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Sinister Cider

October 31, 2016 by eghassett

Sinister Cider

This is my favorite Halloween cocktail!  Why should kids have all the fun?  Have some ready for your grown-up friends and invite them in for their own “treat.”   We love inviting friends in for a “Sinister Cider!”  Get the recipe and read more here….

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Filed Under: Cocktails, Fall Deliciousness, Halloween Tagged With: apple cider, Halloween cocktail, limes, maple syrup

Maple Frosted Cupcakes

October 11, 2016 by eghassett

Maple Cupcakes

Fall is the perfect time for Maple everything!!  Make these simple cupcakes and get festive with some fun leaf toppers. Have I mentioned how much I LOVE pure maple syrup?  I could drink it from the bottle with a straw!!  So, naturally, these Maple Frosted Cupcakes are my favorite dessert! The cupcakes are a simple…

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Filed Under: Desserts, Fall Deliciousness, Gena's Favorites Tagged With: cupcakes, cupcakes from scratch, easy frosting, maple cupcakes, maple frosting, quick frosting

Happy Thanksgiving!

November 26, 2015 by eghassett

Happy Thanksgiving!!  I am here in beautiful, snowy Colorado, cozy in my home as the snows gently floats down.  I am doing one of my favorite things, baking pies!  It’s such a bonus that it’s snowing! I wanted to remind you of my Easiest Ever Cranberry Sauce recipe from last year! It’s so fast and easy…

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Butternut Squash, Apple and Sausage Bisque

November 20, 2015 by eghassett

Butternut Squash, Apple and Sausage Bisque

This recipe was born out of the desire to have a second meal made from the previous night’s delicious fall flavors of butternut squash, apples and sausage.  (Click here for my Butternut Squash, Apple and Sausage Turnovers recipe.) My first thought was to bake the leftover veggies into a fall pot pie crumble (which I…

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Filed Under: Fall Deliciousness, Festive Fun!, Sausage, Soup Tagged With: butternut squash soup, fall bisque, fall soup, sausage soup

Butternut Squash, Apple and Sausage Turnovers

November 19, 2015 by eghassett

Butternut Squash, Apple and Sausage Turnovers

Welcome to fall!  Beautiful autumn colors, sunshiny days, chilly nights and delicious fall foods. In our family fall also means soccer filled weekends.  Being the coach of two out of three of our kids’ teams keeps my weekdays busy as well!  But I love every minute of getting to be coach!  It’s such a wonderful opportunity…

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Filed Under: Fall Deliciousness, Festive Fun!, Sausage Tagged With: apples and sausage, butternut squash, dinner turnovers, fall dinner, piggyback meal, sausage

This Week’s Mini-Weekly Menu

November 18, 2015 by eghassett

Butternut Squash, Apple and Sausage Turnovers

This Week’s Mini-Weekly Menu is a new fall favorite!  I love cooking with seasonal fruits and vegetables.  Not only is it festive and fun, but also a great way to add variety to our normal routine and nutrition.  It’s nature’s way of offering the season’s best! Both meals from this week’s menu spotlight tasty butternut squash,…

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Filed Under: Fall Deliciousness, This Week's Menu Tagged With: fall menu, mini weekly menu, This week's menu

Pumpkin Spice Latte

November 13, 2015 by eghassett

Pumpkin Spice Latte

I wish you were in my kitchen right now and could share a pumpkin spice latte with me!  I just love making these for friends and family in the fall.  It is such a treat, particularly on a chilly fall afternoon!  I top mine with a little dallop of homemade whipped cream and a sprinkle…

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Filed Under: Fall Deliciousness, Gena's Favorites Tagged With: easy latte, fall coffee, fall drink, homemade whipped cream, latte, pumpkin

Jack O’ Lantern Pancakes

October 27, 2015 by eghassett

Jack O' Lantern Pancakes

These pumpkin pancakes are a favorite tradition at our house.  We have them every Halloween morning!  The kids cut up fruit leather and we either bake it into the pancake or they decorate their pancake with a face after they’re cooked.  Either way it makes our Halloween breakfast fun and festive!  And so tasty too! …

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Filed Under: Fall Deliciousness, What's for Breakfast? Tagged With: festive pancakes, halloween pancakes, homemade pancakes, pumpkin pancakes

Fall Cider

October 14, 2015 by eghassett

fall cider cocktail

  Hello Followers!!  I have missed you so much! I can’t believe I haven’t blogged since…….July?!  Wow!!  Three kids and a wonderful summer equals not much time to blog!  Now that fall is here, so is soccer, which for me means coaching two out of the three kids’ soccer teams.  I love every minute!  But…..again,…

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Filed Under: Cocktails, Fall Deliciousness Tagged With: apple cider, fall cocktail, fall drink, lime, whiskey

Easiest Ever Homemade Cranberry Sauce

December 22, 2014 by eghassett

I absolutely love anything to do with holiday cooking…the colors, the smells…..mmmm!!  This is the easiest ever homemade cranberry sauce. And, it makes your kitchen smell like Christmas!  Doesn’t it look beautiful? I recently decided the only ingredients cranberry sauce really needs is cinnamon and sugar.  Lots of recipes get extra fancy with orange peel,…

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Filed Under: Fall Deliciousness, Festive Fun!, Holiday Goodness, sauces and sides Tagged With: cinnamon sticks, cranberries, cranberry sauce, easy cranberry sauce, holiday sides, homemade, homemade cranberry sauce, sauces

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Hi, I’m Gena!

I love snow, kids and pure maple syrup!

More importantly, I am the happy mom of three, with a busy weekday schedule. I believe in balance, good ingredients and fun! I spend a lot of time planning our weekly menus and want to share my efforts with you!

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Sweet Potato Burgers

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Roasted Red Pepper and Parmesan Pasta

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Homemade Fireball

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One Pot Sausage and Tortellini in Tomato Cream Sauce

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