Pumpkin Spice
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons + 3/4 teaspoon ground ginger
3 tablespoons ground cloves (or allspice)
3 tablespoons ground nutmeg
Mix and put into a container for all your pumpkin spice needs this fall.
:)
Jo
October 8, 2013
Tuesday Time out to... Make it, Don't buy it! Pumpkin Spice
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons + 3/4 teaspoon ground ginger
3 tablespoons ground cloves (or allspice)
3 tablespoons ground nutmeg
Mix and put into a container for all your pumpkin spice needs this fall.
:)
Jo
October 7, 2013
Menu Monday October 10th, 2013
It's fall, which means some of us are putting up the BBQ's and not in the mood for simple salads at dinner time. Nice hot comfort food made ahead in the crock pot is the perfect thing for this time of year. Here's a round up of some of our Favorites!
Monday
Monday
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| photo source: Skinnytaste.com |
Tuesday
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| photo source: Allrecipes.com |
Wednesday
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| photo source: food.com |
Thursday
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| photo source: Bettycrocker.com |
Friday
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| photo source:myrecipes.com |
Saturday
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| photo source: Chef-in-training.com |
Sunday
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| photo source: spoonfull.com |
Have a favorite slow cooker recipe? We'd love to know!
XOXO
Jess
October 5, 2013
Random Recipe: Squash-kin Cupcakes
It's fall. It's October!! So it's the time of year when you make, eat & drink pumpkin everything, right!? So I had it in my head I was going to make some pumpkin muffins. Well, that's where the idea started, and then grew into something different.
I've had this package of Betty Crocker white cake mix in my cupboard for what seems like forever. I had even opened the cupboard once because I thought about making it, but didn't. So I though, ok, I can make some pumpkin spice cupcakes. It'll be tasty, and easy! The easy part is what sold me!
I grabbed some cute little cupcake liners from the dollar store and got to it. I knew I had some pumpkin puree in the freezer from last year, so I had what I needed, and needed to use it up anyway. Well, that's when it went a little off track. Turns out the puree was from TWO years ago. Ooops!! I probably could have used it and it would have been fine, but it smelled a little more like freezer than pumpkin. I was about to scrap it until I could go out for the canned variety, when I remembered, we had one lonely little squash from our garden this year. And I do mean little!
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| As you can see, not real big. |
I had heard once that you could use a butternut squash to make pumpkin pie. They're very similar in taste, all you needed was the spices (which would be used with the pumpkin anyway). So I peeled and cut up the squash and boiled it up, pureed it, and got back on track.
The recipe was still easy. I just followed the directions on the box, but instead of 1 1/4 cup of water, I put all the puree I had, (which was about 3/4 cup), and topped the rest up with water. Then the 1/3 cup oil, 3 eggs as listed. The only other deviation was I added about 2 1/2 tsp of pumpkin spice. Cook for 20 minutes at 350 degrees F.
For the frosting, I found a great (and again easy) vanilla frosting recipe at food.com.
2 cups powdered sugar
2 tablespoons butter, softened
2 tablespoons milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Combine ingredients and beat on medium speed until smooth and fluffy.
If you've checked out my other posts, you see where I'm constantly trying to incorporate vegetables into foods for my daughter, since she's a picky little one. I think I've succeeded once again, because she loved these (even without frosting).
Do you have any go to recipes, where you include veggies without anyone noticing?
Enjoy :)
Jo
October 4, 2013
Friday Favorites October 4th 2013
This weeks round up of our favorite things!
Favorite Find
We LOVE the One Trip Grip
!! Available at Amazon.com
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Use it for groceries, packing the car for a trip, bags to go out for donation, or anything else you have lots of to carry!
!! Available at Amazon.com.Use it for groceries, packing the car for a trip, bags to go out for donation, or anything else you have lots of to carry!
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One Trip Grip
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Favorite Laugh
This is very much us, which is why the favorite find is certainly a favorite.
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| Source: http://www.rottenecards.com/card/63301/ |
Favorite Recipe
This is going to be tonights supper. Oh Yum!
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| Source: http://www.food.com |
Favorite Song
The other week, we shared Lorde Royals with you in our Friday Favorites.
Well, these guys do some amazing covers, and they did one of this song, so we want to share it with you all. Check out some of their other stuff. You may even know them for one of their originals called "Red Hands". They are definitely one of our favorites!
Walk off the Earth - Royals (Lorde cover)
Favorite DIY Burlap Wreath
It's such a wonderful fall decoration, or you could make one as a gift for someone too. I love the flowers she chose to include. There's a wonderful tutorial here Check it out!
October 3, 2013
Thirsty Thursday Green, Orange Coconut Smoothie
Green, Orange Coconut Smoothie
I happened upon this mix by accident, but now it will be a regular in my house! I'm always trying to get greens into my picky 2 year old, who would rather sustain life by eating crackers & cheese only.
I was doing a freezer inventory and came across some orange sherbet that was not so nice, but not to the point of tossing either. I figured I'd blend it up in some sort of smoothie concoction. Since I almost always use spinach in smoothies, the 2 together seemed logical, but the rest of the ingredients really made this a yummy treat! My 2 year old must have agreed, because hers was gone before I even got to try mine... which of course meant I had to share mine :).
Ingredients:
1 cup fresh spinach
1 cup of coconut greek yogurt
1 frozen banana
3 good sized scoops orange sherbet
1 tsp vanilla extract
3/4 cup apple juice
1 tbsp chia seeds
Blend & enjoy!
Jo
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October 2, 2013
October 1, 2013
Tuesday's time out to... Organize!! Cupcake Liner Storage
Organize!
An easy way to store your cupcake liners.
Just put them in a mason jar! They will keep their shape, and always be together, and not in several different packages randomly roaming your baking cupboard.
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