31 acorn nut recipes

Vegetarian lentil roast with ground nuts, corn flakes, applesauce, and sage, topped with tomato soup glaze. A hearty meatless loaf that slices like a traditional roast.

Chocolate nougatines are a classic candy made from honey-sweetened nougat with chopped nuts, cut into squares and coated in melted chocolate. Chewy, nutty, and rich with old-fashioned candy-making technique.

Homemade chocolate caramels with unsweetened chocolate, cream, and brown sugar cooked to firm ball stage. Rich, chewy candy poured over chopped nuts and cut into squares.

Old-fashioned molasses cookies with candied citron, chopped nuts, cloves, and cinnamon. Rolled thin, cut out, and baked crisp. A heritage holiday cookie.

Fresh Southwestern corn and black bean salad with toasted pine nuts, red cabbage, cilantro, and a zesty lime dressing. A colorful vegetarian side ready in under 30 minutes.

Stuffed bell peppers filled with millet pilaf cooked in a cilantro-lime-serrano broth with corn and tomatoes. A vibrant vegan main dish topped with pine nuts.

Dishpan cookies loaded with cornflakes, oatmeal, coconut, nuts, and chocolate chips in a buttery brown sugar dough. A massive batch kitchen sink cookie recipe.

Buffalo chip cookies are giant oat-and-cornflake cookies customized with raisins, peanuts, coconut, butterscotch, or chocolate chips. Yields 60 jumbo bake-sale cookies.

Warm snake bean salad with roasted pumpkin, baby corn, cashews, and a coconut-kaffir lime dressing. A vibrant Thai-Australian fusion side dish with bold Southeast Asian flavors.

Nana Keele's carrot cake with crushed pineapple, cinnamon, and nuts, topped with a hot buttermilk syrup that soaks right into the warm cake. A family heirloom recipe.

Pour la France's Fudge Caramel Cake - Express recipe

Crockpot black bean veggie chili: black beans, sweet corn, peppers, and tomatoes simmered low and slow with cumin and cayenne. A hearty, high-fiber meatless chili that practically cooks itself.

Recipe by Mathew Metcalfe - Adapted for North American measurements. It's a complex dessert with a serious wow factor, many elements could be used on their own in various ways to dress up other desserts.

No-bake peanut butter cookies shaped into acorn points, dipped in melted chocolate, and rolled in chopped nuts. 60 cookies from 7 ingredients. A fun holiday or party treat.

If you're not in the mood for meat, try this scrumptious dish made with black eyed peas, squash, chili peppers and corn.