One Hundred One Menu Ideas for Winter

Soups

1. Cream of Mushroom (sauté mushrooms, onions, add soy milk bechamel sauce)

2. Gingered Squash (roast squash, sauté onions, fresh ginger, add stock, purée)

3. Curried Sweet Potato  (peeled, diced sweet potatoes cooked with Indian spices, add stock, puree in blender, add coconut milk)

4. Wild Rice and Veggie Chowder (cook brown and wild rice, separately sauté onions, celery, diced root veggies, add water, then soy milk, add in cooked rice)

5. Cuminy Corn and Squash  (sauté peeled, diced winter squash, onions, ground cumin, later add stock and corn, simmer)

6. Water Cress-Mushroom Consommé (make a rich mushroom broth with several kinds of dried mushrooms and fresh, season with soy sauce, add water cress last)

7. Creamy Onion and Leek Potage (potatoes, leek, onions, puréed with soy milk)

8. French Onion Soup w/ Herbed  Croutons (caramelize onions, add soup stock, seasonings, for croutons: toast cubed bread tossed with dried French herb blend)

9. Aduki Bean and Winter Squash Soup w/ Chestnut Cream (cook aduki beans with peeled, diced squash, onions, ginger, thin with water, season with mis0)

10. Roasted Cauliflower and Onion (cut cauliflower into small flowerettes, toss with olive oil and salt, roast in hot oven until golden, add to onion stock, season with white miso, salt, etc.

11. Kabocha Squash Miso (peeled, diced squash simmered in water with wakame sea vegetable, season with both white  and red miso, green onion garnish)

12. Lima Bean and Corn Soup w/ Fried Sage (cook lima beans with extra water, when tender add sautéed onions, carrots, corn, garnish with fried sage leaves)

13. Red Kuri Squash and White Bean Soup w/ Julienned Kale (cook whites beans in extra water, separately simmer peeled, diced squash, onions and kale cut fine, combine when beans are done, season with white miso, ume boshi vinegar, etc.)

14. Root Vegetable Chowder (diced root veggies simmered in water until tender, add soy milk, salt, seasonings of choice)

15. Quinoa and Autumn Veggies

16. Creamy Parsnip and Leek

17. Roasted Winter Squash and Pear

18. White Bean w/ Caramelized Butternut Squash, Onion and Leeks

19. Autumn Vegetable Minestrone

Vegetarian Main Courses

20. Wild Rice-Almond Croquettes w/ Mushroom Gravy

21.  Seitan Medallions w/ Roasted Onion Sauce

22. Vegetable Pot Pie w/ Herbed Biscuit Topping

23. Grain and Nut Loaf w/ Chanterelle Mushroom Gravy

24. Polenta Triangles w/ Roasted Vegetable Sauce

25. Tofu Croquettes

26. Breaded Tofu Cutlets

27. Quinoa-Wild Rice Loaf

28. Roasted Butternut Squash Savory Bread Pudding

29. Millet Bake w/ Winter Squash, Onions, Dried Cranberries and Toasted Pumpkin Seeds

Grains, Breads, Stuffings

30. Wild Rice-Brown Rice Almondine

31. Onion Cornbread

32. Pecan Accented Quinoa Pilaf

33. Couscous Pilaf Stuffing

34. Chestnut-Brown Rice Pilaf

35. Cornbread-Kale Stuffing

Vegetables, Side Dishes

36. Sweet and Tart Red Cabbage

37. Balsamic Roasted Root Veggies

38. Sweet Potato and Carrot Tzimmes

39. Mashed Sweet Potatoes or half and half w/ Carrots (w/ freshly-grated nutmeg)

40. Steamed Broccoli w/ Red Onion Dressing

41. Apple Cider-Glazed Carrots and Parsnips

42. Cranberry Chutney

43. Sweet and Tart Pickled Red Onions

44. Maple-Glazed Roasted Butternut Squash (or root vegetable of choice)

45. Cranberry-Pear Compote

46. Potato Latkes

47. Roasted Beets w/ Citrus Dressing, Orange Segments and Toasted Walnuts

48. Winter Squash Baked w/Cinnamon-Ginger-Cumin Spice Rub, sprinkle of salf and a drizzle of Olive Oil

49. Julienned Kale Sauté w/ Generous mix of fresh Shiitake mushrooms also sautéed

50. Orange and Maple-Glazed Roasted Sweet Potato Spears

51. Green Beans w/ Caramelized Onions or w/ Toasted Almonds or in Casserole and Mushroom Sauce

52. Cranberry-Kumquat Relish

53. Steamed Cauliflower w/ real or vegan Hollandaise Sauce

54. Cranberry Kanten

55. Red or Fingerling Potatoes Roasted w/ Garlic and Herbs

56. Yukon Gold Potatoes Mashed w/ snipped Chives or julienned Fried Sage

57. Scalloped Sweet Potatoes and Yukon Gold Potatoes

58. Cauliflower Au Gratin

59. Collards or Kale Saute´w/ Caramelized Onions and Spicy Pumpkin Seeds

Salads

60. Sweet and Tart Cucumber

61.  Field Greens w/ Dried Cranberries, Toasted Pecans and Creamy Apple-Ginger Dressing

62. Arugula and Radicchio w/ Sweet and Tart Mustard Dressing

64. Field Greens w/ Creamy Garlic and Herb Dressing

64. Baby Greens w/ Glazed Pecans and Citrus Vinaigrette

65. Mixed Greens w/ Diced Asian Pears and Pear or Raspberry Vinaigrette

66. Mixed Salad Greens w/ Persimmon and Blood Orange Slices, Candied Pecans and Blood Orange Vinaigrette

67. Frisée, Radicchio and Mixed Greens w/ Asian Pears, Pomegranates and Walnuts

68. Mixed Green and Radicchio w/  Dried Cranberries, Apples, Caramelized Pecans and Cranberry Vinaigrette

69. Wild Greens w/ Local Oranges and Pomegranates and Meyer Lemon-Apple Vinaigrette

70. Waldorf  Salad (Apple, Celery, Raisins, Walnuts, Mayonnaise style dressing)

71. Shredded Beets w/ Citrus and Parsley Dressing

72. Red Cabbage-Carrot Slaw w/ Apples and Golden Raisins

73. Watercress, Jicama, Avocado, Red Grapefruit w/ Citrus Vinaigrette

Desserts

74. Pumpkin, Pecan and Date Pudding (with creamy topping)

75. Pecan Tart

76. Holiday Spice Cake w/ “Hard” Sauce

77. Dark Gingerbread Cake w/ Roasted Pears

78. Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies

79. Baked Apples Stuffed w/ Raisins and Walnuts

80. Hazelnut Cake w/ Chocolate Sauce

81. Vegan Mince Pie

82. Sweet Potato Pie

83. Pear, Persimmon and Apple Crunch

84. Fig and Almond Cake

85. Cranberry-Orange Nut Bread

86. Orange-Spice Cake

87. Pecan Dream Bars

88. Ginger Pudding Cake w/Caramel Sauce

89. Caramelized Apple and/or Pear Tart

90. Orange-Kumquat Fruit and Spice Bars

91. Cranberry-Walnut Tart

92. Cranberry-Fruit Cake

93. Figgy Pudding Cake

94. Chocolate-Chocolate Chip Walnut Squares

95. Ginger-Pinenut-Spice Bars

96. Pumpkin Cheesecake

97. Polenta Corn Cake w/ Poached Pears

98. Roasted Pear or Apple Bread Pudding

99. Chestnut Pudding

100. Pumpkin Mousse

101. Pumpkin-Nut Bread (For all recipes which call for pumpkin, it’s best to use Butternut, Kabocha or Red Kuri Squash)