Thanksgiving Pumpkin Recipe Round-Up

I have been cooking and freezing lots of pumpkin these past few weeks (more on that later) and so I’ve been searching around the web for new pumpkin recipes.  I am definitely interested in trying some new desserts and I’ve really been wanting to try pumpkin pancakes.  Here are some of the recipes I’ve found.

Pumpkin Blondie - Linette’s recipe sounds delicious. I’m looking forward to trying these soon.

Turkey Cupcakes – These aren’t made from pumpkin, but I wanted to share because they’re just so cute!

Pumpkin Pie Noir – Caramelized pumpkin sounds delicious! 

Pumpkin Pie Dip - Sounds great to serve with sliced fruit, graham crackers, bread, or gingersnaps.

Pumpkin Chai Pots de Creme with Pumpkin Seed Brittle – Looking for something different to try?

Honey Punkin Cream Cheese Pie – Sounds delicious and easy to make!

Pumpkin Dinner Rolls – These look so good and offer a subtle way to incorporate pumpkin into your meal.

Pumpkin Waffles – These would be great to cook and freeze for later use.

Pumpkin Pancakes – Wouldn’t it be nice to wake up to the smell of pumpkin pancakes? 

Pumpkin Carrot Cake Muffins – Oh my. Which recipe do I try first?

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins - You might like a little chocolate with your pumpkin.

Pumpkin Muffins – I’ve been looking for some pumpkin bread and muffin recipes to try. This one uses sweetener instead of sugar.

Pumpkin Bread and Muffins – PickYourOwn.org always has wonderful ideas for using fresh fruits and vegetables.

10 Different Ways to Use Pumpkin – I like the idea of using the pumpkin shell as a soup bowl.  You could also bake the soup inside the pumpkin and then eat the pumpkin when you’re done.

Pumpkin Soup – Another recipe from PickYourOwn.org.

If you have any pumpkin recipes, please feel free to leave them in the comments for others to enjoy.

image (c) Linette Gerlach

Around the Web 7/20/10

I’ve been surfing around the web and here are a few things I found to share with you.

Use fabric scraps and paper towel tubes to make these eco-friendly DIY napkin rings from Pear Tree Events.  This is a great idea which allows you to inexpensively make color coordinated napkin rings for parties.

Someone at VBS made drop biscuits for the kids’ snack and they were so good. I was glad to find the recipe at Southern Plate.  While you’re at it, you might want to make some crock pot apple butter to go along with it.  Yummm.

I have some friends with ear wax problems, so I thought this information about Colace and over-the-counter drops was interesting and helpful.  Just fyi, in case you have the same issue.

Sweeties Sweets has some Pampers Gifts to Grow codes for points.  A few of them were expired, but there are still many that are good.

Money Saving Mom has info on how to get a free Wordlock Luggage Lock.

Enjoy!

image (c) Karen Weideman