Cooking seasonally is one of my favorite themes to incorporate. It just makes me feel like a productive human. I love that produce is fresher, cheaper, and more delicious. Our two apple trees are bursting with apples. We’ve been having them raw at every meal, but I need to amp up my usage! This easy…
Tag: fall
Pumpkin Spice Smoothies
I love pumpkin spice season, which is evident by the last few recipes we’ve posted on True Family Food. This recipe is a perfect after nap snack that is a snap for a toddler to make. If you’re like me, you get into ruts of smoothie making. We do the standard frozen berries, frozen banana,…
Pumpkin Spice Oat Pancakes
“These pancakes are better than normal pancakes” -my husband. For those of you who don’t know him, this is high praise, especially considering it was unprompted. The verdict was that he likes them more because they are “heartier” than a standard pancake, and I agree. The flavor is festive, the texture is soft, with a…
Gluten Free Vegan Pumpkin Donuts
These donuts are the perfect texture. Just cakey enough to be light and fluffy. The sweetness of the maple syrup and pumpkin make this donut yummy as is, or you can add a simple powdered sugar glaze. The perfect way to celebrate the beginning of fall, or to surprise your favorite teacher friend who is…
Instant Pot Chicken Tortilla Soup
Tortilla soup is one my top 5 favorite soups. It puts me in the fall spirit. It’s soothing, spicy, and filling. This soup is also one of those that just gets better with each day in the fridge. Perfect for a Sunday meal prep! This soup reminds me of one you could get in any…
Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
There is something that feels very old world, waste not want not about roasting the pumpkin seeds that came out of your carving pumpkins. I love getting pumpkins as soon as October hits, and waiting (im)patiently to carve them. I was not as patient as I should have been this year. We carved them too…
Pumpkin Spice Breakfast Cookies
How would you feel about something that feels like a treat with your morning coffee, keep the kiddos happy, and keeps everyone full until lunch time? I dare say, these cookies fit that bill. Breakfast cookies were a revelation to me as a parent. Sometimes, you need something quick to eat, portable, delicious, and something…
Pumpkin Spice Oatmeal
There’s something so comforting about a warm bowl of oatmeal on a cool morning. I did not grow up eating oatmeal. In fact, the only time we ever had oatmeal in the our house was on Christmas morning. My dad would make a biiig pot of salted oatmeal because that’s what his grandmother always did….
Top 10 Foods to Freeze for School Lunch Prep
“Don’t you love New York in the fall? It makes me want to buy school supplies. I would send you a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils if I knew your name and address.” -Nora Ephron As a child, I loved buying school supplies for as long as I can remember. I think of elementary school…
Pumpkin Spice Hummus
Hello fall! We are finally getting a whisper of colder weather here in Texas, and so I am again feeling the urge to make all things pumpkin. This hummus has a sweet and savory kick that I crave this time of year, but without the load of sugar that you get with the latte or…
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