I can’t believe it was first advent yesterday, this is my favorite holiday of the year and first advent start it all off – with 4 Sundays to Christmas. In Sweden on first advent we start of by making some Glögg it is an awesome spiced wine that just brings so many memories of the holiday. Other things we do for first advent is light the first candle of four in our advent ... continue reading...
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Pumpkin Fritters
I can't believe it is Thanksgiving this week and the weather in Seattle has been freezing already. I still have a bunch of pumpkin recipes i wanted to try this week, one of them were these amazing pumpkin fritters. To me anything doughnut like has to be fresh or i will not eat it, these you will not stop eating when they come out. Plus they are not as good the day after. ... continue reading...
Pumpkin Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies
These cookies changed my life. Not really, but they were my first step toward liking pumpkin. I used to hate pumpkin until I tasted these Pumpkin Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies. We used to go to an annual wine tasting/swapping party at a friends house every year. Someone always brought these cookies – I really didn’t know they were pumpkin and just started eating them and ... continue reading...
Corn Chowder
I love corn chowder just never make it enough. There are many different ways to do corn chowder but I especially like curry in mine. I think it gives great flavor to the soup. This is not a vegetarian version but you can omit the bacon and use vegetable stock as well. I do enough my corn chowder spicy so I usually use hot curry powder and including hot sauce at the end. ... continue reading...
Pumpkin Bread
I am back from my “babymoon” and very relaxed. I have lots to write about from there. But first I have to share this fabulous Pumpkin Bread recipe. I hate to cook baked good with oil but since I have been a pumpkin fanatic this season I decided to try this recipe for pumpkin Bread that is with oil from Alexandra’s Kitchen. WOW! That is all I have to say. This is ... continue reading...