Special thanks to Sprouts Farmers Market for sponsoring this Chicken Sausage and Pumpkin Pasta Bake recipe and the opportunity for one lucky winner to receive a $25 gift card to Sprouts! It's officially pumpkin season folks! Yes, even though it's still hitting the triple digits here in Northern California the nights are a bit chillier and pretty soon the A/C will be turned off for quite a few months. Pumpkin flavored everything is literally everywhere, even here in my kitchen. My lovely friends … [Read more...]
Pumpkin Snickerdoodle Biscotti and a Café Cocoa Recipe
Disclosure: This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. As always, all opinions are mine alone. One thing that I love about this time of year, even more than the food and the smells and the super cute boots that are in style, is the fact that around this time of year we get more visitors. Between Halloween and New Year's we usually have guests about 2-5 times each year. Last year one of my oldest and dearest friends came to visit between Christmas and New Year's … [Read more...]
Pumpkin Brookies with M&M’s – Inspired by Superheroes
Disclosure: This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. As always, all opinions are mine alone. Now that Fall has arrived, it's time to prepare for the next big holiday. Yup, that's right folks.. Halloween! Now, I'm not really one for the creepy ghoulish stuff. It's just really not my style, but I love the fun and lightheartedness that comes with kids costumes, candy, and Fall weather. Since we're not really into the creepy costumes, often we head for more … [Read more...]
September Flavors at Baskin Robbins! {GIVEAWAY}
Disclosure: This is a sponsored post. I was provided gift card by Baskin Robbins to facilitate my review, along with a gift card to give away to one lucky reader. As always, all opinions are my own I'm so proud of my D-Man. He started Kindergarten just three weeks ago, and he's been doing exceptionally well. So well, in fact, that when I ask his teacher how he's doing, she tells me that he's such a positive influence to the children that sit near him. He's always well behaved and he never gets … [Read more...]
Moments of Connection with Coffee-Mate Pumpkin Spice #loveyourcup
Today we're going to talk about one of my favorite subjects. We're talking coffee. Actually, scratch that. I'm a coffee addict, but what makes my coffee extra delectable and something I look forward to each day is the creamer. A little secret as to why Autumn is my favorite season.. well, that's when my favorite seasonal coffee creamers are fully stocked at stores everywhere. My favorite flavor is Pumpkin Spice!I've shared many times my affinity for coffee, about how I fantasize in the evening … [Read more...]
Harvest Season Chicken Noodle Soup
There's one place I can always depend on finding some fresh produce, and that is at Save Mart Supermarkets. I love browsing their produce department and am delighted when there's awesome sales and great deals on seasonal items. I know that it's all I talk about on here, but I'm practically obsessed with Fall recipes. Last year I posted two pumpkin recipes, and they were both breads. Actually one was bread, and one was muffins but they were essentially the same recipe. Of course, when pumpkin … [Read more...]
Pumpkin Spice Bread with Brown Sugar Glaze
Throughout the holiday season, I always enjoy my Pumpkin Spice Bread Muffins and so this year for Thanksgiving I decided to make a loaf instead of muffins.I mentioned in the muffin recipe post that I enjoy these so much with walnuts and raisins, so I decided to include those in the loaf as well. To dress it up a bit, I also decided to do a glaze over the bread loaf, and a brown sugar glaze seemed like the perfect way to go. It took an already delicious base to extraordinary.My husband couldn't … [Read more...]
Pumpkin Spice Bread Muffins
All year long I look forward to the Fall cooking season, especially the baking portion. These beauties top the list of what I look forward to making once the Fall season hits. Pumpkin Spice Bread Muffins, mmmm. I have added raisins, chocolate chips, walnuts and sometimes a mix to these. But they're good just as is too, with just the pumpkin and spice flavor as the star. Now, if you like pumpkin like I do, you'll be sure to love these muffins, they can be addicting though! In these … [Read more...]
