Make It Monday: 20 Ways to Eat Pumpkin!

Canadian Thanksgiving has come and gone but we still have plenty of time to feast on delicious pumpkin. If you're getting tired of the classic pie form, why not try something new! 

For your reading pleasure I've devised a list of 20 ways to eat a pumpkin. Enjoy!

(click any photo to take you to its recipe)

Roasted pumpkin tossed with fussili in a white sauce
Pumpkin soup with toasted pepitas
Pumpkin seed cookies

Pumpkin mudslides made with kaluha
Pumpkin seed granola
Pumpkin oatmeal

Pumpkin ice cream sandwiches

Pumpkin white hot chocolate

Pumpkin pancakes

Pumpkin butter brownies
Baked pumpkin "fries"

Pumpkin smoothie

Pumpkin cream cheese on a bagel

Pumpkin beer (Great Lakes Beer makes a great ale - I had it at Chancey Smith's last year, now called Gambrinus)
Pumpkin loaf french toast

Pumpkin bread
Pumpkin scones

Pumpkin salad dressing

Pumpkin salad

And lastly, pumpkin-raisin muffins.


What's your favourite way to eat pumpkin?

Autumn Must-Do List

With a new little one in the house I am very mindful of doing productive/educational things each day. Most of the time this ends up being an hour spent at the library, a learning walk around the garden or sharing some time under the animal play mat. Today Oliver thoroughly enjoyed getting to sniff basil, oregano, rosemary, dill and peppermint. He also expanded his vocabulary from "hi" and "agoo" to "ga-ga" so that was exciting.

I decided to make this list of fun fall things and I think you should do them too!

1. Go apple picking.
2. Choose a pumpkin. Carve it. Roast the seeds (with raw sugar, cayenne and sea salt - yum!)
3. Rake leaves. Make it a photoshoot. Wear plaid for it. My sister is a killer photographer.
4. Create homemade Halloween costumes.

5. Clean out the closet of summer things & replace them with fall things. Maybe get a leg up on winter things too (yikes?!)
6. Experiment with crock pot recipes.
7. Make a snood.
8. Host a Thanksgiving meal with friends. It's nice to see family but there is nothing like pulling off the full-out turkey, cranberry, stuffing shabang with a group of your best. We've done it for 5 or 6 years straight and I look forward it to all year.

Autumn is a beautiful time of year to look at, but it also boasts some of the greatest activities so don't curl up and get addicted to too many tv shows just yet (although Survivor and The Office already have me!).