Holiday Scents

I had a birthday coupon from  World Market and used it tonight - and discovered these three new scents for the holiday season - and they all smelled absolutely wonderful!  $9.99 each! Housed in a cute jar with a retro lid...

Perfect Bites

These were certainly a fave at our pumpkin party - they are super tasty and very easy to make.  I found the recipe online.  Check it out here.

Perfect bites, and perfectly leftover for breakfast....and perfectly pretty for the holiday season.

Stuffed Pepper Pumpkins

These turned out cute and delicious.

Cut and remove seeds from orange peppers, cut out the jack o lantern face, then boil them about 5 minutes. Stuff with your favorite mixture.  I put in Mexican seasoned chicken, rice, black beans and cheese, with diced tomatoes.  Set the tops back on the peppers. Bake them in the oven about 30 minutes.

They just look like fall...they're little pumpkins full of tastiness.

Pumpkin Fruit Bowl

This is so easy to make:

Just cut up oranges into slices - a lot of them.  Use these to outline your pumpkin fruit bowl.

Use red grapes for eyes and nose, outlining with orange slices.

Use apple slices for the mouth (sprinkle lemon juice on top to keep from browning)

Place three apple slices on the top for the stem!

Arrange until you have it looking like a jack-o-lantern!

Pretzels Pretties

These pretzel rods are so fun and tasty for any party, because they can be decorated for any holiday or season.  So why not Halloween?

you'll need:

1 pkg pretzel rods
chocolate or vanilla candy melting wafers (I used Ghirardelli)
sprinkles
parchment paper

line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
melt the wafers according to directions
dip the pretzels, one at a time, coating them about 2/3 up
over a plate (so chocolate can drip) pour sprinkles on the pretzels
lay out on baking sheet
chill

after they set and are hard again, place in your serving container ( i used a large vase)

Spooky Breakfast

A fun idea for breakfast for him, for the kiddos, or for you all!

Slice a thick piece of multi-grain bread, and using a pumpkin cookie cutter, take out the middle, keeping the pumpkin shape too.

Melt butter in a skillet and place the slice of bread, and crack an egg in the hole that you made with the cutter.  Also place the pumpkin shape in the skillet.  Toast until browned and egg sets, then carefully flip.  Season the egg with S&P.

Meanwhile, using a marker, make a face on a cutie.

Serve it all up on a plate!

2 for 3

Two for $3 at Target - so cute - for dessert or a candle or just for reading and decoration - as a reminder.  They're white with a copper/orange colored text.  I love them.