lots of thanks to give
Posted: November 25, 2012 Filed under: Girl Talk | Tags: Food, pumpkin, pumpkin pie, thankful, Thanksgiving, turkey Leave a comment »I am not sure which I like more- the actual food, or the memories made while preparing it.
Definitely the memories.
pumpkin seeds: two ways
Posted: November 14, 2012 Filed under: Girl Talk | Tags: fall, Food, halloween, pumpkin, recipe, salt, seed, snack, sugar, sweet and spicy, Thanksgiving 1 Comment »We decided to toast up some pumpkin seeds the other day as a snack.
The first kind we made was sweet and spicy from this recipe here. We left out the extra sugar at the end, and just sprinkled them with a little salt, and scout’s honor, they tasted just like kettle corn. It was like pumpkin seed crack.
The second kind was just the classic: little oil, salt, and pepper. Simple goodness.
Naked seeds get some sugar or salt clothes.
Thanksgiving means more pumpkins, and that means more pumpkin seeds that will need to be eaten. Oh darn.
headlines don’t sell papes
Posted: November 5, 2012 Filed under: Girl Talk | Tags: costume, halloween, newsie, newsies, newspaper, pie, pumpkin Leave a comment »One of my most favorite movies ever is Newsies. I would watch it over and over again when I was younger, and I would probably do the same as an adult. I don’t know why I have never thought to be a Newsie for Halloween before. It seems like an obvious choice. Probably the hat was holding me back.
Here is a video of me attempting to throw newspapers in the air, a la a dance number. It is for my ma.
(Disclaimer: This is the first video I have ever attempted to make that isn’t photos, and I got really frustrated with it, so please forgive the extreme blurriness and overall poor quality.)
Also on Halloween, I made a pumpkin pie. With a real crust. Not the store bought kind.
Here is what newsie Chelsea thinks of pumpkin pie:
all hallows eve
Posted: October 31, 2012 Filed under: Girl Talk | Tags: bat, carving, cat, fall, halloween, pumpkin Leave a comment »The pumpkins are carved, so all we need now is the pumpkin pie! (and some candy of course.) We went with a bat theme this year: bat trio and a cat bat.
a pumpkin friend
Posted: October 28, 2012 Filed under: Little Shop Talk | Tags: autumn, craft, fall, halloween, handmade, jack o lantern, pumpkin, sew Leave a comment »My ma got me this little pumpkin pattern. I haven’t followed an actual pattern in a while. Patterns are such a science and art. I think the little pumpkin turned out really cute, and fits right in with the little gourd and candy arrangements. It is nice to come home to his smiling face.
the pumpkin king
Posted: October 22, 2012 Filed under: Girl Talk | Tags: autumn, fall, halloween, pumpkin Leave a comment »We love the pumpkin garden outside of Whole Foods. So many different kinds of pumpkins to conquer. (Real pumpkin king here.)
jack o lantern cookies
Posted: October 19, 2012 Filed under: Girl Talk | Tags: cookie, cookie cutter, Food, halloween, jack o lantern, pumpkin, sugar Leave a comment »I have been waiting almost a whole year to use these cookie cutters. After seeing all their little faces, it was definitely worth the wait.
donuts for fall
Posted: October 17, 2012 Filed under: Girl Talk | Tags: bake, donut, doughnut, Food, pecan, pumpkin, pumpkin recipe, pumpkin spice Leave a comment »We had a little get together, and my gift for the table were these pumpkin donuts with pecans (recipe here). I am beginning to think that people only invite me for the treats.
halloween cookie time
Posted: October 16, 2012 Filed under: Girl Talk | Tags: bake, bat, cookie, Food, gingerbread, gingerbread cookies, halloween, owl, pumpkin Leave a comment »I can always rationalize a reason to make cookies. Especially gingerbread cookies. These ones were shaped like pumpkins, owls, bats, ghosts, coffins, bear cubs, and porcupines.
pumpkin patch
Posted: October 7, 2012 Filed under: Girl Talk | Tags: apple, autumn, braid, fall, halloween, hood river, landscape, mountain, oregon, pumpkin, wedding Leave a comment »This is the best pumpkin patch in the world. Rasmussen Farms in Hood River, Oregon. It’s a real pumpkin patch. Where you have to walk yourself out into the field of pumpkins and pick one for yourself. When you find the perfect one, you check it over, clean the dirt off with spit, and then rip it off the vine. Its pure fall and happiness.
If I had my way, I would get married in the middle of the pumpkin patch. It has breathtaking scenery, and smells like fresh apples. Everyone would wear boots, and the bridesmaids would wear braids in their hair.
