Sunday, October 16, 2011

Go Orange!

Apparently it's not enough that I've littered the house with pumpkins. Oh no. Not nearly enough.

Maybe I'm just anxious for fall to REALLY arrive--no more of this cool-down-and-then-heat-back-up-again weather! And since I haven't gone to Apple Hill yet this year, I guess I have to settle for pumpkin products to get me in the mood.

A recent shopping trip to Trader Joe's yielded these goodies:


This morning, I made pumpkin bread and slathered it with pumpkin cream cheese. For good measure, I sprinkled some cinnamon-sugar on top. Yum!


What's YOUR autumn temptation?

8 comments:

  1. I love pumpkin bars and that pumpkin bread looks very tempting too! Drinking coffee with pumpkin spice creamer in it right now!

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  2. Pumpkin Ice Cream! I stopped and had some yesterday. Plus I like the pumpkin chocolate chip cookies and my DIL makes the BEST pumpkin cheesecake. Being honest, I don't think there is anything "pumpkin" I don't like! Toni

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  3. My fall favorite is Pumpkin Butter from Trader Joe's. It is like apple butter, but made with pumpkin. TJ's has it only for about two months in the fall.

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  4. mmmmm pumpkin bread nut here!! This crazy 'fall'! Last week (here in IL) I had a bloom on my Lilac!! How uber crazy is that!!

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  5. Oh my goodness....pumpkin bread with pumpkin cream cheese? Can I be your adopted sister?

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  6. My fall favorite is apple-pear crisp with soy ice cream from TJ's. For extra decadence, I toss a few dried cranberries in with the fruit (the orange flavored ones from TJ's are the bomb with apples and pears) and I add walnuts to the oats in the crisp topping. To me, that says fall is finally here. I too am done with this cool day/hot day routine, so I baked a big panful yesterday. And because it has oats and fruit, I can also argue that it makes a perfectly respectful breakfast (at least, that is what I told my DH this am, when he wondered why so much had been eaten). Happy fall!

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  7. Pumpkin spice latte, extra hot, from Starbucks! MMMMMMM!

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  8. That pumpkin bread is beautiful. It almost makes me want to have some which is weird because I'm not usually a fan. I love pumpkin pie, pumpkin cookies (with plump raisins), and even occasionally pumpkin muffins but for some reason I don't like pumpkin bread. Too bad we don't live close by because I am tempted to try a piece of yours.........

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