Pumpkin Pie Shortbread Bars with Maple Cinnamon Whipped Cream
I love pumpkin so much that it’s basically my husband, but honestly? I don’t get pumpkin pie. What’s with that stuff? There’s always way too much custard to taste any crust. And the crust is usually just a soggy mess anyway. The whipped cream is always a tragically tiny dollop. And this is a Thanksgiving staple? It’s just sad.
So I fixed it for you.
Pumpkin Pie Carmelitas
I’m one of those old people who tells the same morality tale to middle schoolers so many times that eventually the mere utterance of the first line elicits impressive eye rolls. One of them is the Tale of the Forgotten Essay, which I don’t think any of my classes hear fewer than three times. The other is the Tale of Lindsey Hudson.
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Cheesy Tex-Mex Cornbread Stuffed Peppers
I love football and all the giddiness of game watching, but you lose me at tailgating. I don’t mind standing around with friends and eating, but to be the one who has to lug a whole bunch of equipment somewhere and deal with the weather and a bunch of drunk fans? Not my scene.
Enter homegating: inviting people you actually like to tailgate in your home, where God-willing there are sofas, a built-in oven, and central air. It’s what glamping is to camping. Here are some tips to improve your homegating game:
IT’S TIME. BRING OUT THE PUMPKIN.
Okay, it’s still a little warm outside here (try 90 degrees every single day, and more humidity than the flippin’ OCEAN), but I heard that Starbucks brought back the Pumpkin Spice Latte and at least two of my friends have already started decorating for Halloween. So I’d say I’m safe. Here are 15 easy fall recipes to start your fall off right:
1. BROWN BUTTER PECAN GOOEY BUTTER CAKE WITH SPIKED WHIPPED CREAM.
Banana Nut Crunch Smoothie Recipe
Thanks so much to Blendtec for providing me with the BlendTec Designer 725 Blender and Twister Jar — and for providing one for a lucky reader to win! All thoughts and opinions are my own, as always.
I’ve been drinking this banana nut smoothie from a little restaurant here in Raleigh like it’s going out of style, but I think I like the idea of it more than I like the taste. Honestly, my reaction when I took my first sip was, “Eh. I could do better.” It tasted like banana, but when I think of “banana nut,” I think of the deep, rich flavor of banana nut bread — not the sweet, raw flavor of fresh bananas.
Fast forward to me lying in bed with a fiery porcupine of a tonsil in my throat, unable to swallow, much less speak. I’ve battled my ornery tonsils (especially the left one, that jerk) for decades. Whenever my left tonsil swells up to the size of a small vehicle, I know I’m in for a solid week of unsolid foods.
