Fall is here and many of you are looking to cook and bake with yummy ingredients such as pumpkin, cinnamon, and apples.  I’ve searched the internet and found 20 great sounding pumpkin recipes.  Enjoy!

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins
Pumpkin Pie Oatmeal at GoodLife Eats
Pumpkin Waffles at Smitten Kitchen
Black Bean Pumpkin Soup at Smitten Kitchen
Pumpkin Spice Latte from Kettle and Cup
Crockpot Pumpkin Spice Latte from A Year of Slow Cooking
Creamy and Spicy Pumpkin Soup (low carb) at Low Carb Diets
Spicy Pumpkin Bisque at About.com Home Cooking
Baked Stuffed Pumpkin at About.com Home Cooking
Pumpkin Pie and Pumpkin Cheesecake at Pumpkin Patch
Pumpkin Spice Latte Syrup at Think …read more

Dishes and laundry are never ending chores. Just when you think you’ve finished the chore, someone eats a bowl of cereal or changes their clothes.

To help keep up with the dishes, try this tip. As soon as the dishwasher is done washing the dishes, unload the dishes and put them away. This will allow you to put the new dirty dishes inside without cluttering up your sink and making a big mess. When I follow this tip, my kitchen stays cleaner and it leaves me not as stressed. And now, your family has no excuse …read more

For the past 10 years, I have owned a dishwasher.  And now, I can’t imagine my life without one. 
At first, I was clueless on how to load my dishwasher.  lol  I guess I wasn’t truly clueless.  I was just hesitant because I thought I wouldn’t do it right and the dishes wouldn’t be cleaned properly. 
Long gone are those days of worry and hesitation.  I’ll put just about anything in the dishwasher now.   Here’s a few of the things I have put into a dishwasher.  Of course, most things I would recommend on the top rack only.
1)  Bottles and sippy cups …read more

I really don’t like the after dinner clean up.  All the spills, dribbles, dishes, wiping things down, putting things away . . . you get the idea.  This is why I clean as I go.

As I’m cooking, I try to keep up with what I’m using.  When I’m done with an ingredient, I try to put it back.  When I’m done with the mixing spoons, knives, or other dishes, I try to put them into the dishwasher or hand wash them. 
I realize that some more complicated recipes don’t allow this type of clean up, but I try to clean before …read more