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….
Maple Frosted 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…
Happy Thanksgiving!
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…
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…
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…
This Week’s Mini-Weekly Menu
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,…
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…
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! …
Fall Cider
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,…
Easiest Ever Homemade Cranberry Sauce
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,…