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YOUR MISSION COMPLETED: FALL FORWARD With a growing chill in the air and a bed of fallen leaves forming at our feet, we challenged you to celebrate the changing of the seasons by sharing your autumnal favourites — foods that return to your plates at this time of year. On these pages, Twitter handles are in blue and Instagram in brown.
Madeleine Quon Frequent Gastroposter The sweet flavours of fall in my French apple tart
Jessica Smith @jesssmithphotog Pumpkin acorn squash and apple soup with a drizzle of EVOO
Tiffany Brown @fitnessfoods Free-range chicken, nitrate-free bacon and roasted squash salad
Angela Brnjac @brnjacbrnjac Curried carrot soup with sour cream, parsley and garlic
Audrey Kasdorf Second-time Gastroposter Picking some sugar pumpkins for pie on Thanksgiving
Dale Lawrence @craftedcuisine_ Portobello and prosciutto baked with farm-fresh eggs and cheese
Vashti Verbowski @vashtiverbowski Homemade lasagna stuffed with butternut squash and zucchini
Allyssa Zecchel @allyssazecchel It’s cinnamon bun weather!
Michael Smith @chefgoodlifevan Birch syrup roasted acorn and butternut squash purée
Sarah Lee @rxbysarah Beef sukiyaki with silky tofu and pumpkin, not your typical fall dish
Kristen Ferma @bmicalculator__ Celebrating October with currywurst treat at Bestie
Harry Sturhahn @harrystvan Fall salad with pear and sun-dried figs
Alyssa O’Dell @plain.jane.odell Borscht with kale, fresh dill and sausage crumble
Sophie Mackenzie @wholeheartedeats Wishing for a piece of no-bake pumpkin pie
James Tan @jamesisnotafoodie Can’t have fall without corn, especially locally grown
Jocelyne Galizia @jocelynegalizia Braised short rib with creamy polenta and roasted Brussels sprouts
Joy Pamintuan @joyoussjoy Chocolate and pumpkin spice cake by The Secret Garden Tea Company
Trudy Tran @trudytran One of my favourite things about autumn is delicious persimmons
Victor Lau @homecooked_bachelormeals Roasted yam and potatoes with fresh herbs, shallots, bacon butter
Suzanne Bailuk @shoezannie Zippy ginger curry cauliflower squash vegan soup
Teresa Widjaja @terebells Cinnamon roll cheesecake bars. I’m finally baking again!
Meaghan Chu @mselephantheart Fall comfort in the form of izakaya with friends, Kingyo
Tatyana Kiseleva @easily_raw Butternut squash in a smoothie with bananas, dates, coconut water
Purnima Rao @purnimarao1 A seasonal quiche with grilled pumpkin, onion jam, pine nuts
Moira Pearson @moira_pearson Brussels sprout and apple salad with toasted walnuts
Ronsar Lo @ronsarlo Chili con carne made with brisket, finger meat and toasted cumin
Patricia Wu @trishawu Pumpkin pie
Saarah Malawiya @smalawiya Handmade ravioli stuffed with acorn squash, ricotta and nutmeg
Sharlyn Chan @foodiemama604 Miso ramen with cheese! Perfect for the weather
Janice Wong @justanother_fooddiary Sometimes all you need is sweet porridge cooked in hot milk
Ronda White @ronda white Chicken soup with butternut squash, carrot and sweet potato
Anna Wang @tunaanna Homemade Chinese fall dinner
Stephanie Wren @istephwren Pumpkin shrimp curry made with zucchini and butternut squash
Donna Langlands @dark_shadowz Gluten-free pumpkin pie with praline and coconut pecan crust
Greta Lin @vegangirlgreta Apple crumble for late-night snack! Guilt-free and delicious
Heather Beaty @heathbt You know autumn has arrived when roasted vegetables appear
Emily Caulfield Soup and grilled cheese, the @the_fat_pigs perfect fall lunch. At Greater
Vancouver Food Bank Society’s Eat Well Do Good event.
Sean Neild @yvrbcbro
There are fall flavours in this Cartems Donuterie pumpkin.
N O I S ER S I M TN R A P
Last week, our Mission Partner, Becel®, asked you to share #smooth secrets to a simple fall dish. Here are some of those appetizing selections.
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Becel®
becel.ca/becel/heart-healthy-recipes Cinnamon-roasted sweet potatoes and apples, made with Becel® original margarine.
April Alayon @aprilapple French toast breakfast with the roomies, with apples, bananas
Joyce Cortz @hermosajoys1 Instead of butter, Becel Olive Oil margarine was used
YOUR NEXT MISSION:
PIE, OH MY! Maria Aquino-Giannini @mariaagiannini Maple syrup and Becel Olive Oil are all you need to turn roasted acorn squash into a tasty treat
Jess Collins @deptofhighfives Oh (pumpkin ginger) snap! It’s homemade cookie day!
Nola Brown @nola1088 ’Tis the season for an apple crumble. Becel makes a quick crumble topping
Eunice Bae @eunicebaebae Warm apple crumble
Gastroposters are truly among the upper crust when it comes to enjoying food, so we know you’ll appreciate our next mission: Eat some pie and share it with the rest of the community. Will it be homemade or store-bought, sweet like cherry or savoury like beef ? And of course with Thanksgiving coming up, we’ll be expecting a patch of pumpkin pies, too. It’s going to be a slice!
MISSION INSPIRATION
Stephen Peszel @speszel
Abundance of beans to harvest in my garden. Ready or not, here I come!
Kayla MacInnis @raisedbythesea Baked potatoes, Granny Smith apples, squash with rosemary, figs
Rebecca Coleman @rebeccacoleman My son said, “Mom, I like butternut squash soup now”
Erin Newbery @ask4janice Sunken apple cake, otherwise known as versunkener apfelkuchen
Helen Pang @hpanger Time for some beef stew for the fall weather
Amy Elderkin @theamyelderkin Woke up missing my grandma’s fresh ginger scones
Judy Hoshi @judyhoshi Perfect vegetables for making hearty soup on a crisp fall day
Jenny Musyj @jennymusyj Tomato soup with quinoa and goat feta for a rainy day
Cosette Bote @cbotee Tuscan tomato basil bisque with pumpkin spice latte on the side
Lisa Rees @maisonrees Pears + Grenache = dessert for fall
Hannah Bailey @hmarba Carrots and apples roasted with olive oil, honey and cinnamon
John Lee @johnlee604 Perfect food for fall at Jang Mo Jib
Puneet Johal @vancityfooddiary Risotto with seasonal vegetables, Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar
Gastroposter Deanna Duguid carves out a slice for Team Savoury with this delectable-looking vegetable pot pie. Here’s how she describes it: “Whole meal pie crust enveloping a savoury medley of vegetables in a wonderful, rich sauce. Comfort food for fall!”
GASTROPOST IT
Whatever you eat in order to complete the mission, the important part is sharing it with the Gastropost community. There are several ways to do that:
Follow us on Instagram and tag a photo with #gastropost
Post a photo through Twitter and tag it with #gastropost
Post directly to our website
Visit gastropost.com to see what your fellow Gastroposters have been eating.
gastropost.com Rosalyn Gambhir @rosalyngambhir Celebrating fall with cornmeal muffins
Lixi Li @llixill0418 Harvesting season
Stacia Lau @stacialau Eating hot and spicy beef rice vermicelli soup
Kristy Gardner @mskristygardner If the pumpkin spiced cheesecake doesn’t do it, this will
DON’T HESITATE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH US. WE’D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. Email us at
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