The generous people at the CSN stores have given me a great opportunity to give back to all of you, by offering a $45 gift card giveaway!!! Yay!!! If you are not familiar with the CSN online stores they have everything you could ever possibly need and more, like these beautiful dutch ovens. I have purchased many a kitchen gadget from them, and have lots of other wish list items to go. They are fabulous! You can peruse their entire selection from all of their stores here, and I encourage you to do so.
To enter the giveaway simply leave a comment on this post telling me your favorite fall inspired recipe (a brief description will suffice).
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Please leave one additional comment for each additional entry, telling me which you have done. Unfortunately, only US and Canadian readers are eligible to win. (For the rest of you, check back soon for more giveaways!) Comments can be received up until 11:59pm on Tuesday, October 5, 2010. One winner will be randomly selected and announced on Wednesday, October 6, 2010.
In the meantime, I thought I would take this opportunity to share with you one of my most requested recipes, which I call Jacob’s Signature Salad.
In order to give credit where credit is due, this salad was actually first invented by the culinary genius Kristi Chauvin Baker, a deeply fabulous friend from college. I have, of course, put my own little spin on it over the years, replacing the toasted walnuts in her recipe with glazed walnuts, and by re-imagining the dressing.
The salad itself is very simple, but packed with the great flavor. Baby greens are topped with sliced fuji apples, dried cranberries, glazed walnuts, and crumbled blue cheese, and then drizzled with a tangy balsamic blue cheese dressing. People really go crazy for this salad, and it’s not difficult to understand why. The combination of flavors and textures make it feel really special.
To make the dressing… in a blender I combine one cup of crumbled blue cheese, three tablespoons balsamic vinegar, one tablespoon mustard (preferably Sierra Nevada Pale Ale Honey Spice, though dijon works equally well), one tablespoon of granulated sugar, one third of a cup of extra virgin olive oil, one third of a cup of apple cider, and some freshly ground black pepper. I then blend until smooth. (Be casual about making the dressing. If it is too thick, add a little more cider; if it is too thin, add a little more cheese. Taste it, and adjust to your own palate. In your kitchen you get to make the rules.)
As a first course, side dish or light lunch this salad is always a big hit. It is elegant in its simplicity, and since everything can be prepared in advance and dressed right before serving, it is perfect for entertaining. (Simply toss the sliced apples in freshly squeezed orange or lemon juice to prevent them from turning brown.) Enjoy!
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I’d say my favorite fall-inspired meal would be ravioli with either butternut squash or pumpkin filling with brown butter. So simple and so good!
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This salad looks delicious!
My favorite fall-inspired recipe is Pumpkin Oats– Scottish oats with cottage cheese and pumpkin stirred in just before they’re done and topped with pumpkin flax granola and some dried cranberries. Delicious!
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My favorite fall recipe has to be pumpkin & tomato curry soup. MMMM
I love pumpkin fudge!! My mom makes a white fudge with pumpkin but I have no idea of this recipe
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Fall inspires me to bake. I made a lovely apple crisp. So simple. I made home made ice cream to go with it, of course. Also delightfully simple.
I added some butterscotch chips to it last time and I’m going to count that out in the future. I’ll try something else instead. Maybe a little caramel?
The ice cream is so simple. Two cups heavy cream, a cup of milk, 3/4 cup of sugar and some vanilla.
I really enjoy fall for cakes and cupcakes and especially cookies. Oh, and chili and enchiladas and pretty much anything else which heats us up.
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My favorite dish is acorn squash roasted and stuffed with a ground meat mixed with onion, peppers, and pumpkin along with spices and maple syrup.
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This salad is similar to my favorite go-to salad. Baby spinich, walnuts, bleu cheese, craisins with a touch of olive oil mixed with raspberry syrup. (Basalmic is not good for me)
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Love that salad. Following you on Twitter now.
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And as for my favorite fall-inspired recipe, it would be the pumpkin chocolate chip muffins I love to bake between Oct. & April!
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I just made a cheddar corn chowder last week, and it is definitely my favorite fall eating. Just sauteed onions and celery, bacon, whole milk, potatoes, sharp cheddar and sweet corn, seasoned with pepper, celery salt, and a generous helping of curry spices. It’s even better when you puree some of it (but not all!) My mom used to serve it with oyster crackers which she had tossed with melted butter and other seasonings. You can also leave out the corn and cheese and throw in seafood or chicken for a carnivorous feast!
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I voted for you yesterday! My favorite fall recipe is Roasted Butternut Squash with toasted walnuts, sage, and feta over Linguine.
I voted for you earlier! My favorite fall recipe is Roasted Butternut Squash with toasted walnuts, sage, and feta over Linguine.
I love pumpkin and I have been making pumpkin bread and a pumpkin crisp (instead of pumpkin pie). It is like a shortbread and then a pumpkin mixture with a struessel topping. YUM
I can’t wait to try some of your recipes. The salad looks amazing. Thanks for the recipes.
Fall inspired huh… I’m gonna say just about anything with pumpkins or apples. I love them both and enjoy having them so much all year round.
And nothing beats a FANTASTIC tasty, moist turkey!
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Squash is definitely a fall staple in my kitchen.
Love the salad dressing you made for this salad!
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Every year I look forward to pumpkin bread. Who am I kidding? It’s really pumpkin cake! I love it but only make it in the Fall as that just seems like the right time to do it. Making pumpkin cake in Spring doesn’t work. I enjoy seasonal eating and having yummy things for which to look forward.
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I love beef stew!
First I want to tell you that I clicked in here lured not by the giveaway at all but rather that lovely salad photo! It sounds like a nice twist on some favorite salad items – I will be giving your recipe a try. I always enjoying seeing your blog posts 🙂
Now since I am here anyway….my favorite fall inspired recipe is pumpkin bread
I suppose it counts as fall inspired, seeing as how college football season and the fall inspire me to make a huge pot of chili for gamedays!
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My favorite fall-inspired recipe is homeade apple pie.
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Love the salad post above – I make a similar one and change up the dressing with a white wine vinegar based dressing in the summer, and a reduced balsamic glaze/marinade in the fall/winter.
My favorite fall dish is a pear pie made with a walnut crust (crush walnuts in a food processor and make the crust much like you would when making graham cracker crust), artfully line the crust with wheels of seasoned sliced pears and baked. Mmmmm…
LOVE apple in salads! This one looks great. My favorite fall inspired food…simple but oh so tasty, butternut squash soup!
My favorite fall recipe is definitely pumpkin pie!
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My favorite fall-inspired recipe would have to be pumpkin pie – it’s so simple but I love it!
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I have so many fall favorites it’s hard to pick one! But I guess if I have to it would be my gingery buttercup squash soup!
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Favorite Fall dish… cooked by someone else – pumpkin pie. Cooked by me… pear crisp with oatmeal streusel, roasted root vegetables and roasted turkey.
My favorite fall recipe is basically apple pie. Not much to tell on that since I took it off the food network site but it’s still good even though it takes me a while to make (not very savvy around the kitchen sadly)
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I think it would be Persimmon Raisin Cookies
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When I think fall, I think squashes, and I think butternut squash soup.
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This looks great. It’s so hot on the west coast, we’re still in need of these cold salad dishes!!!
1) That salad looks fantastic!
2) My favorite fall dish is pretty much anything with apples–they’re so perfect in the fall!
Beautiful salad looks so colorful and yummy.
my favorite fall inspired recipe – mini pecan cheesecake pies. delicious!!
my favorite fall recipe probably contains all/most of the fall flavors. Maybe a spiced pumpkin muffin…or a maple cinnamon biscotti 🙂
This is my favorite kind of salad. The apples, walnuts and blue cheese on the baby greens are such a great combo. The dressing sounds amazing!
Awesome giveaway! My favorite fall inspired dish is Indian style sweet and sour pumpkin. Here’s a link to a similar dish. http://www.manjulaskitchen.com/2009/09/24/spicy-squash/
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My signature fall dish is a 4-cheese pumpkin lasagna that I make once a year only in the fall. However, the last couple weeks I’ve been in pear baking overload. A colleague loaded me down with pears from her trees, so I’ve baked praline-pear bread, almond pear bread, creamy pear pie, and pear bars. Who knew there were so many pear recipes out there?
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Ahhh I love cooking up some spiced pumpkin pancakes come fall!! Adding pumpkin puree, pumpkin spice, and cinnamon to the batter fills the whole house with good smells!
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My favorite food of all time (but it’s very appropriate in the fall) is pumpkin cookies. Specifically, the ones the Amish make. But since I can only get those every once in a while (since I don’t live near any Amish markets), I made my own last year and they actually came out pretty good! I plan to make them again soon.
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Homemade ravioli stuffed with goat cheese and pumpkin. Yum!
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My favorite fall inspired recipe is pumpkin cheesecake!
My favorite fall inspired recipe is an apple pie.
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My favorite fall recipe is Baked Apples with Granola.
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I love anything with winter squash, but pumpkin custard is always a favorite. Yum!
My favorite? Hot spiced cider with real whipped cream. Delicious.
I love making my chicken, apple & raisin salad. Although a Fall recipe I make it regardless of the season. 🙂
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The salad sounds delicious!
My favorite fall recipe is pumpkin chocolate chip cookies – so good.
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for fall eating i like beets – in any way i can get them.
Your salad looks delicious! I wish I could find a suitable replacement for blue cheese rather than just leaving it out of recipes, because try as I might, I just can’t learn to enjoy it. C’est la vie, I suppose.
The Waspy Redhead posted a chocolate chip pumpkin bread recipe last week that I’ve made into muffins twice since then, so for the moment, that’s absolutely my favorite fall inspired recipe!
I love making roasted butternut squash soup! yum!
I’m looking to classic pumpkin pie!
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Just whipped this one up for the season:
The Red Chief
1.5 oz Ransom Old Tim Gin
0.75 oz Pineapple Juice
0.75 oz Orange Blossom Honey
1 Dash Fee’s Aromatic Bitters
Shake and strain into a martini/coupe glass. A good deal of honey will remain in the shaker — it should.
Haven’t thought of a garnish yet, but a grilled piece of pineapple would be nice.
It’s warm and round with notes of clove and liquorice. Drink whilst wearing a sweater. 🙂
When the weather starts getting cooler in the fall, I start thinking about soup and chili. I also start making pumpkin breads, pies, and muffins. It’s hard to pick a favorite, but I think I’ll go with white bean soup. The recipe calls for beans, cumin, onions, chicken, celery, chicken broth, spices, and green chili’s.
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My favorite fall inspired recipe so far this season are pumpkin pancakes!
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This is a beautiful salad with autumn ingredients. The dressing sounds delicious.
My favorite fall inspired recipie is a homade soup with fresh peas, beans and potatos straight out of the garden.
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My favorite fall inspired recipe is Autumn Chowder. It’s a mix of bacon, potatoes, carrots, celery, onion, milk, cheddar cheese, and seasonings! Mmmm it’s super good!
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I like making Pumpkin Soup. Its a simple recipe using pureed pumpkin, broth, cream, and a few other ingredients. You can add Tabasco for a little kick or add pie spices for a different taste.
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Anything with pumpkin!!! Pumpkin bread, pumpkin soup, pumpkin pie…
Halloween cookies! Especially our pumpkin-spice cookies with royal icing – they are a must during this season!
I think that apples and all of the dishes (apple crumble, pie, and homemade applesauce) really make me think of fall. Howver the numberone dish that screams autumn to me is Pumpkin Pie. I also love to start making potato soup this time of the year.
Oh this salad looks delightful. your recipes are always so simple but still so beautiful.
My favorite fall inspired recipe is my mothers favorite pumpkin pie recipe. we have been making it for years and it is always a big hit. Nothing says fall quite as much as a nice big slice!
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My favorite is roasted turkey and stuffing! I look forward to it every year!
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Favorite recipe is an old but goodie, sweet-sweet potatoes. Lots of butter and sugar, and an indulgence that I get once a year when my amazing sister in law cooks it for Thanksgiving.
My fav recipe for the fall is candied yams. My mom would slice the yams real thin then she would layer them sprinkling her sugar concoction that had all those yummy fall spices in it. It is then baked in the oven just this side of candy. So good!
I love making Roasted Pear and Butternut Squash soup. Perfect for fall!
My favourite fall recipe is my aunt’s thanksgiving bun recipe. They’re so hearty and warm and perfect for all types of butters and jams. Delish!!
I don’t know that I can choose a favorite fall recipe because I am torn between a variety of pies (can anything beat a warm apple pie or a slice of pumpkin pie with fresh whipped cream) and soups (I am making split pea soup today). I’m also not going to leave several messages, because this is about the comment, not the prize.
I’ve voted for you each time because your cooking is outstanding, as is your blog. I was entranced by the meal you made for challenge 3 and thought the salad above was gorgeous. I’m thrilled that you’re going through now and giving us all the recipes. The format you took for the challenge, walking us through the steps for throwing a luxury shindig was unique and well thought out. However, I kept shouting, “Where are the recipes???” Thank you for posting them now!
Good luck once Round 4 comes (because I know you’ll make it there).
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