I love collaborations…

This recipe share is one of my favorite to date! Elise Museles, author of Food Story: Rewrite The Way You Eat, Think and Live is the generous contributor of this gorgeous recipe. Check her out and be sure to pick up a copy of her new book right HERE!

Grab this delicious recipe and savor this incredible dose of fall goodness.

This bowl goodness is packed with ingredients to get you in mood for fall. You can use any winter squash in this recipe—butternut, kabocha, kuri—but I like Delicata because you don’t have to peel it (and it looks so pretty).

Top with the satiating tahini drizzle and enjoy every autumnal bite.

Add all the ingredients to a bed of arugula, a good source of zinc to improve blood flow and a popular aphrodisiac among ancient Romans and ancient Egyptians, and marry all of the flavors with an elegant lemony tahini dressing.

Let’s be honest: figs are the sexiest fruit out there, so it should be no surprise that they have been known as an aphrodisiac from antiquity, containing nutrients to fire up sexual stamina. Fun fact: they were even Cleopatra’s favorite fruit! You can use any winter squash in this




Recipes excerpt from the book Food Story: Rewrite the Way You Eat, Think, and Live by Elise Museles © 2021 Elise Museles, reprinted with permission from the author and the publisher, Sounds True, Inc.


Elise Museles holds four certificates in holistic health and integrative healing. She is on the Environmental Working Group board of directors and has been a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant recipient for five years in a row. A sought-after speaker, she is also host of the popular Once Upon a Food Story podcast. Her work has been featured in O, The Oprah MagazineForbesHealthSelfELLE, Well+Good, The Chalkboard, mindbodygreen, and other outlets. For more, visit elisemuseles.com or check out her new book Food Story: Rewrite the Way You Eat, Think, and Live.

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