Fruit of the Earth

WAIT!!! Don't throw out your pumpkins now that the Christmas season is officially upon us. Instead cut those babies open, scoop out the seeds and roast 'em up with these great recipes. We did and they made a great Turkey Day app. I am thinking about dumping the leftovers into ziplok baggies and stashing them in my purse for emergency Christmas shopping snacks. Shopping always makes me hungry.





Going along with our "fruit of the earth" Turkey Day apps, we also whipped up this delicious spread using porcini mushroom we foraged for earlier this year in the NM mountains. Can I just say, it will definitely be made again.

Everything's bigger in Texas

I was in Dallas last week for work. It was my first time visiting The Lone Star state, and I must say it was pretty nice! My hubs has been telling me for years what a bad place TX is (it is a NM thing) so I was slightly brainwashed and not expecting much. Boy, was I wrong! The food alone was worth the trip! Everytime I turned around the hotel was bringing out another snack of some sort. I mean, who really needs Bread Pudding at 2 pm, after you just consumed a HUGE buffet lunch and have been doing nothing but sitting around all day listening to conference speakers anyway. As if the food wasn't enough to talk about, this ginormous centerpiece greeted me when I arrived in the lobby of the hotel. How can I get a job just going around to different hotels and designing their seasonal centerpieces??? I need to figure that out, fast.

I love the mossy-ness (must be a theme for me this fall) mixed in with all the gorgeous pumpkins. The colors are to die for! I hope you enjoy. I am just sad I don't get to make a trip back to see their big TX style Christmas decor.

Post-Halloween Centerpieces

For those of you not quite ready to drag out the Holiday decorations yet, check out these centerpiece ideas Eddie Ross came up with for Women's Day. The metallic touch in each one makes them feel modern, yet incredibly simple. What a pretty way to make the transition from Halloween to Thanksgiving.

A Little Nutty

We are entertaining lots of guests in our new home this Fall, and are loving these simple Happy Hour nuts. They keep well in plastic containers, so go ahead and make up the whole batch.

Pumpkins and Pinecones

Celebrations at Home posted an adorable party today. Love those pine cone/daisy chandeliers. Oh, and the pumpkin dessert looks delish, can't wait to break out the trifle bowl for that one. Don't ya just love Fall?!?

Autumn Salad

Man, have I been on a salad kick lately! I can't wait to make these two, so the "salad for dinner" trend is going to continue for a while in our household.

This first one comes from St. Louis Entertains. I love the look of an arranged salad, especially when it is bursting with fall colors.

The second one is from Ina Garten. Many of her fall recipes were featured in House Beautiful this month and many looked super delicious.

Ok, off to eat my greens now.

Mossy Mantle

This is my 101st post! What a milestone.

I have never been very good at stretching those white cobweby thingys around Halloween. So, this year I dressed my new mantle in Spanish moss instead. I love how it turned out. Reminds me of Savannah, GA. The moss hangs so delicately on the trees there and gives the town a spooky feeling all year round.

Now this project was MESSY, so don't start it late at night like I did. The cleanup is not fun, but I think it was totally worth it.