I don’t love to cook. I have no signature dish that friends and family clamor for. So when I find a good — and easy — recipe, I’m happy to make it and pass it along to others. I hope you enjoy the two great recipes below:
Fall Fruit Salad
Generally, when hear the words “fruit salad,” I think melons and pineapple. But last November, my friend Jane introduced me to her Fall Fruit Salad and it was love at first bite! Though good anytime, this recipe would make a nice addition to your Thanksgiving table.
2 apples – I used Golden Delicious
2 pears
1/2 c. raisins or dates
1/2 c. red or green grapes – Toss them in whole or for better flavor, cut them in half
1/4 c. chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)
Honey
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. ginger (powdered)
- Toss the fruit in a little bit of lemon juice to prevent browning.
- Drizzle the fruit with honey. Mix gently.
- Sprinkle the cinnamon and ginger over top, mix again. Then taste and add more cinnamon and/or ginger to your taste.
(Jane also says a dash of pepper. I think she is crazy, but if that’s how you roll, go for it.)
Hidden Pumpkin Muffins
This is a quick and easy recipe that hides vitamins and fiber under a delicious taste.
1 15 oz. can of pumpkin
1 box cake mix
I love this recipe because the flavor options are plentiful.
- Use a spice cake mix for a very fall-ish flavor.
- Carrot cake mix plus the pumpkin tastes really indulgent.
- One of my favorite is devil’s food cake mix. The pumpkin flavor disappears and the kids think I am really cool for letting them eat chocolate muffins for breakfast.
- Line a muffin tin with paper muffin cups or spray the tin with nonstick spray.
- Mix the pumpkin and cake mix together — this is a good one for the kids to help with because it takes LOTS of stirring, so plenty of activity to go around.
- Put the batter into the muffin cups. Bake as directed on the cake mix box.
- If desired (we always desire), dust the tops of the muffins with a bit of powdered sugar.
Makes about 18 low-fat, vitamin-packed muffins that will be gone in no time!
If you make either of these recipes, be sure to send in your feedback for the Rate the Recipes Tasty Challenge.
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Amy, the hidden pumpkin muffins are genius! I can’t wait to see my kids’ faces when they get chocolate muffins in their lunch boxes next week. Thanks for the recipes.
I am so going to make these!! I had done pumpkin muffins with the Libby’s pumpkin bread mix… but I think this is even easier and less expensive! And I can easily whip up a non-chocolate batch for Teagan and a chocolate batch for me and Zach!