Fall Foods

We’ve been enjoying yummy fall food this week!  I pureed 2 pumpkins so far and ended up with 8 cups of pumpkin puree! I still have 4 more pumpkins in the garden too! I love pumpkins! They are such a beautiful decoration until you get around to eating them! 

And the seeds are so great for you too!

The sugared pumpkin seeds we tried ended up being a hit, except strangely instead of snacking on them like I assumed,  my boys like them in milk,  cereal style! They have been snacking like crazy on the apple chips I made last week though. I had to make a second batch because my first got gobbled up so fast, and its looking like I may have a couple more to do as well!


Our breakfasts have been very fall flavored this week.  Today we had oatmeal with homemade apple butter mixed in. It reminded me of the little oatmeal packets I ate as a kid! It was a big hit! Yesterday we made pumpkin parfait, and tomorrow I plan on making pumpkin spice oatmeal. Hopefully some time this week I’ll get a batch or 2 of pumpkin waffles made and frozen. Fall is so much fun!


Our family has discovered Carmel Apple Spice from Starbucks, they are cider drinks that taste JUST like apple pie! And it has inspired me to try to make a pie that tastes that great! I’ve  always stuck with apple crisp. We aren’t big fans of pie.

I also finally got around to filling my pantry with jars of apple butter! Here is my recipe:

Apple butter

4 cups apple cider

12 apples peeled and cut into pieces (4 lbs)

¼ cup brown sugar

1 ½ teaspoon  pumpkin pie spice

1 teaspoon cinnamon

¼ teaspoon salt

Cook cider for 30 minutes uncovered. Add apples and cook uncovered on low heat until tender and mushy. Add sugar, spices and salt and puree. Cook on low heat until it thickens, ladle into jars and seal.