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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

These pumpkin chocolate chip cookies are super soft and pillowy and packed with pumpkin pie flavor! Bonus: this recipe makes a BIG batch of cookies. My mom has a saying about cooking / eating / observing an overly ambitious amount of dinner table food. "This could feed an ... continue reading... about Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

My Favorite Pumpkin Roll Recipe

This pumpkin roll recipe with the best cream cheese filling is a favorite you'll make year after year. It's easy to freeze and serve with my tips for how to roll a pumpkin roll successfully every time. Does the world needed yet another pumpkin roll recipe? This recipe ... continue reading... about My Favorite Pumpkin Roll Recipe

Mascarpone Pumpkin Mousse Cups

This easy pumpkin dessert is made by layering crunchy amaretti cookies, homemade mascarpone pumpkin mousse, and whipped cream. Tastes like fall in a glass! Creating This Pumpkin Mousse Cups Recipe Like my Smudge, my nephew doesn't care for birthday cake. Like her, he'd ... continue reading... about Mascarpone Pumpkin Mousse Cups

Pumpkin Soup with Crispy Sage

This creamy pumpkin soup is made with just 7 ingredients! I like to stir in a little mascarpone cheese to bump up the creaminess factor and always add a sprinkle of crispy sage leaves on top. I won’t waste a lot of time explaining why we had this creamy pumpkin soup, not ... continue reading... about Pumpkin Soup with Crispy Sage

31 Pumpkin Recipes to Carve Into This Fall

This round up of 31 favorite sweet and savory pumpkin breakfast, pasta soup, and dessert recipes will get you in the fall spirit. What ingredient is a better beacon of fall than the pumpkin? The seasonal return of this dimply, round squash is marked by PSL's on coffee shop ... continue reading... about 31 Pumpkin Recipes to Carve Into This Fall

Pumpkin Tiramisu

Who doesn’t love pie? I mean, Thanksgiving is right around the proverbial corner and that sends nearly every pie lover on earth into pie fantasy orbit complete with little pilgrim space helmets. But Pumpkin Tiramisu? In the shape of a pie? We're talking Mayflower to ... continue reading... about Pumpkin Tiramisu

5 Ingredient Thai Pumpkin Soup

With just 5 simple ingredients, my Thai Pumpkin Soup delivers a curry and coconut flavor combination more often expected from a pumpkin soup recipe with far more ingredients than 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Bonus: It's ready to eat in under 10 minutes. My Smudge has been losing her ... continue reading... about 5 Ingredient Thai Pumpkin Soup

White Bean and Pumpkin Pork Chili Recipe

Top buns. Ombre. Glasses that don't really have lenses but make you look smart. It's all about what's hot at the moment. But don't be fooled, fashion isn't the only place trends make a statement. Food has its favorites too. Take these two "it" ingredients of the moment: These ... continue reading... about White Bean and Pumpkin Pork Chili Recipe

Friday Faves and Pumpkin Gruyere Gougeres

The time is drawing near as we will soon be gazing upon the backside of the great pumpkin Charlie Brown. Does that mean the plethora of pumpkin recipes will be waning as well? Maybe. Maybe not. According to one of my favoritely designed magazine (yes, I make up words to ... continue reading... about Friday Faves and Pumpkin Gruyere Gougeres

Friday Faves and Pumpkin Manicotti

This week heralded a week of pumpkins featuring both a savory and a sweet recipe option. As it should! Eating local and in season gives a bump in stimulating the local farming economy and its also just being plain healthy. Keeping it simple and unprocessed as often as we ... continue reading... about Friday Faves and Pumpkin Manicotti

Pumpkin and Fried Sage Flatbread plus 5 Savory Pumpkin Recipes

Sometimes you just don’t have time to create a complicated meal. And sometimes you have the time and just don’t want to. Today was one of those days. Last week Smudge and I picked up a few sugar pumpkins at the farmer’s market, both for decoration and to cook with. She ... continue reading... about Pumpkin and Fried Sage Flatbread plus 5 Savory Pumpkin Recipes

Pumpkin Gnocchi with Hazelnut Browned Butter and a Magazine Sneak Peek

So happy for the weekend, and wow. Just wow. This fall has been a gorgeous one. There’s almost nothing I love more than fall light–how does it actually warm you to the bones? It always inspires me to get my nesting on/in/done. But fall is nearly in my rear view mirror, with the ... continue reading... about Pumpkin Gnocchi with Hazelnut Browned Butter and a Magazine Sneak Peek

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  • This 5-ingredient, 30-minute homemade marinara sauce is a recipe that’s easy to turn to when cooking inspiration has all but been abandoned, and returned to again and again when comfort and ease is what’s needed most. Use it to dress up gnocchi, pasta, pizza and so much more. Of course you can pick up a jar from the store and be perfectly satisfied, but just like most things, marinara sauce made from scratch is simply the best. Tap the link in my profile and search marinara sauce or scroll down on the home page for the recipe. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
  • Combine those yearnings for the good-old-days and all the feels of summer-is-here and it's salad days all week long. Crunchy with crisp apples, celery and toasted nuts, this retro Waldorf salad is my grandma's classic recipe that brings back the memories and is 100% ready to make new ones. Tap the link in my profile and search waldorf salad for the recipe. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
  • Easing into Saturday...like, um, every day these days? But this simple tomato and avocado salad will lighten the load and 100% brighten up the weekend. It’s the little things, right? Get the recipe when you tap the link in my profile and search avocado and tomato salad. Happy weekending! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
  • When your fresh veggies begin the slide to the other side, don’t toss ‘em, roast ‘em! Nothing adds more natural flavor to fresh veg than heat to create that caramelized sweetness. Add to salads, pastas, casseroles, rice bowls and snack on them with reckless abandon. To cook, toss with olive oil, salt and pepper, then pop in a 425 degree oven and roast for the suggested times on foodiecrush.com when you search for roasted vegetables. Eat healthy, stay healthy friends. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
  • Who stocked up on chickpeas for quarantine? Me! Who wants more recipes to use them all up? All of us! These classic Mediterranean flavors are what make up this easy Greek chickpea salad with fresh veg, heart-healthy fats, and bright herbs keeping it light, lean and tangy and perfect for eating now—and forever! Get the recipe when you tap the link in my profile and search Greek chickpea salad. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
  • This year, Mother's Day brunch at home is the new going out so in the words of Cher, I got you babe. Here's the plan: Send this spinach, artichoke heart and goat cheese quiche recipe to mom and the siblings, crank up the Zoom or Facetime, then make and eat them in your own kitchens together. Or, if your mom is in 'da house, pop some champs for mimosas, and surprise her with breakfast in bed or spend the lazy day cooking together. There's no doubt it will be different, but it's still possible to enjoy a celebratory brunch none of you will ever forget as the in-it-together-team you will always be. Tap the link in my profile and search artichoke quiche for the recipe.

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