PUMPKIN WEEK: Granola

Because I don’t eat enough granola (I only make it every weekend), I thought the perfect recipe to end pumpkin week with is Pumpkin Granola. Yes it sounds a little funny at first but this is my new favorite fall breakfast. And snack. And dessert. PS for those of you who are not pumpkin fans, … Continue reading →

PUMPKIN WEEK: Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls

Well, another year has come and gone and it is time again for our Second Annual Pumpkin Week! As you may remember from last year, Pumpkin Week was a bit delayed because of Hurricane Sandy and the super snowy storm that came right after. I’m not going to talk about how Hurricane Sandy ruined our … Continue reading →

PUMPKIN WEEK: Finally Fall

This weekend has been the perfect fall weekend. Blue skies, crisp air, and pumpkins. Fall here can’t really compete with fall in New England  but my roommate and I discovered a cute little farm where everything reminded us of home minus the changing leaves on trees. The farm was about an hour and a half … Continue reading →

THANKSGIVING

Happy Thanksgiving-A-Few-Days-Late everyone! Hope you all had a good holiday and lots of good food to go with it. This is going to be a long post so hold on to your pants(which are now a little bit tighter) and get ready for some amazing food. This year we made a feast at my house. … Continue reading →

Pumpkin Pancakes!

Pumpkin week might have been last week, but I didn’t want Caroline’s pumpkin cupcakes to be lonely and I couldn’t resist making one more pumpkin treat. I saw this recipe for Silver Dollar Pumpkin Pancakes and immediately wanted pumpkin pancakes. It was 8pm at night; pancakes for dessert anyone? However, I was feeling a little lazy … Continue reading →

PUMPKIN WEEK…a week late

I tried to come up with a Hurricane Sandy pun appropriate to cooking and therefore, this blog, in order to make light of the situation I’m dealing with. But the only thing I could up come with was a Hurricane Sandy-wich, and unfortunately it doesn’t even have anything to do with this entry. Hurricane Sandy … Continue reading →

Sweet Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

After making my pumpkin puree and beautiful jack o’latern,I was left with quite a bit of pumpkin seeds. Surprisingly, I had never had roasted pumpkin seeds before. Growing up, we never carved pumpkins. I think the first time I carved a pumpkin was in high school. Maybe it had to do with all the sharp … Continue reading →

WHOOPIE!!!

Eating whoopie pies was an essential part of growing up in New England. When I moved to a part of the country where these treats were called gobs, I was appalled. I won’t even get started on what the same people called soda or how they pronounced aunt. That’s getting into a whole other issue. … Continue reading →

Pumpkin Week!

This week at latteissues is PUMPKIN WEEK. What’s that? You’ve never celebrated PUMPKIN WEEK before? Well, like its better known close relative Shark Week, PUMPKIN WEEK is one of the greatest weeks of the year. And it’s even better when you’re unemployed and get to incorporate pumpkin into everything you do/eat. Like my Jack O’Lantern? … Continue reading →