Friday Eats - A Random Mix of Fall Awesomeness

It's Friday and I have some exciting news...we are moving this weekend! We bought a small  home built in 1900 - high ceilings, an open layout and finally, a backyard for our pup...yes it's a little further out, but for us, it's absolutely perfect.

But with a new home comes a new budget (insert major groan here.) While I'm not thrilled about my shopping budget being depleted indefinitely, there is something that makes me feel much better when I can't go shopping - eating. And during the winter months, I do A. LOT. OF. EATING. So when I found the recipes below in my hunt for some healthier alternatives to my mac and cheese diet (minus the lemon bars - you can't be healthy all the time), I knew I had to share them with you! I can't wait to make (ok, mostly eat) them all!

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1. Vegan and Gluten Free Pumpkin Pancake via Song of Style
2. Carnival Squash Stuffed with Quinoa, Corn, and French Lentils via Food 52
3. Lemon Bars via Late Afternoon 
4. Easy Holiday Mocktail via A Loyal Love
5. Vegan Gingerbread Tofu Pudding via Healthfully Ever After

Friday Eats - November

Less than three weeks until Thanksgiving, people! It's time for me to start working out so I can indulge in all my fall favorites - butternut squash, pumpkin pie, mashed potatoes, hot chocolate, all the brownies...which makes it my favorite time of year to try out new recipes! BEFORE Thanksgiving morning. We all know hot well that worked out last year (spoiler alert: It didn't.) Check out a few of my favorite recipes from a few of my favorite foodie bloggers below!

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1. ROASTED PEAR & CRANBERRY CHOCOLATE CHUNK SCONES via Local Milk
2. Veronica Beard‘s Pineapple Cheese Casserole and Corn Pudding via Intermix Blog
3. CHOCOLATE MILK CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES via Currently Coveting
4. Butternut squash, sausage and feta bake via A Daily Something
5. Smoky Skillet Hot Corn Dip via Healthfully Ever After

Friday Eats - Fall Sweets Edition

It's Fall, so you know what that means. Hello comfort foods and delicious desserts! I've rounded up a few of my favorite recipes this week with a fun fall theme. Let me know which ones you're dying to make!

1. Granny smith galette (hey, an apple a day, right?) from EatStylePlay
2. Peach lavender compote (all my favorite things in one) from A Daily Something
3. This ground husk cherry pie recipe from Healthfully Ever After (read for the recipe, stay for the bear story)
4. Pumpkin ice cream snicker doodle sandwiches from Cupcakes and Cashmere. No further explanation needed.
5. Ice cream football sandwiches from The Celebration Shoppe (because any excuse to eat an ice cream sandwich is good with me)

Mararons for Brunch

Brunch, one of my favorite meals of the week. Typically enjoyed on an early Sunday morning, brunch is a time when the hubs and I really get to catch up on tech news, the week’s struggles and daydream about our future home. But best of all, it’s a time when we get to do something special for each other and enjoy the awesomeness that is all-things-breakfast.

Shawn is in charge of the coffee. Always. He works his chemex magic and I am typically in charge of something smaller, like the veggie bacon. Oh and decorating the brunch table. That’s very important too.

Last Sunday, we enjoyed something extra special with our brunch - some ridiculously tasty macarons from J.Macaron. I’m always wary of trying macarons because I’ve become quite the macaron snob. Needless to say, I almost cried tears of happiness upon biting into these. I won’t even try to explain how amazing they are because no words can express the pure joy you’ll feel when you try them. Please do yourself a favor and be the star of your labor day party by ordering a dozen or two. Or more. I’d recommend more. If you want to taste them before you order, head to the Blogger Scene party tomorrow, where they’ll be placed in the first 50 goodie bags. But just know, I’ll be racing you there.

A big, huge, ginormous thanks to Jessica of J.Macaron for sending these macarons over for me to try! As always, all opinions are my own and my opinion of these macarons is that they are awesome...in case you didn't get the point above...

Friday Eats

It's Friday and you know what that means. IT IS ALMOST THE WEEKEND, EVERYONE!! Check out a few of my favorite recipes from the past few weeks and let me know which ones you try this weekend (the chocolate banana muffins are soooo good, you guys.)

1. Roasted Grapes via Eat Style Play (because is there anything better than cheese, bread and fruit?)
2. Mac and Cheese with Brie via A Daily Something (drooling as I type this)
3. Chocolate Banana Muffins via A Daily Something (so I made these and they are amazing! Hubs was impressed.)
4. Strawberry Sage Mascarpone via Cupcakes for Breakfast (in the summer, strawberry is a major food group for me)
5. Avocados with Cranberry Dressing via Healthfully Ever After (basically a salad but better)