Seasonality: Pumpkins, Winter Squash and Persimmons
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Seasonality is one of the great joys of nature. With the change in seasons from summer to fall comes a panoply of new fruits and vegetables.
Just when you've gotten tired of summer squash, tomatoes, asparagus, watermelons, cantaloupe, stone fruits and berries, along comes a whole new batch of fruits and veggies.
Winter Vegetables and Fruits
Fall and winter vegetables are so beautiful and satisfying. These include:
Warming root vegetables like carrots, onions, sweet potatoes, turnips, kohlrabi and jicama
Hearty winter squash like pumpkins, kabocha, kuri and butternut
Flavor-popping fruits like persimmons, pomegranate, grapefruits and cranberries
Persimmons: Dehydrate Into Chips
In my household, we are crazy for persimmons this time of year. The sliced fruit in the foreground of the above photo is a chocolate fuyu persimmon, with a hachiya to the right. The one behind the chocolate fuyu is a regular fuyu, which has a hard, crunchy texture similar to an apple.
One way to make a delicious snack for the kids is to dehydrate persimmons into persimmon chips. (If you don’t have a dehydrator, you can dry them on the lowest setting in the oven.)
Winter Squash: Make A Delicious Soup
We also can't get enough of the winter squashes, like sugar baby pumpkin, red kuri and kabocha. In fact, one of our favorite recipes is sugar baby pumpkin soup. This is a terrific dish for Thanksgiving and goes well with a homemade pumpkin spice.
What new fruits and veggies are you enjoying this season?
