Skillet Toasted Pumpkin Seeds
Here’s a quickie tip for those of you that forget you placed your seeds in the oven to roast and find out they are burnt little seeds…..I like to skillet toast my pumpkin seeds. Right in front of me, where I’m…
Pumpkin Tiramisu
Tiramisu is one of my favorite Italian desserts. Translated, it’s the “pick me up” dessert as it normally contains espresso mixed with liquor. Its lightly sweetened with just enough richness to feel indulgent. The touch of liquor, whether Amaretto, Kahlua, Frangelico or…
Roasted Pumpkin Sweet Potato Hash
Was I kidding when I said pumpkin will be sneaking in almost every one of my posts this month!! Not a day or two goes by without something pumpkin showing up in one of my meals! Especially when I roast…
Pumpkin Rugelach
The weather over the last few days is exactly what I love about living in Florida. The humidity has left behind cool breezes ranging in temperatures from the mid 80s in the day to mid 60s at night. My first…
Where I Write
I’ve been absent from my posting for a week having taken a mini vacation back home to Ohio. It’s been 11 years since I’ve seen fall leaves and felt crisp air. Swaying palm trees, blue skies and ocean views compete…
A Halloween Dinner 7 Deadly Zins Pasta
7 Deadly Zins is my favorite Zinfandel wine. It’s a full bodied red which seems to surprise a lot of my friends as they normally know Zinfandel to be a blush or a White Zin. And normally the reaction to…
Pumpkin Oatmeal and Raisin Biscotti
How could I let this pumpkin season go by without filling my cookie jar with pumpkin biscotti!! These are so full of fall flavors that my kitchen immediately filled with the warm aroma of pumpkin and spice. Oatmeal and spices…
Maple Pumpkin Spice Syrup for Pumpkin Spice Lattes
My sweet baby girl will be starting her first unpaid internship. She was lucky to have found a paying internship through the summer which in turn made me the lucky mother. I’m really not complaining here. She is definitely getting…