November 4th, 2008 § 0 comments
I’ve consumed more apples over the past month than I can count. Other than the apple pie a few weeks ago, they have been raw and eaten as a snack or as a lazy breakfast on a Saturday morning. After I picked up another half dozen at the market over the weekend, I decided it was time to make another standard of apple cookery: applesauce. And not just plain applesauce, cinnamon applesauce. » Read the rest of this entry «
October 29th, 2008 § 1 comment
After making the pumpkin muffins in my last post, I was left with about six cups of roasted pumpkin puree in a tupperware container in the fridge. I wasn’t sure what to do, but after the dozen muffins I made Sunday morning were almost gone by Monday morning, I decided to make two loaves of pumpkin bread with a modified version of the muffin recipe. The results were pretty good, evidenced by the fact one loaf is almost gone, while the other has been safely stored in the freezer. There were still four cups of pumpkin puree left, but those were also placed in the freezer as well to wait for a mid-winter pumpkin craving. » Read the rest of this entry «
October 26th, 2008 § 5 comments
The fall harvest was in full swing at the farmers’ market this weekend. A pumpkin patch was one of the main draws and toddlers were walking around picking out their jack-o-lanterns for Halloween. I didn’t pick one up at the time, but as I was walking home later in the day, I decided that I needed to make some pumpkin muffins from scratch. I stopped at the grocery store and grabbed the last sugar pumpkin they had and a few supplies.
