The most bountiful season is upon us!
September is considered the bountiful harvest month in Sweden if I’m not mistaken. The summer is coming to a close slowly and many fruits and vegetables have had the summer to grow and develop and are now at their prime. In this video I’m showing you what late summer produce I’m picking up at the market right now and telling you all about what I like to make with it. Below I’m listing all the recipes and inspiration I bring up – sorry not sorry, it’s a lot! I’m hoping this will give you plenty of inspiration to pick up what’s in season and get cosy cooking up delicious food for the rest of September.
I think of this time as a sort of in between time when I like to eat both lighter summer foods and more hearty and warming autumn foods. One day I’m munching on lettuce wraps and the next I’m savouring a chunky ratatouille. I love it because every day feels new and as seasons gently change I begin to find that restful homebody autumn pace. I’m not quite there yet but I see the light changing and the mornings cooling down and as it does I feel my sensibilities shifting. A littlebitter sweet as this time of year always is for me but there is always a sense of calm and appreciation among the tinge of melancholy. Writing this makes me curious how you all feel about autumn?
Now let me share all my food inspirations and things I like to cook right now, in this most bountiful of seasons, as promised in the video!
Coriander:
- Sprinkle it over South Asian, South East Asian and Mexican dishes like these roasted potato tacos
- See baingan bharta under Aubergine for a yummy recipe to try
- Or these delicious Vietnamese inspired banh mi tofu sandwiches
Dill:
- Great in salads to spice things up like this potato salad
- Try adding it to your hummus
- See courgette baba ganoush recipe under courgette to try a different take on this Middle Eastern classic
Cucumber:
- Cut into large matchsticks and snack on them with hummus or your favourite dip
- Fennel and cucumber salad with dill and lemon
- Chana chaat a delicious South Asian street food with chickpeas, cucumber, tomato and crunchy sev
- Try Sara from Shiso Delicious yummy smashed cucumber salad with toasted sesame oil
Aubergine | Eggplant:
- Ratatouille with this seasons bounty of aubergine, courgette, tomato and peppers
- Baingan bharta, a delicious South Asian mashed aubergine dish with warming spices – serve with rice and dal or your favourite curry
- Baba ganoush to dip bread into or to make an epic mezze spread
Courgette | Zucchini:
Bell Pepper:
- Roasted bell pepper and cannelini bean dip to slather on toast and add to nourish bowls
- Romesco sauce pasta salad for easy lunch
- Hungarian paprikas with mushrooms and tagliatelle, find the recipe in the description of this video
Sweetcorn:
- Cook in their husks in the oven by removing the stringy bits, placing them on an oven safe dish and roasting at 200 degrees celsius fan assisted for roughly 25 minutes or until nicely cooked on the inside
- Mexican inspired tortilla soup with sweetcorn and black beans
- Make some delicious Mexican street corn or elotes as it’s called
Pear:
- Make some delicious pear sauce to top your breakfast bowl with
- Enjoy as a snack with peanut or almond butter as a dipping sauce
- Feast on an apple and pear crumble with rosemary – sounds strange but tastes delicious
Blackberries:
- Make a blueberry and blackberry crumble, use the crumble topping from the recipe for the pear crumble in this post
- Top your breakfast bowls with fresh blackberries – it’s the most scrumptious treat
- Heat them up with any other berries you like and a little sweetener to make a decadent compote
- Blackberry creamy dessert pots
