Fall Favorites!

Is there anything as good as fall food? Chili, apple pie, pumpkin-everything... It's my favorite time of the year!
Here are some dinner ideas if you're in a slump (as much as I love fall, I have to admit I don't enjoy cooking every day!):

• Skirt steak with chimichurri sauce, roasted rosemary potatoes, roasted lemon and parmesan asparagus, and baked zucchini fries.
• Sausage with peppers and onions, rice and green beans
• Spaghetti squash with ground turkey and sauce
• Roasted chicken, mashed potatoes and green beans.
• Pioneer Woman's chicken tortilla soup
• Chicken cordon bleu casserole 
• Garlic shrimp salad with veggies, eggs, garbanzos, and homemade sweet potato fries
• Chicken pot pie
• Lasagna roll ups made with turkey and a spinach cream sauce on top
• Chicken with quinoa and a big pan of roasted veggies
• Baked Orange Chicken and Rice 
• Quinoa and Spinach patties
• Sweet & Spicy Citrus Tilapia
• Tacos! Mix it up with turkey, fish, or chicken.
• Homemade pizza

FALL SOUPS! 

• Chicken and wild rice soup
• Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup  
• Creamy broccoli and cheese
• Corn and red pepper chowder
• Chicken n dumplings
• Butternut Stew with Pork and Spinach
  Crock Pot Sweet Potato & Bean Chili
• Potato Soup
• Pasta e fagoli

Coconut & Chicken Curry Soup

Ham and Cheese Soup

Need a nice winter-time soup to use up those ham leftovers? Here's a great one!

What you need:
-1 tbsp olive oil
-1/2 onion or small onion
-3 cloves garlic
-Salt/pepper to taste
-chicken bullion (4 cubes)
-4 c water
-1 c cooked/cubed ham
-1 c. frozen peas
-1 tbsp cornstarch
3/4 c cheddar cheese (I used pre-shredded)
-1/4 c milk

What to do:
Put olive oil in skillet and heat up on med. Add diced onion and garlic and cook till soft. Add 4 cups of water and chicken bullion. Stir occassionally. Add the peas and ham. cook some more for about 15 minutes. Taste and add pepper and salt. Wisk in cornstarch and bring to boil. Turn down to simmer and add cheddar cheese a handful at a time, stirring it until melted before adding more. Finish off with milk to add richness and depth.

Serve hot, with crackers or bread. Yum! Excellent leftovers, so make a big batch.

apple caramel dip

I found this awhile back online... have no idea where, but oh so glad I did.


Apple Caramel Dip

block of cream cheese or two, room temperature
container caramel apple dip (sold in produce)
package of Heath bits (by chocolate chips)
red and green apples

Spread cream cheese into thinish rectangle. (I use almost two blocks)

Top with container of caramel apple dip. I warm it in the microwave for maybe 30 minutes or so.

Sprinkle with about 1 cup of Heath bits.

Surround with alternating red and green apples.

Easy peasy. :)

Pumpkin dip

I got this from my friend Nickie's blog (the same Nickie with the awesome sticky bun recipe) and she said I could put it on here. One of the reasons fall is my favorite season is because I love all things pumpkin. Pumpkin pancakes, pumpkin cookies, pumpkin pie... and now I'm adding pumpkin dip. Oh for yum!

2 8oz cream cheese
1 16 oz can pumpkin
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
powder sugar
Mix/Beat all ingredients together.
Add Powder sugar to your taste of liking.
It will make 4 Cups of dip!