This moist pumpkin banana bread is spiced perfectly with ginger, nutmeg, allspice, and cloves and covered in a decadent cinnamon glaze. This recipe has that wow factor that’s perfect for holiday gatherings. My favorite part is the surprise cinnamon and sugar layer in the middle! Because I’m not a fan of bananas, I’ll eat a …
Thanksgiving
Pumpkin Pie Popsicles with Gingersnap Swirl
I apologize to all of you who are freezing your behinds off while raking leaves or shoveling snow, but these Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream Pops are going to warm your souls. They’re magic. Then they’ll totally melt (because of all the soul warming) and it’s going to be a big ole mess but you’ll sing …
10 Holiday Salads to Lighten Up Your Feast
Gobble, gobble, ho ho. The holidays are upon us. I’m not ready for them, are you? I usually want to crawl under a rock and peek my head out in early January, but this year I’m going to try to embrace it. Let’s get holiday happy! WHOOO! Are you with me? No? Too early? You …
The Greatest Pumpkin Pie Recipe
Today’s post is going to be quick. In and out. Just as quick as I gobbled down this pie without taking enough pictures. And we’re crazy, right? We’re all running around in a frenzy trying to get everything done before we eat ourselves into a coma. Since there’s no time, I’ll hop right in to telling …
12 Thanksgiving Side Dishes You Haven’t Tried
Thank gawd it’s that time of year again where we get to keep the top button of our pants unbuttoned without judgment. Yesss. Sit back, relax, and let the calories multiply in our bodies. I just made some practice pumpkin pie and I think I can feel the calories doing algebra inside my stomach. Wait, no …
Mashed Butternut Squash with Cinnamon and Garlic
This roasted mashed butternut is the perfect side dish for any meal! Both sweet and savory, it’s made with cinnamon and garlic for an amazing flavor that will surprise you. With a few simple ingredients, you can make this squash recipe any time of the year. My husband was afraid to try this because he …
10 Fall Recipes That Will Make You Look Like A Domestic Diva
I know fall isn’t here just yet, but the retail industry shoves it down our face with Halloween candy out in mid-July, so let’s just take a big gulp of the commercialized fall Kool-Aid and rejoice. Give in to it. Sighhh in surrender. [I’m doing downward facing dog as I type this] ←skillz With school …
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Kicked Up Cranberry Upside Down Cake
This Cranberry Upside Down Cake is full of your favorite holiday spices and fresh cranberries, sweetened with dark brown sugar, and kicked up with tangy orange zest. Perfect for the holidays or anytime cranberries are in season! Up. Down. Kicked around. This Cranberry Upside Down Cake is bouncing all around our kitchen at the moment. …
Fall Spiced Cranberry Muffins with Tangerine Glaze
This is my new favorite cranberry muffin recipe! I’ve been fighting this fall-loving feeling for the last few weeks. Unfortunately, the beginning of fall doesn’t only make me think of apple pie and beautiful falling leaves. It also makes me think of things like: the Polar Vortex of 2013 [shudders], raking those beautiful leaves, salt-encrusted cars, …
Homemade Cranberry Sauce
This homemade cranberry sauce is so easy to make. It takes 20 minutes and has the perfect sweet and tart balance with the help of Granny Smith apples and fresh cranberries. A side dish that actually tastes like dessert? Done. Made. Eaten. I had never made homemade cranberry sauce before. That seemed like a task …
How To Make The Christmas Vacation Turkey
Disclamer: Don’t try this at home unless you have a fire extinguisher and a good set of teeth. Sometimes, I’m not sure where my head is. When most people want to do something simple, tried, and true – I have to do it the hard way. Maybe I should change my name to Dee Griswold. …