Fall-O-Ween Day 3

Welcome to day 3 dear hoppers. I hope you are having as much fun hopping and reading the blog posts as I am reading the comments that you share with us.

Today's witch lives in a wonderful town called White Bear Lake, northeast of the Twin Cities where she conjures up her spells in two magical places filled with tantalizing treats for quilter's and crafters. If you have ever experienced her kind of spells, you know they are addicting, you keep coming back for more! 

This is Roseann Kermes and I am talking about her shop Rosebud's Cottage and her little hideout where she teaches workshops and hangs out.

Click here to see what she has cooked up for you today in the form of a free pattern!

Today's daily topic is TASTE.

This topic, I could talk about all day. I am a total "foodie" and love to cook....at least when I am not crunched for time or have deadlines looming. As a matter of fact, I always share a recipe in my monthly e-mail newsletter (click here to subscribe) that I have either discovered that month or have become obsessed with! 

Fall really changes the way I cook and I am sure that is true for many of you. I start craving more comforting meals, soups and stews, roasts and earthy vegetables. My family also gets really busy in the fall with High School soccer season for my oldest and gymnastic schedules for my younger two so it seems like we are never eating at regular times. That is when I pull out my crock pot and use quite a bit, both to cook in or just to keep other dishes warm until everybody gets home. I love to make soups and when I do, I make a huge pot and always intend on freezing it so that I can always have lunch within arms reach when I am working here at home. Usually the soup never makes it to the freezer because we all love soups, I just keep it in my fridge and if I am lucky, it might last for 2-3 days.

I thought I would share with you a soup recipe that is perfect for fall, especially if you grow Zucchini, potatoes and peppers. It's a great way to use up those veggies in a delicious way!

 

 

 

 

Creamy Harvest soup

4 slices Bacon, chopped

1 Onion, chopped

1 Red Pepper, chopped

1 pound Potatoes, chopped

2 cups Sweet Corn (fresh off the cob or frozen)

2 medium Zucchinis 

5 sprigs Thyme (or 2 tsp dried)

1 Bay leaf

1 tsp Paprika

3 tbsp flour

32 oz Chicken Stock

1 cup Milk

1 cup Heavy Cream

Fresh Parsley - salt - pepper - Hot Sauce

Cook the bacon in a medium hot soup pot until crisp on the edges. Add the onion and pepper and cook for about 4 minutes, then add the rest of the veggies, thyme, bay leaf and paprika and cook for another 4 minutes or until it starts to soften. Sprinkle the flour over the veggies, stir and cook for about a minute. Stir in the stock gradually and let it come to a bubble and thicken up. Then stir in the milk, cream and parsley and simmer for about 8 minutes or until the potatoes are soft. Season with salt, pepper and hot sauce (it's essential!)

Now since so many of you asked me for the Pumpkin Bread recipe I use, here it is. It is very moist and delicious.....by the way, the three loaves I made on Monday are gone!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pumpkin Bread

3 cups Sugar

1 cup Vegetable Oil

4 Eggs, lightly beaten

16 oz can of Pumpkin, unsweetened

3-1/2 cups Flour

2 tsp Salt

2 tsp Baking Soda

1 tsp Baking Powder

1 tsp Nutmeg

1 tsp Allspice

1 tsp Cinnamon

1/2 tsp Cloves

2/3 cups Water

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter three 4" x 8" loaf pans or two 5" x 9". Stir together sugar and oil. Stir in the beaten eggs and pumpkin. Combine dry ingredients in a separate bowl. Blend the dry ingredients  and the water gradually into the wet mixture, alternating. Divide the batter into the pans and bake for 45-55 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean.

What do you like to cook this time of year? Are you a foodie like me? 

Hope you have another great fall-o-weenie day, see you tomorrow!

 

Comments

[Sally Baumeister]

I love fall and have enjoyed the freebie designs you Galfriends have been giving these last days.

[Texana]

It's cold today and your soup is sounding yummy!

[Patty Nordahl]

The soup and bread receipes both sound wonderful

[Kim P.]

I made the soup yesterday and it was really good! I did make one addition though--I added about a cup of shredded cheese. Besides the projects, the recipes are one of my favorite things about this blog hop. For dessert I made Sandy Gervais' sister's apple dumpling recipe--another yummy creation.

[Ilona]

an interesting thing... fall is especially unique because of the colors of fall...warm and cozy, but I just realized that foods that have the same colors are just like fall they look yummy even before we have them just for their colors, browns, golds, oranges, yellow-orangees, creammies!!!

will try the recipes!
Ilona

[Dolores]

Thank you so much for the pumpkin bread recipe. I will be making it. I love recipes where all the ingredients are already in my kitchen.

[carin]

Thanks for the recipies. My printer is running and I'm going to try these !!

[Nancy B from Many LA]

You just made me hungry! LOL!

[Nancy Fry]

Crockpot soups and homemade quick breads? Oh yeah! Thanks for the recipes.

[Wendy]

I love to bake at this time of year and will have to try your pumpkin bread. Thanks for the recipe!

[Leslie Schmidt]

Both of those recipes look so good, I'll have to try them. My husband loves soup, especially cream soups, so that is a definite keeper. And the addition of the hot sauce makes it a no-brainer! Thanks, Gudrun!

[Linda]

The soup looks delish! Can't wait for the weather to turn cooler so I can give it a try!

[Linda]

Oh,yum! Gotta make that soup. My kitchen is overflowing with zucchini and yellows.

[Beth]

Thanks for the recipes!!!

[Louise K.]

I love soup also this time of year. Thank you for the recipes, and I signed up for you Food newsletter.
Louise

[Anna Dzik]

Thanks for the pattern and the yummy recipes!

[Trish]

I can't wait to try your soup recipe! What's not to like about pumpkin bread !
Trish www.quilttalesandcattails.com

[Chris]

Your soup looks delicious! We made a pot of soup on Monday...enough for 50 people..I thought I would freeze some..guess what we have eaten almost all of it. Well some of the kids have stopped by too and helped. Love a pot of soup a good crispy salad and warm muffins for dinner in the fall!

[Vivian]

I was just telling a friend today that I need some good soup recipes. Thanks.

[Bonnie Nyquist]

Thank you for the inspiring recipes! Especially the Pumpkin Bread, we have a Pumpkin lover in the family! He wil love this, your loaves rise so nicely! Soup looks like akeeper also. Loving the Blog Hop! Bonnie Nyquist bonniesline at aol dot com

[Anne]

It's that crock pot time of year again!

[Linny]

I'm opting for the soup. I have fresh frozen corn I've been waiting to use...

[Lovie Ball]

I have really enjoyed checking out all the blogs every day. And have added your Pumpkin Bread recipe to my cookbook. Thanks for having this blog hop.

[DebG]

MMMMMmmmmm. Your talent knows no bounds!

[Bobbie Whittington]

Thanks for the recipes. The soup looks wonderful. Have a great fall.

Bobbie

[corinne]

I have a big garden with a lot of pumpkins in it. I will try the bread. Thanks for the recipes

[Rosanne Derrett]

Soup and pumpkin bread look good but to me, the best thing about this season is the first, slow cooked beef stew with perfect fluffy dumplings.

In the UK we tend only to use pumpkin for Halloween carving which is pretty criminal. I love cooked pumpkin, both sweet and savoury. This year I think I may well be trying pumpkin bread. Thanks

[Mary Grace McNamara]

All of a sudden I'm very hungry!

MGM

[Jackie]

Making soups just gives me more time to quilt.

[SuzK]

these recipes both sound delicious. I love thick, rich soups in the winter!

[Laura Hayward]

After three days on the hop, I am more excited about fall than ever. Thanks for the recipes!

[Karen Scheitlin]

Thank you for the wonderful recipes. I can't wait to try them! Yum, yum!

[Elizabeth]

Thanks. Can't wait until I harvest my pumpkins and make this pumpkin bread. I love recipes and candy corn. They will look great wrapped up in the fall-o-ween-treat-jar pattern.

Thanks Again,
Elizabeth

[Krist Van Os]

Thanks for the recipes. Yummy

[Marsha]

Sounds YUMMY!

[Loris Mills]

thanks for the delish soup recipe!

[Our Busy Little Bunch]

That soup recipe sounds delish! Thanks for sharing!
ourbusylittlebunch(at)hotmail(dot)com

[Marsha]

Headed to the store for ingredients...your recipes sound/look yummy!

[Jen]

Thanks for sharing these awesome recipes! Can't wait to make them

[Sandie ~call me crazy]

Oh yum! I am printing off both recipes! I love 'soup season'!! :-) Thank you!

[Billie K]

Now I'm hungry....grin. I'm going to try out that soup for sure....and thanks for the pattern.

Billie

[Stephanie in Michigan]

Thanks for the recipes. I am a foodie, but I don't cook. Have to rely on the hubby to keep me well fed! :-) I am enjoying your blog. I hadn't discovered it until this blog hop, and now I'm a loyal follower!

[Teresa]

The soup looks amazing! And thank you so much for sharing the pumpkin bread recipe, I may try that instead of my usual, it looks delicious! :)

~Teresa

[Mary]

Mmmmm warm soup and pumpkin bread. Fall and Winter dinners are so comforting.

[Pamela]

I can't wait to try the soup recipe, it sounds so yummy! Thanks!

[Kathleen]

Quilting AND food...how ideal! You've given me a use for the zucchini on my counter. Love soups! and your recipe sounds wonderful.

[Nancy H]

Thanks for the recipes Gudrun. This is so much fun- patterns, recipes and you should be proud of all the people that follow you!

[linda]

Gotta go shopping now for pumpkin
tx

[Michelle]

I will be making that soup within the next week or two! YUM!!!

[Lee Ann L.]

Thanks for the pumpkin bread recipe!