Pumpkin Season 2017 Taste Test #6: Pumpkin Pancake Smackdown

This week’s taste test features three pumpkin pancake mixes: Krusteaz, Foodstirs and Trader Joe’s. Frankly, I liked them all, but for different reasons. That said, I do recognize

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Pumpkin Season 2017 Taste Test #5

This past weekend I baked the remaining bread, muffin and cupcake mixes I had left, as well as tried a couple more products. Frankly, nothing this week really

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What To Do with Leftover Decorative Mini-Squash (Squash Soup Recipe Included)

This Thanksgiving, since I was hosting my parents and my husband’s parents, I got fancy with the decor and used some mini-pumpkins and mini-squash. Many people use these

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Pumpkin Season 2017 Taste Test #4

This post will be a little different because the bulk of it will be a compare and contrast of two pumpkin bread baking products I tested. But first,

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How to Make Pumpkin Pie

There are probably as many ways to make a pumpkin pie as there are people who enjoy eating them. Of course, this isn’t much help if you’re looking

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My Relationship with Pumpkins

I found this article on the web, “Breaking up with Butternut,” and it got me to thinking. I’ve created an entire website dedicated to the pumpkin … I

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Is It That Time?

The other day I was at the grocery store and shopping for instant pudding mix. We have a new ice cream maker and I’m experimenting with different recipes,

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Tip: How to Pick Up a Pumpkin

Always pick up a pumpkin from the bottom. Never carry it by the stem, as this might damage the pumpkin around the stem and maybe even cause it

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Pumpkin Wine

Here’s something interesting found on the Internet: Pumpkin Wine. Three Lakes Winery in Wisconsin makes this and it sells for $9.95 a bottle. According to the marketing description,

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Keep the Pumpkin Flames Burning

As you may know, pumpkins are now out of season. But that doesn’t mean you have to spend a day without them in your life. Not only can

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