Plant-Based Fall Harvest Board

What's on the board

Amounts and prices for each item are in the book, or open the board in the Board Builder for amounts sized to your guest count.

Why it works

Fall flavour is mostly caramel, spice and earthy sweetness, and none of that needs meat or dairy. Roasting the delicata squash browns its sugars, and an aged, Gouda-style cashew cheese gives the same savoury depth an aged dairy cheese would.

Pumpkin seeds show up twice, blended into the dip and toasted whole, for creaminess and crunch from one ingredient. Apple and whole-grain mustard bring the acid, and fig jam and candied pecans the sweetness.

Timeline

1. T–30 minRoast the squash rings at 400°F for 20 minutes.
2. T–20 minTake out the cashew cheese; make the pumpkin seed dip.
3. T–15 minSlice the apple; fill the bowls; let the squash cool.
4. T–10 minArrange the crackers; add the dried fruit.
5. T–0Add rosemary and thyme; serve the squash warm.

The seven-step placement plan (what goes where, and why) is in the book.

Questions

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