Choclette over at Chocolate Log Blog kicks things off this month with her own chocolate-infused vegetarian take on her grandmother’s shepherd pie recipe. All the vegetables came from her own garden and the organic milk is from a farm local to her in Cornwall. This sounds like the perfect winter comfort food for these dark, cold windy nights!
Janet at The Taste Space uses a delicacy local to her in Houston, Texas in her dish citrus collards and chickpeas. She writes, “Collards are local to the Southern United States, especially during the fall, and are best during the winter.” She jazzes things up a bit using garlic, dates and orange juice and includes chickpeas to make it a full flavoursome meal.
Scottish Vohn from Vohn’s Vittles combines the last of her gorgeous courgettes from her very own garden and fresh mint grown in her windowsill with some locally purchased onions to make this delicious looking low calorie courgette and mint soup. This sounds like a quick and fantastic way to use up the last of a glut of courgettes.
Jacqueline over at Tinned Tomatoes shares another delicious low calorie soup recipe this month: her 5:2 Diet – Carrot, Leek and Mustard Seed Soup made using local carrots and leeks. Jacqueline is a vegetarian food blogger in Scotland and her blog is full of fantastic recipes and photos. Do check it out!
Ros over at The More Than Occasional Baker made this gorgeous apple cinnamon crumble cake using apples from her work colleague’s own garden, thereby keeping the food miles to a minimum. This cake is made with wholemeal flour, oats, cinnamon and apples so it could almost be considered good for you! A warm slice of this would be perfect on these colder Autumn evenings.
Scotland produces a wealth of different honey. Each location has a different range of flowers and therefore the flavour of the honey will differ from region to region. Janice over at Farmersgirl Kitchen has used Scottish Blossom Honey from Dumfries in a baked beetroot with local honey and thyme dish made using locally grown beetroot a neighbour gave her from his own garden! Look at the colour! Divine!
Louisa over at Eat Your Veg has children who are in a soup phase. They’re mad for it just now and to satisfy their soup craving she’s made them a gorgeous roasted roots soup. This creamy soup is made from locally grown produce from Leominster, England, which she gets delivered in a vegetable box. Roasting really brings out the flavour of root vegetables and this soup is sure to hit the spot during this cold Autumnal weather!
Sarah over at Dinner with Crayons uses up those sad and neglected vegetables at the bottom of her fridge in this quick and simple fridge bottom soup. Admit it, we all have veg like that at the bottom of our own refrigerators! The carrots for this soup were purchased at her local shop in Walthamstow, England.
Shaheen over at Allotment 2 Kitchen was given some pears and spinach from her parents garden which she used to make this delicious looking apple-pear, spinach and Brie pizza. It went down a treat with her family and was a nice change from the more traditional tomato-sauced based pizza. Shaheen writes, “Its sweet and savoury. The sweetness comes from the honey and pears, and the savoury undertones from the garlic and Brie cheese, a little sharpness and crunch from the apples and walnuts. ” Sounds delicious!
Paul Wilson
Some great stuff there.
Heather Haigh
Another lovely collection of food ideas. I have so many things I want to cook Thank you!
Chef Mireille
just added an entry here for the first time, even though I use local produce often – shopping at farmer’s market and local U-Pick farms. I live in Brooklyn, NY and will now be adding my posts sourced locally here = great event!
Jen @ Blue Kitchen Bakes
Fabulous round up, I’m looking forward to seeing future entries and seeing what I can come up with myself
Janice Pattie
What a glorious collection of local recipes. I am hoping to be able to add a recipe for November, so much local produce to explore.
Anneli Faiers (Delicieux)
Pear Spinach & Brie Pizza…now that sounds good! What a great round up. Lots of lovely recipes here. I look forward to entering again soon. x
Jacqueline Meldrum
A great roundup Elizabeth and thank you for including my recipe. I am off to add the new challenge to the diary.
Karen S Booth
There are some FABULOUS recipes here and I have saved a couple already! FAB round-up Elizabeth!
Elizabeth S
Aw, I’m so delighted Karen! đŸ™‚ Thank you!
Shaheen
Thank you so much for hosting. I’ve already got an entry to share. Hope to link up – using Welsh Red Mustard and Red Dragon Cheddar Cheese.
Elizabeth S
Yay! How lovely! I can’t wait to read all about it đŸ™‚
Shaheen
Another recipe using Welsh Red Mustard, Red Dragon Cheddar Cheese and Welsh Leeks – I’m doing it for Wales!
belleau kitchen
gorgeous round-up but you forgot my entry!http://www.belleaukitchen.com/2013/10/a-very-simple-apple-cake.html
Elizabeth S
Oh no! So I did! You forgot to add it to the linky though đŸ˜‰ I’ve amended the post now. x
Choclette
Wonderful round-up Elizabeth. There are so many interesting and delicious looking dishes here. Like your new green squiggle, very stylish.
Elizabeth S
Thanks Choclette! It’s wonderful how creative people can get with local produce. I love it! As for the sqiggle – I saw a similar page break on another blog round up and I really liked the idea.
Michelle
I added several new recipes to my “to-try” files from this post. Thanks!
Elizabeth S
Splendid! That’s just what I love to hear đŸ˜€ Thank you!