10/28/2012- Balsamic Chicken and Pumpkin Pancakes

With Hurricane Sandy coming, I decided I needed to make as much food as I could. So, I started with 15 balsamic chicken drumsticks. That's a lot of chicken. Not so much, though, when it's absolutely divine.

I even wanted to eat the marinade. That's how good it was. Very simple too, balsamic vinegar, brown sugar, soy sauce and honey. The recipe says you don't have to marinade it, but I always find the skin only has the flavor. Hopefully, by letting it sit for a while, it'd soak it up.

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While those were cooking and Aaron had Noah downt he street at a birthday party, I decided to use the last of my pumpkin puree. I had used some of it for my pumpkin pie oatmeal and had about a cup left. If the power went out, I didn't want to lose that awesome pumpkin. I searched around Pinterest and found this pin for pumpkin pancakes! Perfect!

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I threw them into bags when they cooled and put them in the fridge. Thankfully we never lost power. Noah's been asking for them though, so they aren't sticking around long! Guess I"ll have to make more. I'm hoping to get a new waffle maker soon, so maybe this would make yummy pumpkin waffles?

Pumpkin Pie Oatmeal and "World's Best" Taco Soup

I love pumpkin. I love pumpkin pie, pumpkin coffee, muffins, cake, everything pumpkin. So when I saw the pumpkin pie oatmeal, it was a given I needed to eat it. It was really simple to make and would have been better if I had pecans. I will say, though, it needed about a tablespoon of sugar. The syrup didn't quite cut it for me.

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That night I also made "The Worlds Best Taco Soup". Needless to say, it was good...but not the "worlds best". I did omit the peppers and salsa simply because I hate peppers (please don't stone me). The Rote'l tomatoes made it really spicy, but some cheese and cornbread made it much better. Aaron and I agreed it was essentially chili with taco seasoning. Still good though.

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10/15/2012 - CrockPot Breakfast Casserole

I decided wanted to start doing 5 new recipes a week. I was going to do 5 dinner items, 2 desserts and 4 new things for Noah, but really, I can't. It was a good goal, but with Mason, it can't happen right now. SO, I do what I can, when I can, when it comes to the crafts for Noah. But, I have been good about doing at least 5 new things for food each week.

It was simple eggs, hash browns, cheese, sausage and some milk. It did say to cook on low for 8-10 hrs, but after 5 on low and 30 min on high, the sides were ALL burned. There wasn't a spot left that was touching the crock pot that wasn't burned. The inner part was delicious once some salt was put on. I imagine it'd taste good with hot sauce or salsa for those who enjoy it.

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Noah even ate it (multiple times), so you know it must have been good!