Fall Favorites Friday {Our Family Favorite Thanksgiving Recipes}

I'm a little late, but here it is...my FINAL Fall Favorites Friday (posting on Saturday -- oops!!)  Did fall fly by or what?  My kids are already pestering me to put up Christmas decorations.  One thing at a time, kids, one thing at a time.  Momma's gotta cook a Thanksgiving turkey first!Speaking of which, I feel like I've devoted a lot of my Fall … [Read more...]

Fall Favorites Friday {Yummy and Fun Ideas for Using Pecans}

Sometimes you just feel like a nut and sometimes you don't.  Today, I feel like a nut!  (I know, I'm a dork!)   But, honestly, I've been thinking a lot about nuts lately -- particularly, pecans and what I can make with the bumper crop we have this year.         Here are several yummy and fun ideas for using pecans this fall: (Warning:  this … [Read more...]

Fall Favorites Friday {Best Ever Banana Pumpkin Bread Recipe}

Nothing says fall quite like the flavor of pumpkin.  In my family, my Banana Pumpkin Bread recipe is one of their favorites. I found it several years ago in the church cookbook from the Lutheran church in which I grew up.  It has been a hit from our first hello.It makes two or three 9 x 5 inch loaves and they don't last long at my house (I always … [Read more...]