto pasta with thyme will pair nicely with having your sailboat lifted out for drydock and the beforehand pre-dry dock preparations.
- Sweep and inspect your fireplaces and have your chimneys cleaned then have your man-servant prepare a tea of beer and potpie.
- Welsh Rarebit prepared and put into a Wawa to-go mug is the perfect accompaniment to a fall shore trip. It truly compliments a day of fall beachcombing.
- Turkish style beef and eggplant stew stews well with completing an outdoor home inspection.
- Raspberry-maple glazed pork tenderloin and a banchan of scallion pancakes will hold you over while you take a hot air balloon ride to see the fall foliage.
I bet you thought that I couldn’t think of 18 more. . .
