Holiday Treats!

Admittedly, lie most other people, I'm a sucker for holiday treats.  However, they may not be the same treats you had in mind.  Don't get me wrong, I love a Reese's peanut butter cup or bag of M&Ms, but I'm more talking more about seasonal love, the things you only get during the fall holiday time.  


LIKE....PUMPKINS!!!!!  I LOVE PUMPKIN EVERYTHING!  Pumpkin bread, homemade pumpkin pie, pumpkin pancakes!  Yum Yum!  Even putting a little pumpkin pie filling (from the can) in greek yogurt with cinnamon!  Wow.  Haven't tried it?  Highly recommend it!  Plus, then you get to cook the pumpkin seeds and carve fun faces into the hollow shell.  Thanks so much to boyfriend's uncannay knack for taking photos on his iPad, these are some of the holiday photo fun.  Recognize this guy?  Jack Skeleton from Nightmare Before Christmas.  (Sad to admit, had never seen it before.  I'm a huge scardy cat.  That absolutely played a huge part in that decision.  And, also admittedly, Tom Burton is a little terrifying.  It's a wonderful produced movie, but absolutely horrifying.  As a little kid, I would have had nightmares!)....
...wait...as a big kid I still do.....hmmm.....oh well!

Need a good pumpkin seed recipe?  Parmesan Cheese, garlic salt, olive oil, and really good oven.  Watch out, they get crispy quickly, but they are absolutely worth the work!

And, of course, last but not least, mulled apple cider!  We paired ours with bacon cheesy mac (yes, I said cheesy mac!).  Trader Joe's Mac & Cheese with Rice pasta is phenomenal, whether you're gluten free or just looking for a yummy alternative.  And the combined flavors, plus the cinnamon apple cider:  an explosion of amazing flavors!  You feel a bit like Remy in Ratatouille when everything blacks out and all you see are colorful swirly things and hear music in the background.  Yes, it was that good.

Now....what's next.... :-)