Creamy Pumpkin Pasta – Your kids will eat it

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Pumpkins, pumpkins

Autumn is my favorite time of year. The variety of squash is colorful and best for making comfort foods. We have visited multiple pumpkin patches and I am determined to cook all but one of them. Hubs wants to carve the giant one with our son. We got stickers for the other [...]

Pleasure of a Pirate Birthday Party

Ahoy Mateys!

DZ just turned 3 on the 18th. Due to our love of pirates, we decided it was a great theme and since it is October guest could dress up.

I decided to have it at Pizza Pirate in Bencia, CA after running into the owner outside of my favorite Peets (Single lowfat mocha now [...]

First Stew of Autumn – Quinoa with Moroccan Butternut Carrot Stew

Yummy Goodness

A few days ago on my way home from Chico, CA with DZ, we stopped at a few roadside stands. The first one was advertising peaches, so I quickly swerved off the road hoping to savor the juicy taste of Summer that had just slipped away. Instead, what I found was a delightful little shop [...]