Favourite Fall Recipe Round Up

Happy FRIDAY!!!

I know that the internet has been exploding with all things related to Fall and I've caught the bug just like everyone else. Comfort foods, fall decor, changing leaves, cool nights.....I just love it all.

Because everyone seems to have "Fall"-fever, I thought it would be fun to kick off the weekend with some of my favourite Fall recipes.

Gluten Free Banana Pancakes with Fried Apples

~ because it's the perfect time of year to pick apples & every day's a good day for pancakes ~

Zucchini Bread Slow Cooked Steel Cut Oatmeal

~ because oatmeal is the epitome of comfort food for breakfast and zucchinis have been

plentiful around these parts this summer ~

Vegetarian Shepherd's Pie

~ mmmm, I love Shepherd's Pie in the cooler months & this is a

great vegetarian version of a traditional favourite ~

Roasted Sweet Potato & Kale Soup

~ creamy, rich and packed full of healthy Fall veggies ~

Vegetable Stew with Whole Wheat Biscuits

~ STEW = COMFORT FOOD .... this is one of my very first recipes ~

Butternut Squash Fries

~ this is sure to become your favourite Fall side ~  

Winter Vegetable Casserole

~ packed full of Fall veggies! It will warm you from head to toe ~  

Stuffed & Baked Apples

~ a heavenly Fall combination of apples and granola ~

Okay, now I'm drooling :-) Apparently comfort food is my 'thang' because there were a lot of Fall recipes that I could have posted here, but these are some of my tried & true favourites! I've also created a Healthy Fall Recipes board and Fall Decor board on Pinterest, so feel free to check those out and follow me there for many more Fall ideas that are brewing around in this head of mine.

Do you have a favourite Fall meal? If you have a recipe, leave me the link so I can check it out and 'Pin It' to share with others.

Have a wonderful Friday and enjoy your weekend!

Andrea

xoxo

What I Ate Wednesday

Hi! Happy Wednesday! Have you been working on creating good habits as we  cruise through September? As long as my garden keeps producing lots of veggies, eating healthy meals is pretty easy to do; I mean I have oodles of produce at my fingertips!

Breakfast

I made a new bread on Monday night (link is posted below) and somehow I've managed to sneak a wedge into many of the meals that I've eaten since. That's why I don't make bread very often --- I can't keep out of it!! Usually I eat 80% of a homemade loaf and Derek's lucky if he gets a slice or two. Sometimes, he doesn't even know a loaf was made =)

Anywho, I've been enjoying egg white scrambles with sundried tomatoes and goat cheese with a side of hearty oat bread on the side. Easy and oh so good.

Snackage

I don't know if it's the Halloween candy that's starting to show up EVERYWHERE or what, but I have been craving sweets like nobody's business. Thankfully, we don't have much to tempt me in the house, so I've been eating boatloads of watermelon. Chilled watermelon really is a great snack alternative to help control a sweet tooth like mine. 

I've been too lazy to chop the watermelon up, so I've been helping myself to scoops instead of chunks.

Or....when I'm at home, I eat it like this.

Better than eating a bowlful of chips, right?!

Lunch

...was a veggie quesadilla. This is one of my "Go To" meals. It's quick and easy and I just love a cheesy quesadilla loaded with veggies, don't you?!

Dinner

For dinner, I had some homemade veggie noodle soup and homemade hearty oat bread. This exact meal was posted on Courtney's blog on Monday morning and even though I didn't have plans for that to be our dinner, it just kinda happened. I'm always up for some fresh, homemade bread and I was able to tweak the soup recipe to use up all the veggies that were lurking around in the fridge. I'm not usually a soup gal, but this meal was really, REALLY good....and it left me with lots of leftovers for lunches, which is always a WIN with me! 

Mmmmm.....healthy, hearty food! It does my body good.

My goals for September aren't just related to food. I've also made a promise to myself, and my friend, Deb, that I will run a 5K with her in late-October. When I found out that we got to wear costumes during the run, I couldn't turn it down, but I need to work hard to get in shape to run it because right now I can only do about 3.5K. Eeek!!

I went for my second training run yesterday and felt pretty great at the end! I was really happy to have minimal knee pain, which is a great improvement to when I tried to start training in the Spring!!

If I can do it, so can YOU!!

Thank you to Jenn for challenging us all to make goals and for encouraging us to keep eating well and loading up on our veggies!  Make sure that you check out Jenn's What I Ate Wednesday page if you'd like to be inspired by other bloggers who are making goals and eating healthy this month.

What goals have you made for yourself this month?

What healthy treat do you turn to when you have a craving for sweets?

Enjoy your day!

Andrea

xoxo

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