Yesterday, the children and I went to our pumpkin patch to see what was ready. To our surprise, most were some shade of orange, but some were still green and growing strong. We looked to make sure we didn't miss any and loaded up the back of the truck to bring them home. I love pumpkins and all things they represent. In my mind they usher in the cooler days of fall, football and Thanksgiving.
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| My precious babies and their homegrown pumpkins. |
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| The Little Man and his pumpkins... |
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| Pickles and her Goosebumps Pumpkins |
I love all things associated with pumpkins. Pumpkin muffins, pumpkin coffee, pumpkin creamer, pumpkin spice candles...This is becoming a little too Forrest Gumpish for today's exercise. I guess it is the spice along with the pumpkin, but it makes my heart happy. I even have a pumpkin spice reed diffuser in the living room!
This morning I made a batch of pumpkin muffins. I whipped these up from scratch, but while delicious, the results are not exactly what I was looking for. I think that they needed a little more spice!
I am going to play around with a few more pumpkin recipes, so look for them soon. If you are dying for a super easy pumpkin muffin, mix a spice cake mix with a can of pumpkin. Stir well and portion into muffin cups. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes. That is all it takes and they are delicious! They are Weight Watcher friendly as well. I have made this same recipe with chocolate cake and the result is a super moist chocolate brownie like muffin, and no one will ever know that it has pumpkin inside...that is unless you tell them.
Until next time, keep adventuring and looking for joy in the small details of life!
Sarah
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