Fall Recipes

Ooh, I got one it has both cinnamon & pumpkin in it! My girls and I picked this recipe out and bought all the ingredients but haven't found time to make it yet. It got good reviews. It's called Pumpkin Cupcakes with Cinnamon-Cream Cheese Frosting. Yum! Here's the link:

http://www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/pumpkin-cupcakes-cinn...

Pumpkin Tarts (so easy and SO yummy!)
3 packages (15 tarts each) prebaked frozen mini pastry shells (I use Athens)
1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin
2 cups (plus extra for garnish) frozen whipped topping, thawed
1 teaspoon (plus extra for garnish) pumpkin pie spice
1 (3.4 ounce) package cheesecake flavor instant pudding/pie filling
*optional ~ mint leaves for garnish

Step 1
Remove shells from freezer and let them thaw at room temp for 15 min
Step 2
Meanwhile, combine pumpkin, whipped topping, and pumpkin pie spice in med bowl, whisking until smooth. Add the pudding mix and whisk until smooth and thick.
Step 3
Spoon about 1 tbls. of the filling into each of the shells (its easier to pipe the filling with pastry bag of baggie with a hole cut in corner), then top the tarts with whipped topping, a sprinkle of the pumpkin pie spice and a mint leaf.

And here is my favorite baked potato soup recipe:
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/baked-potato-soup-i/detail.aspx

And I have a fabulous recipe for white chicken chili ~ if you want it pm me with an email address (too much to type out!)

I make a lot of squash instead of potatoes. It is super simple if you just roast it: Cut squash (any "winter" squash, butternut or acorn are our faves) in half, scoop out seeds, put a dab of butter and a teaspoon of brown sugar in the hole and roast @ 400 F until soft.
Scoop the flesh out of the shell and serve as a side to fish or meat.
I save leftovers and add them to things like tomato sauce for extra fiber and vitamins or use them in banana bread recipes instead of banana (so I get "squash bread").

Super easy pumpkin dip. 1 small can pumpkin , 1 small box of vanilla instant pudding mix, 1 small tub of cool whip , 1 /2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice.
Add pumpkin and pudding mix(don't make pudding just use the powder mix) together then add cool whip then spice. Chill and serve with cinnamon Teddy Grahams or graham crackers to dip. Delish and easy !

Okay, I wrote a blog post awhile back with tons of pumpkin recipes.
http://littlelovables.blogspot.com/2009/10/sweet-pumpkins...

One thing I love, is soup/dinner in a pumpkin. You can do it stew style, or jambalaya style.

These pumpkin chocolate chip cookies are amazing too:
http://littlelovables.blogspot.com/2011/08/sweet-treats-p...

On the back of the Libby's canned pumpkin, is the recipe for the pumpkin rolls. Yum!

boil 1 sweet potatoe, 2 white potatoes, 1 apple, and one can carrots, in 8 cups water, with 6 beef bullion cubes, 1 tsp each cinnomon, chili pwder, garlic pwder, onion pwder, and half tsp ginger. when veggies are tender puree half the mixture then add back to pot. Add 1/4 cup fetta cheese, 2 tb ff cream cheese, and 1tb butter. set heat on low and simmer till cheese is melted (stiring occasionally so cheese doesn't burn on the bottom of the pot) I like to thicken it a little with some corn starch. It is also food if you add brown rice (precooked at the end) or whole wheat elbow mac.

I make a butternut squash and tortellini pasta recipe that we love. You infuse a basic brown butter sauce with a sprig of sage.....and you cook butternut squash for 4 minutes before putting the pasta in. Simple and yummy.

http://www.bhg.com/recipes/slow-cooker/soup-chili/heart-h...

Just found this in my inbox! Perfect timing....

JUST made a huge pot of chicken orzo soup.
No mysteries involved, 2 large chicken breasts, boil til fully cooked, remove, cool meat, shred meat, keep on side.
Add diced onions, sliced carrots & celery, sea salt, pepper to the water from the chicken & simmer til tender. Add shredded chicken, last minute, add diced flat leaf parsley. Simmer....done!

Last night I made a great big pot of GUMBO. That is a fall family tradition.
sautee sliced sausage in a big pot. remove sausage and add holy trinity
sautee holy trinity in butter
add flour to make a roux
add chicken stock, sliced okra, chopped tomoatoes, a jalepeno, ton of garlic, cooked chicken and a coffee mug full of long cooking rice.
simmer covered 20 minutes. add salt pepper garlic cayenne and gumbo file to taste. Add raw peeled shrimp, cover and simmer another 10 minutes. So eff-ing wonderful

I love boiling a can of evaporated milk and using the creamy goodness for dipping apples.

Peel label off can, boil for about 1-1.5 hrs depending on the size of the can, let it sit and cool for about an hour, be careful opening the can for steam or explosion, mix to make creamy and enjoy w/slices of delicious red apples!

I'm in AZ and its 104 today...still...when is it freaking going to cool off already??!!

Anyway, I LOVE soup when it cools off and I make it all winter long. I dont' really have a 'recipe', I just make it up as I go and all of them have turned out really good. I do the basic broth base and add barley, hamburger, potatoes, cans of tomatoes, green beans, corn, shredded cabbage and carrots. Sometimes I use a big family can of cream of mushroom and add pasta or a family size of tomato soup, etc. So just try a bunch of different things and taste it as you go! Good luck!

I have a whole bunch, but this one I made just the other night for dessert with vanilla ice cream & brought a tupperware container to work the next day for breakfast:

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/apple-cranberry-and-pear-cri...

It was quick, easy & delicious with the only changes I made being to double the entire recipe & add cinnamon & nutmeg.