Happy Parfait Day! Which in Frenglish means “Happy Perfect Day” and I deduce that any day that celebrates or includes parfaits much truly be a perfect day. Perfect for breakfast, a quick snack or dessert, the parfait really knows no bounds when it comes when and how to eat its luscious layers. Often fruit, but [...]
Tag Archive — fall recipes
Celebrate This: Thanksgiving
Stop! Before you pick up that take-out menu know that there is still time—still time to make a fabulous Thanksgiving dinner or ditch the frozen pie for an easy-peasy homemade dessert. Just take a look at these festive finds from around the web and get to hopping before the supermarkets close for the day! You [...]
Celebrate This: Eat a Cranberry Day
Not only are cranberries the glue that holds holiday dishes together, but these bite-sized berries are also rich in vitamin C and chock full of antioxidants. The list of benefits reaped from cranberry consumption goes on to include anti-aging, ulcer prevention and even cholesterol reduction. If the sound of toasting to good health with a [...]
Celebrations Circle: Sweet Fall Harvest
Fall is the season of food. Besides it being time for one of my favorite holidays (Thanksgiving), autumn vegetables of every size, shape, and color are ready to be picked and cooked into tasty recipes and desserts. I've found some great recipes to help you get the most out of the fall harvest! It's no [...]
Celebrate This: Farmer’s Day
Food trends have always tickled my funny bone, well, more so the concept of food trends than the foods themselves. I just imagine a swarm of socialites squealing over a cake pop or paparazzis chasing giant cupcakes down a city street in hopes of snapping a million dollar shot. As silly as some food trends [...]
Celebrate This: Apple Brown Betty Day
There is certainly an art to pie making that not all of us are up for mastering. Patience alone is a skill in and of itself, a skill that is timelessly tested by rumbling tummies, and isn't ideal for last-minute get-togethers. Enter Brown Betty for a soul-soothing, all-American alternative to pain-staking pies. Today, let this [...]
Celebrate This: Mulled Cider Day
The moment temperatures fall below 60°F something inside of me changes, I suddenly crave apple cider. Nothing warms the heart's cockles and chilly hands quite like a steaming hot mug of mulled cider and when jugs start to disappear from supermarket shelves come spring time, it's a sad, sad day in my house. Here are [...]
Celebrate This: The Autumnal Equinox
More so than years past, I've been hearing loads of chit chat about this natural event and the things folks are doing to celebrate the one of two days out of the year where we, as earthlings, witness roughly the same amount of daylight as we do night. I too plan on attending one or [...]
Celebrations Circle: Autumn Acorns
Acorns are pretty much the unofficial "nut" of fall. I mean, how can they not be? They are perfect for decor and can be found in pretty much every fall squash recipe. This week, so many bloggers are going crazy for nature's autumn nut, and have provided us with some fabulous ways to take the [...]
Celebrate This: Acorn Squash Day
The spirit of fall makes an early entrance in today as we celebrate National Acorn Squash Day, a little-known holiday the encourages us to gorge on gourds, which by the way, just happen to be an excellent source of potassium! Small, but mighty, the acorn squash may not be the most popular member of the [...]
