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Pumpkin Challenge: Day 8
Halfway through the week, the sun out after a nice, cool morning, and hosting a music exchange event felt like a good day to share more than just good music – it felt like a day to share pumpkin muffins. In a Pumpkin Challenge plot twist, I did not use a CCK recipe today! I…
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Pumpkin Challenge: Day 7
A busy Tuesday called for a simple recipe for today – so simple, that it took about 2 minutes to create!Pumpkin cream cheese (vegan) was the chosen item, and upon sampling (yes, with a spoon), it will be a breakfast item for the next few days!Thank-you Daiya Foods for your contribution to today’s pumpkin piece.
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Pumpkin Challenge: Day 6
Chocolate.Chocolate.CHOCOLATE.Chocolate.This is an approximation of my resting thought pattern throughout the day. Unable to neglect my craving any longer, I scoured Chocolate-Covered Katie for a recipe that would be both chocolaty and fairly healthy, so as not to leave me feeling empty even after consuming the chocolate. I found The One after a pumpkin-focused search:…
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Pumpkin Challenge: Day 5
For the last two weeks, I have found that no day feels like any particular day of the week. On a given day, I could wake up and easily believe it was Monday, Friday, or some time in the weekend. Today, however, was different – today felt like a Sunday! With a sense of it being…
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Pumpkin Challenge: Day 4
I encountered a dilemma today –I had not yet had my green smoothie for the Green Smoothie Challenge, nor had I had a pumpkin item for the Pumpkin Challenge… Yet I was too full to consume two things before I went to work, after which I would be unable to get creative with either of…
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We Be Jammin’ ("Preserving by the Pint")
For my birthday this year, I requested a book on how to jam/pickle/jelly foods so that I could explore a new hobby that would be mostly inspired by my aunt’s amazing grape jelly (family fights almost break out each time she makes a batch). Answering my call for preservation guidance, I received this book: “Preserving…
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Pumpkin Challenge: Day 3
Today felt like a day for sharing. In spite of my fatigue, the glorious feeling of being free of two midterms in a two-hour span inspired a batch of cookies for today’s pumpkin item! The recipe these were pulled from Chocolate-Covered Katie (again, as usual, forever), but instead of leaving them raw, CC and I…
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Pumpkin Challenge: Day 2
I find it challenging to successfully multiply the quantities of a recipe by more than two; So taking a single-serving recipe from Chocolate-Covered Katie and making seven of them did not go perfectly. However… Chocolate makes everything okay. Always. Chocolate-chip pumpkin cupcakes. I pulled this recipe (as I will many more times this month) from…
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Pumpkin Challenge: Day 1 (Introduction)
Welcome to my 3rd (4th?) annual Pumpkin Challenge! You are invited to join me in the documentation of a challenge that I have taken on since it was proposed to me by a friend many moons ago – the Pumpkin Challenge. For the month of October, I will endeavour to consume one item that contains…