Top 10 Fruits and Vegetables to Eat This Fall

Summer is over and fall begins! Being the perfect time to reevaluate your meal plan and adjust recipes to take advantage of autumn seasonal fruits and vegetables. Don’t know where to start?

We list you the best fruits and veggies to shop for and stock this fall. That way you can make tasty, warm, and delicious meals at home while getting all the nutrients your body deserves:

Pumpkins and squashes:

Pick the prettiest one for carving and the rest for earthy soups, pureés, or salads! Fall is known as the blooming month for many variations of this vegetable family such as spaghetti, butternut, buttercup, and acorn squash.

Kale:

A versatile vegetable that can rock as a salad or a side dish! Kale loves cold weather and crisp air, that’s why you’ll see greener, fresher, kale leaves this fall in every store. It’s a great time to try its variations, like Red Russian or Dwarf Siberian.

Pears:

Sweet, crunchy, and delicious, fall is the perfect time to hunt for this nutrient-packed fruit. Pears contain fiber, vitamins, and beneficial plant compounds linked to fighting inflammation, promoting gut health, and even helping with weight loss. Just make sure to eat the peel as well!

Spinach:

If you are a fan of spinach and all of its health benefits, fall is the time to stock and prepare for the rest of the year. Raw, you can stock them for up to ten days. When properly blanched, frozen spinach can last for around 9 to 14 months.

Cranberries:

Fall is the peak season for these red and bright jewels. This fruit contains a lot of vitamins A, K, and C, in addition to fiber and potassium. Pick those with no visible brown spots, and you can freeze them for up to a year!

Broccoli:

Even if you generally don’t like broccoli, we insist on trying again during the fall. In its peak season, broccoli is greener and brighter and conserves a more intense flavor. Mix it up with rice or pasta and rediscover this powerhouse vegetable.

Apples:

Don’t miss fall apples this year! Sweet or tart, apples are the perfect crunchy touch for baked goods, salads, or sauces. And if you are a lifetime lover of this fruit, try new varieties such as Elstar, Braeburn, Fuji, Jonathan, Pink Lady, and Red Delicious.

Beets:

This vegetable can turn the party into fruit if you are creative enough. Try beets this fall and enjoy their earthy sweetness on point. Use beets in crèmes, soups, casseroles, salads, or desserts.

Eggplants:

Did you know that you can replace pasta on lasagnas with eggplant slices? Yes, this vegetable is versatile and sucks up any flavor you wish. During the fall you can find the ripest stock of the most common -the purple one- but also a lot of its varieties like Casper and Clara eggplants.

Figs:

This fruit is full of antioxidants, being a delicious way to keep our bodies young and glowy. Even though you’ll see them during the fall, it's at the end of autumn when you can find the best, sweeter figs around.