Here we go. The season of Everything Pumpkin has arrived. Are you ready? Do you have your pumpkin game face on? Pumpkin pie! Pumpkin spice lattes! Pumpkin lasagna! (Pumpkin lasagna?) I’m even ready to declare September “National Pester Your Mother to Make Pumpkin Muffins Month” because that’s exactly what my kids have been doing: pestering me to make pumpkin muffins.
OK gang, I’m ready. Let’s do this.
Over the weekend we had a potluck picnic on the calendar and we were asked to bring an autumn themed dish to pass. I needed something simple, but more importantly, something that I could remember most of the ingredients to off the top of my head. Per usual, I was making my decision about what to make while I was on my way to the grocery store.
What’s that saying? If you fail to plan, you plan to fail? Whatever. Let’s just make apple crisp.
First thing on the morning of our picnic, I tore into my bag of Granny Smiths and got to work.
As a self-proclaimed Salad Lover, I’ve come to see that the pregnant version of myself is not at all a Salad Lover.
No, these days I’m more of a Salad Avoider. I’m able to stuff leafy greens into sandwiches or the occasional glass of green juice or green smoothie, but my regular salad days are currently on hiatus – much like my days of wearing pants with a button and zipper.
The first thing I need to tell you is that this was not my idea.
In fact, I kept trying to change the subject every time it came up, in the hopes that they’d forget all about it.
The little one made fruit shish kabobs with a group of her little friends last week. On our way home that afternoon, she asked if we had some of those same sticks and if we might be able to make these at home too, you know, with kinds of fruit that she enjoys. Like apples!
And maybe… oh yeah. Just apples.
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