Pumpkin and Spice tagged 'holidays'

Apple Cider Roasted Turkey with Homemade Gravy

pumpkin@pumpkinandspice.net — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100

I was fully intending to post my turkey recipe prior to Thanksgiving, you know, when it might have done some good. But I was a little busier than I anticipated- I worked every day for eight days before Thanksgiving, so there was a lot [...]

Pass Around the Coffee and the Pumpkin Pie

pumpkin@pumpkinandspice.net — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100

The holidays are rapidly approaching- it's truely the most wonderful time of the year! I love that once you hit October, you get a holiday every month until Valentine's day! Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas/Hannukah, New Year's, Valentine's Day- it's the best. It makes me feel all Hallmark card squishy inside.

This tI love Halloween. I love vampires (though not so much Twilight-y vampires...) In honor of the holiday, and my beloved gothy bloodsuckers, I created a bloody cheesecake for our Halloween party this year.

A hazelnu [...]

Orange You Glad?

pumpkin@pumpkinandspice.net — Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 +0100

I hope that you all had a great Mother's Day weekend- I hope you all treated your moms well, showered them with love and gifts and let them know how fab they are. I gave my mom a call, but since she's coming to visit this coming weekend (Yay! Mother's Day Orange Cake As much as I like my job/externship, it's been a difficult couple months. Starting a new job is always an adjustment, but I also had to adjust to moving to a new city, in a new state, 2000 miles away from my husband. It's been hard, but thankfully, I [...]

It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas

pumpkin@pumpkinandspice.net — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0100

I started my morning with something new (to me) that I found at Whole Foods- Fage 2% yogurt with dippin' sauce. I'm sure that's not the actual product name but it's a pretty accurate description. It's about a half-cup or so of plain 2% Fage, and about [...]

Happy Thanksgiving!

pumpkin@pumpkinandspice.net — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving yesterday (today? I'm still up... but I guess it's technically no longer Thanksgiving...)

Since the ski season hasn't officially started, the resort was closed on Thanksgiving. Our busy day was the day before, making pies for orders. Sissy and I had been trying to find a restaurant in town that was doing a reasonably priced Thanksgiving dinner (Park City has a lot of pricy restaurants... but not many t [...]