Category: Recipes

The food-on-a-stick trend might have its own book, but food-in-a-jar is just as much fun (if not more so) to eat. Oats in a jar (commonly referred to as OIAJ for those “in the know”) became extraordinarily popular a year or two ago, but there are many other items that can be served in a jar…

Here is the parfait that you might have caught a glimpse of in my last post. If you did, then you read about my Pumpkin Pie Pudding, which is a delicious “tastes-like-dessert-but-is-healthy-enough-for-breakfast” treat. In order to make a more filling and texturally interesting dish, I paired the pudding with my Pumpkin Spice Granola and a bit of creamy…

1. I have a really fun – and scrumptious – recipe posted on The Back Burner blog today! These black-and-orange quesadillas are by far the best I’ve ever made, (maybe even the best I’ve ever eaten), and I think you’ll love ‘em… even if you’re not typically a fan of pumpkin. I hope you try them out =)….

1. According to local channel 7 news, Hurricane Irene wiped out a large percentage of New England’s native pumpkin crop this season; I snapped up two sugar pumpkins (the variety used to make homemade pumpkin puree) on my last trip to Whole Foods, and am contemplating buying – oh, I don’t know – 15 more on…

1. This marks my first hot OIAJ since last winter. For those of you scratching your head right now, OIAJ is a food blogger acronym for “Oats In A Jar”, and refers to eating oatmeal (hot from the stovetop or cold overnight) straight from an almost-empty nut butter jar. If you haven’t already tried this…

I don’t know what the weather is like where you live, but the Northeast saw temperatures in the mid 80′s this past weekend. Ummm… what?! For someone like me – who lives for crisp, cool, and dry autumn weather – this return to summer-like temperatures was not as well-received as it most likely was for most…