Truth be told, I don’t like it when my husband likes anything of anyone else’s better than he likes mine. I don’t care if it’s a car, a dress, or a meal. If he’s fawning over how amazing it is, I’m probably looking for the closest bat to bash it with. This is how so…
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Harvest Pork Stew with Butternut Squash and Pumpkin
Okay…let’s cut to the chase. Our renovation of the dining room still isn’t finished. A chef and a Soldier decide to put up wainscoting in their home and they can’t get it done in a week. No surprise there, I’m sure. This week was all about convenience meals. Among them, this Harvest Pork Stew was…
White Chocolate-Pumpkin Scones with Cinnamon-Maple Cream Cheese Glaze
Um…you guys? I have something to tell you. Don’t get mad ‘kay? I started another DIY project. Well, we started another DIY project. I conned bribed Hector into helping me put wainscoting on our formal dining room walls. He has taken a few days of R&R after getting back from his latest deployment. So, I figured, “HEY!…
Pumpkin Cheesecake Empanadas
Total transparency: I made these Pumpkin Cheesecake Empanadas last week. I did so in anticipation of a special event that would take up my time this week. Further transparency: I only named these “empanadas” because most people know them by that name. In our family, they’re called pastelillos (pahz-tay-LEE-yos). These flaky pastries are usually filled with savory delights. This time,…
Spiced Pumpkin Muffins
Tis’ the season for PSL y’all! I spoke about my angst about pumpkin pie a little earlier in the punkin’ season, so I won’t bore you with the details here. Just suffice it to say, I haven’t always been the biggest fan of the gourd. I think my childhood was a huge disservice in that…
Pumpkin Spice Snickerdoodle Cookies
What dish reminds you of home? For me, it’s Snickerdoodles. Home, for some, is a relative concept. For military brats, like me, home is where you want it to be and different places can mean home. For me, home is primarily New York City. It’s where my mother’s family is, where some of my happiest memories…
Pumpkin Streusel Coffee Cake
I have a confession to make…I don’t like pumpkin pie. I’m not proud of it. You see, I generally like pumpkin desserts, it’s just pumpkin pie sets my gag reflex into overdrive. So, when people are celebrating the return of PSL (which nowadays means pumpkin spice eVERYthang), in AUGUST!!, I’m over here like, “Ugh!!! Here we go…
Curried Pumpkin Soup
Why am I making a curried pumpkin soup in the 90° heat of a Central Texas November? Y’all! My ovens are broken. Ovensssssssssssss. Plural. BOTH ovens. Bof’ of ’em. I’m hot (unlike my ovens); that means I’m really, really, angry. There’s a backstory to the ovens, well all of the appliances, in this house that is a little…
