FALL IS HERE! AND SO ARE WE

NAO is happy to provide you with 7 different varieties of seasonal produce to stock your kitchen for the fall season! These foods bring a diverse array of nutrients that your body will appreciate and also an opportunity to save money throughout the pumpkin patch season.

Buying in season produce lets you explore and be creative with new recipes that can involve family members, children, neighbors, and friends. You can put to test your cooking abilities and bring joy to your 5 senses during the holidays by incorporating these 7 food selections!

• Beets. You can roast, shred, and even make a dip out of beets for a different and more colorful hummus presentation.

• Sweet potato. These starchy vegetables are super versatile! You can roast, mash and bake them, or make lasagnas, casseroles, salads, fries, chips, pancakes, toasts, and soup!

• Pumpkin. Oh! Probably the most emblematic produce in the Fall season! There are numerous desserts you can make with pumpkin such as pies, puddings, muffins, cakes, and cupcakes. Soups, toasts, butter, and roasted pumpkin seeds are salty options you can try too!

• Pears. You can make pies, tarts, salads, jam, cake, bread, sauce, and pastry pockets with this fruit.

• Grapes. Similar to the pears, you can make tarts, salads, jam, and even quinoa bowls, dressings, and yogurt parfaits with this delicious fruit.

• Brussel sprouts. You can do something simple such as roasting them in the oven with olive oil and seasonings or something a little bit more elaborated such as artichoke brussel sprouts dip!

• Squash. Soups, marinated tarts, salads with quinoa and chickpeas, pasta, risotto, stuffed squash are some of the many things you can do with squash, Give it a try!

Do you have a favorite way to cook these veggies and fruits? Let us know!