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Ingredient Spotlight: Pumpkin Recipes 2012

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I truly love pumpkin.  I’ve been known to eat a whole pumpkin pie by myself.  And that pumpkin roll, with the cream cheese swirl? Oh my!  I’ve never made one myself because I know how dangerous it could be for me to have it around.

I’ve been looking forward to this spotlight for a while now.  My Pinterest board is ready to go and already loading up with recipes.  I can’t wait to add yours too.

I’ve got a new pumpkin recipe that I’ll share with you on Thursday – Pumpkin Biscoff Monster Cookies.  Here are a few of my other  favorite pumpkin recipes:  [Read more…] about Ingredient Spotlight: Pumpkin Recipes 2012

Pumpkin Black Bean Chicken Chili in the Slow Cooker

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Fall is my favorite season.  There are a lot of reasons, but some of them are:

  • comfort foods
  • pumpkin
  • apples
  • cool weather that makes me want to turn on the oven…
  • soup, soup, soup!

I’ve shared my love of Autumn foods and soups before.  This recipe, which came from a friend of mine {hi, Bev!} fits into both of those categories.

I’d never had pumpkin in a savory dish before and I wasn’t too sure what it would be like.  The flavor isn’t strongly pumpkin, not like adding pie to your chili.  It’s more of a healthy, warm veggie base that goes well with the black beans and chicken.

For the record, I did keep the pumpkin part a secret from the kids until after dinner.  No need to share all the truth before it’s necessary to do so.

Here’s what you’ll need to get this simmering in your slow cooker:  [Read more…] about Pumpkin Black Bean Chicken Chili in the Slow Cooker

Easy Pumpkin Pecan Sticky Rolls

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Goodness gracious!  If you like pumpkin, you are going to want to make these.

They start with frozen roll dough, which makes them simple and easy.  No yeast, flour, or rolling necessary.

Just all the warm, spicy pumpkin goodness we love this time of year.

Here’s what you’ll need:  [Read more…] about Easy Pumpkin Pecan Sticky Rolls

Ingredient Spotlight: Pumpkin, Pumpkin and More Pumpkin!

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Ingredient Spotlight has a new button!  I decided it was time to give this party its own graphic.  My oldest daughter created it for us.  I think she did a great job!

I’m so excited about this week’s Ingredient.  It’s pumpkin time!

How can you not love a vegetable that is so beautiful and signals the arrival of autumn?  Pumpkin is extremely versatile.  You can carve it, decoupage it, paint it, combine it with flowers (thanks, Pinterest for showing me those things).

You can bake it, mash it, roast the seeds.  And most wonderful of all – Pumpkin is a veggie that often masquerades as dessert!

That’s my kind of food!

Here are some of my most-loved pumpkin recipes:  [Read more…] about Ingredient Spotlight: Pumpkin, Pumpkin and More Pumpkin!

Ingredient Spotlight: Orange Veggies (Carrots, Sweet Potatoes etc)

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We’ve got to get our veggies in today, because I’ve got some serious sweet treat recipes to share with you later this week.

Instead of focusing just on one veggie, I decided we’d do a color.  Orange is perfectly sunshiney to brighten the winter gray.  When I scheduled this Ingredient Spotlight, I forgot all about pumpkin, but feel free to add pumpkin recipes too, if you like.  Pumpkin had it’s own Ingredient Spotlight a few months ago, but we can show it off again this week.

Here are a few of my recipes that use orange veggies: [Read more…] about Ingredient Spotlight: Orange Veggies (Carrots, Sweet Potatoes etc)