Here are five dishes from October. Shout-outs to a very easy asparagus appetizer, a simple and delicious pasta salad that tastes very fresh, a beef stew, that makes a great fall dish, an easy and elegant fig salad and a healthy chicken salad with a yogurt dressing.
What was your favorite October dish from your blog? Share in the comments!
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Here is a really simple recipe that is also very tasty! This is a very simple asparagus dish that is also very tasty. This is also great as a green vegetable for Thanksgiving. Bright green asparagus is a great addition to Thanksgiving table. And since this asparagus dish is very easy to make, it won’t take up a lot of your time.
So how can you prepare Asparagus With Walnuts And Red Wine Vinegar Dressing? In a salad bowl, combine steamed asparagus, some olive oil and red wine vinegar, some salt and black pepper. Mix the ingredients together and sprinkle with toasted walnuts.
We’ve all had pasta salads. Some were good, some weren’t so good. Here is my version of a simple, and very light pasta salad. I don’t like heavy pasta salads with lots of mayonnaise, so this pasta salad is a very simple salad with just a few ingredients and a very light dressing.
Eggplants add a lot to this pasta salad – they provide a lot of flavor, and make this vegetarian pasta salad taste earthy, and even meaty. Grape tomatoes and parsley make this salad very fresh tasting.
To make this pasta salad, first, make some fried eggplant. Once it cooled, cut fried eggplant into small pieces, and combine with pasta and grape tomatoes. Add vinegar, olive oil, salt and pepper and mix. Sprinkle with parsley.
Looking for a stew recipe? Here is a great fall stew recipe that is very easy to make. I really like eggplants and mushrooms in this stew – they make the stew even more earthy and flavorful.
To make the Beef Stew Recipe With Onions, Eggplants, Mushrooms, you will need stew meat, eggplants, onions and mushrooms. First, heat up the oil, add beef and cook for a few minutes. Then, add onions and cook for 5-10 minutes. Add some water and continue simmering. In the meantime, saute chopped mushrooms in another saute pan.
After some time, once the beef is done, add chopped eggplants to the beef. Once the eggplants are cooked, add the mushrooms to the stew, salt and pepper to taste.
Here is a very simple salad to make. All you need are some green figs, red onions, and some goat cheese. Dress this salad with a bit of balsamic vinegar and olive oil, and you have a delicious, simple and healthy fig salad.
Fruit and cheese combination is great in salads, and it helps you create elegant salads that are still very simple to make.
A very simple chicken salad with a twist. Instead of using mayonnaise to make the salad dressing for this chicken salad, I am using 0% Fat Greek Yogurt. The Greek yogurt is tasty and thick, and it makes for a wonderful salad dressing without all the calories. Use chicken breast for this salad, and you will have a very easy to make and healthy chicken salad.
To make this chicken salad, combine chopped roasted chicken breast, chopped onions and chopped celery. Add just a tiny bit of mayonnaise, and enough yogurt to make the salad creamy. Season this chicken salad with a bit of salt, freshly ground black pepper and mix to combine. Once the salad is done, you can sprinkle it with a bit of chopped parsley.
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I’ve never liked chicken salad because of the mayo – I’ll try it with the Greek yogurt – I have a lemon Greek yogurt that would probably be good! đŸ˜€
My favorite recipe from October was this Shepherd’s Pie: http://mymansbelly.com/2011/10/26/get-warm-and-cozy-with-this-shepherds-pie-recipe/
Biz, thank you for stopping by. Let me know how the chicken salad turns out.
mymansbelly, thank you for sharing the Shepherd’s Pie link. Those individual Shepard’s Pies look great!
These all look delicious!! Thanks for sharing. I like the idea of an end of the month round-up!
Katherine, thank you! Glad you like the idea of an end of the month round-up. I think it provides a great snapshot for many different recipes to check out.
I am totally in love with figs these days and the fig salad with goat cheese is calling my name. Rather loudly I might add.
Sandra, enjoy the fig salad with goat cheese – I really like the combination of flavors in it.