by Katie | Oct 5, 2018 | Main Course, Side Dishes
Please tell me you won’t wait until Thanksgiving to try this Vegetarian Thanksgiving Pilaf with Pumpkin and Quinoa! It is too good to wait, and now that fresh pie pumpkins are in season, I highly recommend that you make it for dinner or serve it as a side dish....
by Katie | Oct 3, 2018 | Other Goodies
If you happen to buy a fresh pie pumpkin for cooking and you aren’t quite sure what to do with it, here is my easy step-by-step guide with photographs of how to peel, seed and cut a fresh pumpkin. Also, if you have yet to check my tips on how to make home-made...
by Katie | Oct 7, 2016 | maple, Soups and Salads
This vegan thai pumpkin curry soup recipe comes together in 15 minutes—really! Plus, it’s paleo friendly and gluten-free. Creating This Pumpkin Curry Soup Recipe Useful. What a boring word to describe a recipe. I can’t help it though. This Thai Pumpkin Soup...
by Katie | Sep 20, 2016 | Desserts and Baking, maple
This healthy pumpkin bread with chocolate chips is earth-shatteringly good. It’s made with whole wheat flour, a whole can of pumpkin, maple syrup and mini chocolate chips. It’s the latest addition to the Best of Healthy Seasonal Recipes! It’s so good, I am sharing the...
by Katie | Sep 24, 2015 | Breakfast and Snacks, maple
This maple pumpkin pie dip is a delicious and super easy snack that kids love! It is made with cream cheese, canned pumpkin, maple syrup and a little spice. Serve it with apples or gingersnaps. As a recipe developer and food blogger, it never fails to totally bowl me...
by Katie | Nov 25, 2014 | Desserts and Baking
Welcome! If you’re new here you may want to sign up for my email list or follow me on facebook to keep up with the latest posts. As I write this post, my daughters are having a half serious half giggling cage match on the carpet behind me, so I’ll have to keep...
by Katie | Nov 11, 2014 | Desserts and Baking
This Chocolate Swirl Pumpkin Pie will be your family’s new Thanksgiving tradition! It is made with a rich chocolate swirl and creamy spiced pumpkin pie in a home-made whole-wheat crust! I get to host Thanksgiving this year for the first time in so long. I am so...
by Katie | Oct 16, 2014 | Breakfast and Snacks
You guys, I am so excited to introduce you to my guest blogger today. Maybe you already know her? Amy Stafford of A Healthy Life For Me. One look at the photos below and you’ll see that she is an amazing photographer. {Not surprising, thats how we met–...
by Katie | Oct 3, 2014 | Breakfast and Snacks, Desserts and Baking, maple
Today I have a fresh out of the oven vegan pumpkin scone recipe with walnuts and maple syrup (only 100 calories each) and a cookbook giveaway. “If your friend asked you to jump off a bridge would you do it?” This is the in-your-face way my Dad tried to teach me about...
by Katie | Nov 19, 2013 | Desserts and Baking
If you’re heading over the river and through the woods, what better way to say Happy Holidays than with a healthy home-baked gift of eggnog pumpkin bread with cinnamon streusel from the kitchen? This past spring I went to King Arthur Flour Blog and Bake on the other...
by Katie | Sep 17, 2013 | Desserts and Baking
I am intermittently pinching myself and typing because I am sitting in my brand new home office writing this post. It has been such a (long long long) exciting process, I can’t believe it is finally coming to a close. I am now down to choosing drawer pulls and...
by Katie | Sep 21, 2012 | Main Course
Making your own home made pumpkin puree couldn’t be simpler! Then using it in this yummilicious brown rice pumpkin risotto really makes it sing. Trust me this will become a favorite whole grain entree that you can make all Fall and Winter long!! This week I...