my recipes

my recipes
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My recipes now reside in this cute little recipe book I found antique shopping with my dear friend this past Monday. It's so adorable! Now, there is a method to my recipe filing madness.

Pumpkin Thanksgiving Fix

If you need your pumpkin fix this thanksgiving

Real Simple has got it going on.

Early Christmas Shopping Part II

1. A gift for your distinguished friend

2. A gift for the friend who likes to wear the bling.

3. A gift for the friend who is never on time.

4. A gift for the book lover.

Early Christmas Shopping!

I am purchasing a couple of 2009 calendars to give as gifts and some to keep for me :)

1. Pink Letterpress Calendars 2009 Punk Gal and Cupcakes make people Happy, $20.

2. 2009 Calendar from Creative Thursday, $38.

3. 2009 Calendar from Orangebeautiful, $28.

4. 2009 Dandelion Calendar form Hello Handmade Paperie, $24

5. 2009 Letterpress and Silkscreen Calendar from ilee, $22

Homemade Granola

It feels so healthy to make anything homemade, because you can see exactly what is going into it. I had been spying some granola posts on tastespotting and kind of made my own concoction.

Your Granola

4 c. organic rolled oats

1 c. raw sunflower seeds

1 c. raw pumpkin seeds

1 c. natural unblanched almonds

1/2 c. unsweetened shredded coconut

1/4 c. sesame seeds

1/4 t. ground cinnamon (optional)

1/4 t. ground ginger (optional)

1/4 c. natural maple syrup

1/3 c. honey

1/3 c. sunflower oil (or canola oil)

1/2 t. pure vanilla extract

1/2 c. any dried fruit of your choice

(cherries, raisins, apricots, etc.)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

Mix together the maple syrup, honey, oil, vanilla and set aside.

Toss together all the dry ingredients, minus the dried fruit.

Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients; mix with a spoon until the oats are well covered.

Spread the granola on the baking sheet into a thin layer.

Bake for 25 minutes or until it is golden brown.

Place on cooling rack for 5 minutes, mix in the dried fruit and store in an air tight container until ready to eat.

I love to eat granola with vanilla yogurt and blueberries! Enjoy!

Pumpkin, Pumpkin, Pumpkin!!!

Pumpkin Cookies, Pumpkin Pound Cake, oh how many pumpkins things can I make???

It's the way it shatters that matters!

On my recent trip to Dallas I stopped to buy my one and only favorite candy. Nothing else compares to my Violet Crumble. I bought three of them and graciously gave one to my husband and hid the rest for me.