10 favorite recipes from organic chefs

When the weather starts to get a little more breezy and the leaves turn golden, you know it's time for fall! Here, our favorite organic chefs offer recipes to celebrate the bounty of Autumn.

Red Cabbage and Caramelized Fennel

Serves 8 / This fragrant, tasty, and colorful dish brings alive an autumn or winter meal. View recipe.

Chicken Curry Salad

Serves 6 / Wonderful heirloom apples, such as organic Gravenstein, can be found at the local farmers' market or natural foods store, but if they are not available, try a Cortland or Gala. View recipe.

Grilled Eggplant, Tomato, and Mozzarella Salad

Serves 4-6 / Bright green basil vinaigrette offers a surprising burst of color and flavor to this late-summer favorite. View recipe.

Grilled Ricotta Salata with Flame-Roasted Peppers and Fennel Slaw

Serves 4 / Ricotta Salata, a variation of ricotta that is pressed, salted and aged, gets upgraded with hot chile paste and charred bell peppers. View recipe

Organic Roasted Chicken with Seasonal Vegetables

Serves 6 / This dish is easy to put together. Just pop it into the oven, and the kitchen smells wonderful while it cooks.View recipe.

Roasted Beet, Onion, and Goat Cheese Salad

Serves 6 / This is a very simple recipe, which depends on using good ingredients. If you can't get baby beets, substitute large beets, which you can cut into wedges after roasting and peeling.View recipe.

Roasted Vegetables on Arugula and Basil

Serves 6 / This colorful dish makes a delightful first course or light lunch. Mix gold and red beets for additional color. View recipe.

Zucchini Salad with Lemon and Mint

Serves 4 / Serve this quick, delicious salad as part of a picnic or other alfresco meal. View recipe.

Autumn Raspberry and Apple Streusel

Serves 6 / Odessa Piper, chef and proprietor of l'Etoile in Madison, Wisc., shares her recipe for a fall favorite: streusel! View recipe.

Peach and Tomato Salad

These two harvest fruits ripen in tandem only a month or so out of the whole year. Any combination will be delicious as long as the fruit is juicy ripe. View recipe.