Edible Holiday Gifts: Pumpkin Bread with Nutella

Pumpkin Bread

I love the taste of homemade bread! The recipe I am sharing today is one of my all time favorites, tweaked especially for the season. Gifted in mini loaf form, muffins, or even a full loaf, this bread is perfect for a holiday hostess gift, your child’s favorite teacher, or a family friend. I professed [...]

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Seasonal Recipe: Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream

Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream

I couldn’t resist ending my month devoted to pumpkin with one last sweet treat!  I have already proclaimed my complete love of any and all ice cream this summer with my take on classic peach, but it seemed a shame to let Fall pass without its own seasonal varietal.  It doesn’t hurt that it’s 80 [...]

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Seasonal Recipe: Pumpkin Pancakes

Pumpkin Pancakes

On the East Coast, nothing says Fall like pumpkin patches and hay rides.  I have so many fond memories of my childhood going to the local farm to pick out the perfect Halloween Jack-o-lantern and bringing it home to carve up for our front step.  I can almost feel the prickly hay and smell the [...]

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Seasonal Recipes: Pumpkin Pasta with Goat Cheese

Pumpkin & Goat Cheese Pasta

Today is your lucky day.  I am sharing two recipes for the price of one.  I know, I know, I am such a wild and crazy food blogger.  Hopefully you can contain your excitement long enough to keep reading. For those of you who’ve been paying attention the past few weeks, my love of seasonal [...]

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Seasonal How To: Roasting Pumpkins & Home-Made Purees

Roasting a pumpkin

What’s the saying?  Best laid plans…well I started off today’s blog cooking session by taking on one too many activities. 1. Prepare and roast pumpkin. 2. Create pumpkin puree. 3. Make home-made pasta (whole wheat & regular). 4. Put together pumpkin ravioli filling. 5. Stuff & seal pumpkin ravioli. 6. Cook and serve ravioli. 7. [...]

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Honey and Spice One Pot Pork

I still cannot believe it is November, let alone the week of Thanksgiving.  My son is still recovering from the emotional scars of his Halloween costume (apparently dinosaur heads are very scary to one year olds, who knew?) and I swear we were just living in a different state last week, oh wait… Don’t get [...]

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Stuffed Acorn Squash

We have safely arrived at our latest temporary destination and wasted no time christening the new kitchen! What better way to make a place feel like home then filling it with the sweet aromas of food? I suppose you could buy a lovely smelling candle, but I find the cooking approach is much more fulfilling. [...]

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Dutch Oven Roast Chicken

We lucked out this week and were able to purchase a fresh local chicken at the Farmer’s market.   The ready to eat kind, not the kind you take home as a pet for your children.  (Although it would be a little awkward if it was the latter and I went on share a recipe on [...]

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Dutch Oven Argentinian Dinner

My stomach is slowly recovering from a fun and food-filled weekend on the East Coast.  I traveled back home for a family wedding and my little foodie belly had a blast!  The wedding food featured some pretty killer barbecue and a variety of pies, rather than the typical wedding cake.  I am only slightly ashamed [...]

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Butternut Squash Lasagna

This casserole feels a bit like cheating in the one pot/one pan challenge, seeing as it involved two extra pans in the prep process, but I hope you’ll forgive me. I still managed to put it together with a limited kitchen, so I think it still counts! I love the depth of flavor that butternut [...]

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