Above are the festive dish towels currently in the kitchen, courtesy of my roommate's mom. I love them.
So, the pumpkin oats? I made them! Unfortunately I did not like them. I think because of the mushy texture. So this morning I made them into pancakes.
Topped with a dollop of greek yogurt. Much better!
And now, a tribute to my bake-fest with my sister. First of all, upon my arrival home, I was greeted by Laura with a glass of iced almond milk coffee.
With our early-evening coffees at hand, we began to prep for dinner. Check out this vibrant tomato Laura got at a farmer's market.
Our mom made a fantastic mushroom risotto with butternut squash.
And Laura and I baked... rather, formed, a sort of no-bake chocolate cake using dates, hazelnuts, almonds, and cocoa powder.
Into the food processor they went:
And then we mushed it into a cake:
And sprinkled it with coconut:
And the final product was this:
My mom and Laura weren't that fond of it, but I loved it! It tasted just like nutella. Like a fudgy nutella cake.
And the baking continued. We needed to make something fall-y! Pumpkin carrot muffins:
We used this recipe: http://www.dailyunadventuresincooking.com/2009/01/pumpkin-carrot-muffins.html
...but used chopped pecans instead of sunflower seeds.
They turned out great! But did the baking continue? Yes.
We made Nikki's Healthy Cookies (http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/nikkis-healthy-cookies-recipe.html) but this time with a Fall twist. We added pumpkin puree and pumpkin pie spice to the mix!
And it yielded our best batch yet.
With Ghiradelli chocolate chips.
LOOOOOOVE THIS ONE!! Love the pics of my sisters and all the beautiful food to of course! My mouth is salivating....yummy.
ReplyDeleteI just spread a layer of cream cheese in the center of the muffin and that was delightful. I love this blog. I can't wait to see what's next! Keep us updated if you find out how to improve the texture of the pumpkin oat cakes!
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Laura
What a fabulous food fest we had! And my, what nice dishes! But tell me, what the heck are "pumpkin oats"?
ReplyDeleteOh! I should have put my recipe on this post. Into a bowl went raw oats, pumpkin puree, raisins, pumpkin pie spice, peanut butter, and brown sugar. That bowl went into the fridge over night, and in the morning, I had pumpkin oats. To make the oatcakes, I just put a few tablespoons of the overnight oats onto a frying pan and cooked them into pancakes!
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