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Recipe: Fall Pumpkin Bread

September 27, 2019 by Sandra 4 Comments

Pumpkin bread.

It’s delicious. And I’m happy to say that I finally have a pumpkin bread recipe that everyone in my family loves – even the picky ones. 🙂

This pumpkin bread is delicious with a drizzle of pumpkin spice glaze over the top. It’s so good served that way! You could also simply sprinkle a little powdered sugar over it.

That works, too.

Here’s the recipe:

Pumpkin Bread

Ingredients

1 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup dark brown sugar
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
1-1/4 cups pumpkin puree, canned or fresh
8 tablespoons butter, melted and cooled
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a loaf pan with oil or nonstick cooking spray. (I used coconut oil.)
In a large bowl, whisk together the all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. Set aside.
In a separate bowl, whisk together the brown sugar and eggs. Then, one at a time, add the pumpkin, melted butter, and vanilla extract. Whisk the mixture after each ingredient is added.
Using a spatula, pour the pumpkin mixture into the flour mixture, and stir just until combined.
Pour the pumpkin batter into the loaf pan. Spread the batter evenly using the spatula. Bake for about 50 to 60 minutes. Then remove from the oven and cool for about 15 minutes.
Sprinkle with powdered sugar or drizzle with pumpkin spice glaze (recipe below).

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And, as I mentioned, this pumpkin bread is scrumptious when you serve it with a healthy drizzle of pumpkin spice glaze.

Here’s that recipe:

Pumpkin Spice Glaze

Ingredients

1 cup powdered sugar
2-1/2 tablespoons pumpkin spice liquid coffee creamer

Instructions

In a small bowl, stir ingredients together until smooth.

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I made this bread over the weekend, and it’s gone already. I can’t wait for an opportunity to make it again!

Have you made pumpkin bread yet this season? What’s your favorite way to use canned pumpkin?

Mexican Albondigas Soup Recipe (or Meatball Soup) and the Bella Ceramic Skillet

September 25, 2019 by Sandra Leave a Comment

I enjoy using the Bella Ceramic Electric Skillet, and I know my family will be using it to cook a variety of different foods
for a long time to come. Thanks to Bella for sending me this electric skillet to review.

Hi, guys! In this video, I’m sharing a recipe for Mexican Albondigas Soup (also known as Meatball Soup) and an unboxing of the Bella Ceramic Electric Skillet.

I hope you enjoy the video! 🙂

You can find the albondigas soup recipe (or meatball soup recipe) here on my blog, and you can find this Bella Ceramic Electric Skillet with Cool Touch Handles on Amazon using the affiliate link here.

Scrumptious Baked Pumpkin Donut Muffins

September 20, 2019 by Sandra 4 Comments

Do you know what resourceful people do when they want to make donuts, but they don’t own a donut pan?

They make donut muffins.

And that’s what I did.

I made the most scrumptious donut muffins ever. Ever. Ever. Ever.

They’re that good. 😉

Baked Pumpkin Donut Muffins

Here’s the recipe:

Baked Pumpkin Donut Muffins

Ingredients

1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
1/3 cup coconut oil, melted
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg (for Vegan donuts, use egg-replacer - I used Ener-G Egg Replacer)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup canned pumpkin
1/2 cup rice milk

Instructions

Adjust oven rack to the middle position, and then preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease muffin pan or line with baking cups.
In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, sea salt, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, nutmeg, and ground ginger.
In a separate medium-sized bowl, whisk together the coconut oil, brown sugar, egg (or alternate egg substitute), vanilla extract, pumpkin, and rice milk.
Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and, with a spatula, mix just until ingredients are incorporated.
Divide the batter evenly among baking cups. *I used a 1/4 measuring cup and a spoon to measure out the batter and then scoop it into the baking cups.
Place donuts in the oven and bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out with only a few crumbs on it.
Allow donuts to sit in the muffin pan for about 10 minutes, then transfer them to a cooling rack and glaze. See recipe below this one for the glaze.

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Donut Glaze Recipe

Donut Glaze

Ingredients

1 cup powdered sugar
2 tablespoons cold water
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

In a small bowl, mix ingredients together until smooth.

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I used a regular nonstick muffin pan (not mini) and found that with this type of pan, you can expect to make eleven absolutely delicious donut muffins.

I hope your family enjoys these as much as mine. 🙂

Have your ever made donuts at home?

DIY: Homemade Peppermint Sea Salt Foot Scrub

September 19, 2019 by Sandra 17 Comments

I’ve never used foot scrubs until this year.

What was I thinking? Especially when they are so easy to make at home.

There’s no need to go out and buy expensive foot scrubs when you can create your own fabulous, budget-friendly foot scrubs at home.

Trust me. If you’ve never used a foot scrub before, you must try it.

The heels of my feet, actually, my feet altogether haven’t felt this good in years.

I don’t know if it’s because I constantly wear flip-flops or because I rarely wear socks that my heels have taken a beating, but they were in pretty bad shape.

My poor husband can attest to that. 😉

I had some real progress going with my feet until I neglected them again in the midst preparing to attend the blog conferences and then actually attending them . At the conferences, I wore flip flops and another pair of shoes that while comfortable, were not friendly to my feet. Not friendly at all.

By the end of the last conference, my feet needed some serious love.

So I headed into my kitchen last night and prepared a foot scrub that smells lovely and works great. Here’s the recipe:

Peppermint Sea Salt Foot Scrub

Ingredients:

- 3.5 tbs. sea salt (I used fine crystals, because that’s what I hand on hand. Ideally, I would probably use a more coarse sea salt.)
- 1 tsp. vitamin e oil
- 1/2 tsp. olive oil (I used cold pressed olive oil.)
- 5 drops of peppermint essential oil (optional)

Directions:

In a small bowl, stir together the sea salt, vitamin e oil, and olive oil. Then stir in the peppermint essential oil.

To Use:

Massage the foot scrub all over your feet, and then rinse it off. Be careful stepping out of the shower or bath whenever you’ve just used a foot scrub, because your feet may be a bit slippery.

Enjoy!

In case you were wondering…

I get my vitamin e oil from Vitacost (referral link – you can get $10 off your first purchase if you sign up through my link). It’s the Jason brand.
The sea salt is inexpensive from Trader Joes. I can’t remember the cost, but I want to say $1?
The cold pressed olive oil is from the grocery store, Publix.
The peppermint essential oil is from Vitacost (referral link – you can get $10 off your first purchase if you sign up through my link) again. It’s the Aura Cacia brand.

*You could also check Amazon.com for ingredients.

Do you use foot scrubs? Have you ever tried a homemade version?

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Baked Pumpkin Donut Muffins

Here’s the recipe:

Donut Glaze Recipe

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