Tag: fall
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Fix My Pics: Vanilla Bean Pumpkin Cheesecake
Don’t know what Fix My Pics means? Check out this post! Last Thanksgiving, I posted this pumpkin vanilla bean cheesecake. I absolutely love it. My guests, vegan and non-vegan alike, all love it (or at least that’s what they told me, and I didn’t see any cheesecake remnants leftover – save for this one piece…
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Squash & Brussels Sprouts Pasta Salad w/ Brown Sugar Balsamic Vinaigrette
Long title, I know! But I just couldn’t imagine leaving anything out, every ingredient is a selling point with this dish. Roasted veggies, pasta, and a sweet-and-tangy vinaigrette = my new winning dish. Plus candied pecans! But enough was enough in the title 🙂 Just a quickie post for you today, jumping straight to the…
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Sweet Apple Cider Oatmeal
I have been going through apple cider like nobody’s business. I bought a gallon of it in Apple Hill and slowly had a small glass almost everyday until it went away. Preston tried to pour himself a gigantic glass full and I set him straight 😉 so it lasted for a nice long time. Just…
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Savory Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
I posted a recap of my trip to Apple Hill the weekend before last. It actually didn’t take much convincing to get Preston to go with me. He was fairly excited for orchards, wineries, and food. Who wouldn’t be?! Of course, he did seem to realize that he would be forced to go regardless of…
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Thanksgiving Special: 3 Holiday Recipes!
I’ve got a monster post for y’all today! Three Thanksgiving recipes. A bunch of other exciting things first! I had an excellent weekend healing-wise. I woke up Saturday to a much-improved finger. Until Saturday, my poor injured finger hurt and throbbed if I spent more than about 20-30 minutes without it elevated. I can now…
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Mapled Squash & Sauteed Mushroom Fall Salad
Alright, my last couple posts were fall in a mug and fall in a bowl (well, I guess my bowl was really a giant mug. Technicality.) Now fall on a plate! I had originally titled this my “Beckoning Fall Salad,” because I planned to post it last week when the weather was still bright and…
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Roasted Butternut Squash & Fennel Soup w/ Crispy Apple-Sage Sausage
Today was the first really fall-like day we’ve had in Sacramento, which I was pretty excited about. So it’s time for my first really fall-like soup recipe! Hoorah!
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Pumpkin Pie Spiced Ice Cream
Happy First Day of Fall!!!!!! Um, this is my favorite time of year. And I have been in Southern California for the past four years, and have sadly missed my Nor-Cal falls. I just think it’s a happy, peaceful, beautiful, cozy time, and I am so excited. Except really, in Sacramento, it’s…