The change of season arrives and with it an infinity of seasonal products that we were looking forward to tasting again. Autumn dishes, stews and stew foods are also returning, so delicious but at the same time super heavy.
You will agree with us that these meals help everything except to maintain our ideal weight. That is why today we are going to share with you light recipes for autumn that you will not be able to resist.
Does it smell like something yummy? Well, read on to discover the magic formulas for your most autumnal kitchen.
Autumn products: the best option for healthy eating
Chestnuts, mushrooms, pumpkin, sweet potato, aubergine, figs, persimmon, pomegranate… It makes our mouths water, right? Well, all these products are seasonal and will become the protagonists of our healthy autumn recipes.
Incorporating these ingredients into your diet will be very easy for you and will provide a large number of nutritional benefits. What better incentive than this to start eating healthy?
5 healthy and delicious autumn dishes
If you want to cook with seasonal products but you don’t want to complicate yourself in the kitchen, we bring you the solution. Here we are going to show you five simple autumn recipes that will surprise all palates.
1.- Warm mushroom and mozzarella salad
This is a simple recipe, in 15 minutes it will be ready, but with which you will undoubtedly succeed.
Ingredients:
- 200 gr. mozzarella cheese
- 200 gr. mushroom
- 1 package of mixed lettuces
- 1 avocado
- A handful of pine nuts
- EVOO
- Balsamic vinegar
- Salt
- Pepper
Elaboration:
- Place the mushrooms (previously washed) on a baking tray and on each mushroom, a thin slice of cheese.
- Salt and pepper to taste and bake at 200º for 15 minutes
- Prepare the mixture of lettuce, avocado and pine nuts and season to taste again
- Mix the mushrooms with the salad and voila!
2.- Sweet potato burger
Ingredients (for 4 burgers):
- 2 large or 4 small / medium sweet potatoes
- 2 C brown rice flour (or quinoa / buckwheat)
- 2 C of natural tomato puree and without sugar
- 1 C unroasted tahini
- 1 lemon
- Fresh cilantro cut very small
- 2 cloves of garlic cored and chopped small
- 1 c turmeric
- Freshly ground black pepper
Elaboration:
- Peel and cut the sweet potatoes into medium pieces and cook for 20 minutes
- Once cooked, mash them with a fork
- When they are crushed, add the tomato puree and mix. Then add the chopped garlic, the coriander, the lemon juice, the tahini and finally the salt and pepper. Mix everything well
- Shape the burgers with your hands
- Coat the burgers in a little flour
- Bake for 20 minutes at 200º
3.- Pumpkin hummus
Ingredients for 4 people):
- 400 g pumpkin
- 300 g of cooked chickpeas
- 2 unpeeled garlic cloves
- 3 tablespoons of tahini
- 4 tablespoons lemon juice
- 100 ml of very cold water
- Salt
- 100 g pumpkin seeds (optional)
- EVOO
- Hot paprika (optional)
Elaboration:
- Dice the pumpkin, season and add the unpeeled garlic. Then bake for 45 minutes at 200º
- Combine the pumpkin with the chickpeas and mash
- While you continue to grind, add the tahina, lemon juice, peeled garlic and a tablespoon of salt
- Stir in the ice water while you continue mixing until it is creamy.
- Finally, let it rest for half an hour
- To serve, add pumpkin seeds as decoration and a drizzle of olive oil and paprika
4.- Zucchini spaghetti with arugula
Ingredients (for one serving):
- 1 large or 2 medium zucchini
- A good handful of arugula
- 20 g pine nuts
- 2 tablespoons EVOO
- A little lemon juice
- Salt and pepper
Elaboration:
- Cut the zucchini like spaghetti. You can use a knife, a special peeler or with a scratcher.
- Add the arugula and pine nuts and season with salt, black pepper, olive oil and lemon juice
- If you want, add grated cheese on top and enjoy!
5.- Autumn cream with almond cream
Ingredients (for 2 people):
For the cream:
- 1 large beet
- 1 large carrot
- 1 well-ripe persimmon
- 1 pomegranate, shelled
- 2 very ripe figs
For the almond cream:
- 1/4 T of peeled raw almonds
- 1/4 T of filtered or spring water
- 1 lemon, the juice
- 1 pinch of nutmeg, freshly ground
- 1 pinch of salt
Elaboration
- Chop the mushrooms and mix them with the lemon juice, salt and a tablespoon of olive oil. Let marinate while the cream is being prepared
- Wash the beet and carrot and chop them to be able to blend them with the mixer
- Add the figs and persimmon (with the skin and without the seeds)
- Add the pomegranate but reserve some grains to decorate
- Beat the cream until you get a very smooth texture
- To make the cream, mix all the ingredients with the mixer until you get a smooth texture
- Finally, decorate the creams with the almond cream, the olive oil, the pomegranate grains and the mushrooms, to taste
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