Pumpkin Granola

I made another batch of the pumpkin granola last week! I used this recipe as a guide. If you like granola, you will like this. It is perfect for fall, using it as cereal, over my cooked apples (which then tasted like apple crisp), or as a snack. I even added allergy friendly mini chocolate chips for a sweet treat. Yummy!

Busy!

Everyone has busy lives, and we are included! We've had a few very busy weeks, but I am trying to catch up the best I can! ;-)

I have been meaning to make another batch of some pumpkin granola that I tried a couple of weeks ago. Soooo good! And I wanted to share it with you! That is on my to-do list for this week, along with some pumpkin creme pies or some muffins, or something along that line.

So stay tuned!

In the meantime, here's a little something making me smile...I love his expression!!

-Cindy

Chicken Pot Pie with biscuit topping (dairy free too!)

Nothing says fall like comfort foods! And tonight for dinner I whipped up a super quick and easy supper. I had planned on making something else, but last minute changes led to this wonderful comfort dinner!

Fun times!

Kids eating=messy kitchen floors! :)

So, while wiping up the floors today (on my hands and knees....I know, the broom might be easier to some, but this way is just quicker and easier for me...it's the way I've always done it), my littlest handsome comes over and climbs on my back for piggy back ride. He's laughing, and I'm stuck under the table because I can't get him to climb down. :) He loves it!

You can see just how much fun he was having with his pappaw during a recent visit.

Cooked apples

Fall like weather here (in 50s and 60s) the last two days and I keep thinking about apples and pumpkins! These are two of my favorites in all my cooking for fall!

So today for lunch I made some cooked apples. I wish I had a picture of them, but we ate every last one! But they were the best apples I have ever made, and will probably be the only way I ever fix them again!! Really!!

Tomato Preserves

Yes, you did read that right...tomato preserves! You know, like strawberry preserves or any other fruit preserves you may like. I don't know many people who've had them, but my Dad's family grew up making them and his mom, my grandma, taught me how when I was a teenager. It's really not hard, just takes a while.
Our garden this year has produced a lot of yellow/orange tomatoes...perfect for making tomato preserves because of their lower acidity, and they look pretty too.



Now, I'm not going to use the red tomatoes, but they were just sitting there after being washed.

Long sleeve to sleeveless makeover

End of season sales are always fun. I usually stock up for my boys and sometimes even find something for myself. Earlier this year, I found these long sleeve turtleneck tees at target, one in black and gray, and one in gray and white. I think they were less than $3 each! If I did nothing but wear them around the house in the winter, they were worth that!

But this summer I had the idea to turn one into a summer shirt (the gray and white), and keep the other (black and gray) for lounging in the winter. (the above picture was of the black and gray).