Excuse me while I attempt to contain frantic excitement that I am FINALLY ABLE TO POST THIS! After so, so, so many recipe tests and so many weeks of this sitting in my bank of delicious food waiting for its turn to join the internet world, today is finally the day! And - people - it is a special day. This recipe is everything. It is one of my favorite things that I've ever posted. It is... ...
Overnight Crock-Pot Pumpkin Apple Butter
If you are from an area of the country/world that doesn't have apple butter, and you've never heard of it/don't know what it is, allow me to please explain to you the beauty of this delicious item. Apple butter. There's actually no butter, but "butter" is in the title because of the smooth, velvety spreadability of the final, pureed, slow cooked apple product. It's like jam in the way that you ...
Skinny Pumpkin Cheesecake Mousse
It's the first pumpkin recipe of the season!!! Ah, fall food makes me so happy. Pumpkin, caramel apple, cinnamon, nutmeg - doesn't it all just make you feel warm and fuzzy inside? What is it about fall that makes you feel that way? It's like a feeling of nostalgia, but I don't even remember doing anything particularly special during fall while growing up. Who knows - it's a mystery. But one that I ...
Pumpkin Bread French Toast
Hold the phone. Hold. The. PHONE. French toast made with homemade pumpkin bread is happening all up in here right now. And let me tell you people, it is sweet, fall-y, rich, dense, and SO flavorful. Does it get much better than pumpkin bread in the first place? I can't attest to your feelings on the delicious loaf of autumnal goodness, but for me personally, I would be content sitting in my ...
Homemade Pumpkin Spice Marshmallows
OKAY, people, it has taken some serious self control to wait all the way until Friday to post this recipe. I have been dying to put these marshmallows on here all week. They have just been sitting on my counter...staring at me every time I walk by...saying "Hello, look how pretty and fall-y and fluffy and delicious we are! POST US." So...I am very excited to finally be able to do so. And I have ...
Skinny Pumpkin Alfredo
Fall is officially in full swing over here at the Chesson household, people. I've got my fall placemats out, my ceramic pumpkin on the kitchen table, my pumpkin scented candles strategically placed in various locations around the house...you name it, IT'S HAPPENING. And I am loving every second of it while basking in this wonderful fall weather. Speaking of fall weather...I'm obsessed. Obsessed. ...
Skinny Pumpkin Spice Latte
Let's just chat for a minute about Pumpkin Spice Lattes. Before we chat, though, I need to tell you that I am in fact one of those annoying people who are absolutely OBSESSED in a non-socially-acceptable-way with Pumpkin Spice Lattes... #sorryimnotsorry #pumpkinspiceforever. So. Chat. Pumpkin Spice Lattes. They are one of the most exciting parts of fall. The sweet, pumpkin-y, spicy, foamy, ...
Pumpkin, Maple Pancakes with Brown Sugar Spiced Walnuts
It's the first day of Fall!!!!!! Officially, officially ?. I am so happy right now!!! I can post as many Fall recipes as I want and feel completely okay with it ? WOOP WOOOOPPPP!!! And in that spirit...could a recipe even get any more fall-y than this?? PUMPKIN, MAPLE pancakes with SPICED BROWN SUGAR walnuts...I mean come on people. If that doesn’t make your plastic storage tub of ...
Pumpkin Barley Risotto with Roasted Sweet Potatoes
Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving! Thannkkksssgiiivvinggg!!! I feel like Thanksgiving is a particularly fun holiday for anyone who loves to cook. I actually enjoy the cooking more than the eating... Don't get me wrong, I love the eating portion of the day too, but I love being in the kitchen with a bunch of people that are all cooking together. It's one of my favorite things ever. So ...
Potato Pumpkin Soup with Bacon
This soup screams fall. A warm, cozy potato soup with pumpkin...what could be more fall-y? This soup makes me want to curl up in a warm blanket and sit by the fireplace. Not only is there bacon on top of the soup, but the roux (a thickener typically using a mixture of butter and flour) uses bacon fat instead of butter. Because of this, there is a delicious bacon flavor in each bite of this ...