Roasted Butternut Squash and Apple Soup
We went trick or treating in the hood last night, but it’s still Halloween tonight, so the kids had Mummy Dogs for dinner. They are just hot dogs cut in half and wrapped in crescent… Read more »

Halloween Mexican Layer Dip
This is just a throw-together dip, and everything was store bought, but you can do a little number with the sour cream to make it really Halloween-y and festive. I took it to a Halloween… Read more »

Caramel Apples
This is a beginner from-scratch caramel apple recipe. It’s only slightly more difficult than melting store bought caramels. But then again, given how much I hate going to Walmart, I’d say this recipe brought me… Read more »

PSY-Pumpkin Spice Yogurt with Maple Spice Granola
These days everybody’s all runnin’ around gettin’ their PSLs from Starbucks. So I had this idea to make PSY (Pumpkin Spice Yogurt). Healthy and yum. I made a lot because I took it to the… Read more »

Monster Munch
I made Monster Munch for the teachers at our elementary school to snack on during parent/teacher conferences this week. I was extremely glad to get it out of the house; it’s so good I couldn’t… Read more »

Slow Cooker Tikka Masala
The easy to delicious ratio on this dish is really low, I’ll be honest with ya. It took a long time to prep, dirtied my dutch oven AND the crock pot (I keep forgetting about… Read more »

Quinoa with Roasted Fall Vegetables and Pistachios
Quinoa. Pronounced KEEN-wah. If you’re not eating it yet, now is the time. It’s super healthy and finally readily available in regular grocery stores. I like this recipe a lot. And I’ll bet the leftovers… Read more »

Buffalo Chicken Tacos
Who doesn’t like buffalo wings? Well, besides me? I don’t like chicken wings at all, buffalo or any other style. But I do like boneless wings, aka cut up chicken breasts tossed in buffalo sauce. … Read more »

Ginger and Cilantro Baked Tilapia
Between 4 year old birthday parties (can’t believe my baby is 4!), volunteering for elementary school fall festivals, going to said festivals, and stomach flus, not much cookin’ happened around here last week. But we… Read more »

Ham and Cheese Frittata
This post should be subtitled: I was too exhausted to cook dinner because I spent the day at the pumpkin patch with 100 kindergarteners. Wow, I don’t know how teachers do it every day. They… Read more »






