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Baked Beef Stew in a Pumpkin

Beef Stew in a pumpkin  is a flavorful beef stew cooked and served in a sugar pie pumpkin.  A true taste of fall! Baked Pumpkin Beef Stew Baking beef stew in a pumpkin is so fun and festive during pumpkin season. The fun part is when serving the stew. You want to lift the ladle up with the stew, scraping the sides of the pumpkin, and make sure you get a generous serving of the pumpkin flesh around the inside of the pumpkin.   To celebrate fall, pumpkin is so popular these days, and almost any recipe can be made with it.  When I grew up in the 60s, pumpkin pie and pumpkin bread were the most popular recipes. These days that is not the case. I have friends who make so many different recipes using pumpkin, Baked Pumpkin Stew being one of them.  I love the fact t you cook and serve the stew in a hot sugar pie pumpkin tureen! To ensure the perfect pumpkin tureen, pick the right size pumpkin and one that sits level on the bottom so it stands up on its own ...

Vibrant Chicken Soup {Chicken, Brown Rice, and Avocados - Healthy!}

During the cold weather months, I make soup often, but with this Vibrant Chicken Soup , that is another story.   I like to make it all year around.

Old School Fried Biscuits {aka Camp Biscuits at our house!}

Camp Biscuits  have been around my house ever since I was a little girl, then I started making them for my children on Saturday morning.  We make them here at the house, when we are camping, and at the deer lease.    These make delicious and quick beignets! Just cut them in half, fry them, and dust with powdered sugar. Another great idea is when you serve Chinese, finish out your meal with some of these  Fried Biscuits  rolled in sugar only .  And you will feel as though you are at your favorite Chinese restaurants.

German Chocolate Cheesecake Cake

German Chocolate Cheesecake Cake , is  made with a  german chocolate cake mix for  the cake, and the rest is homemade, including the coconut pecan frosting. German Chocolate, anything around our house, is a favorite.  And cheesecake, well, you have the best of both worlds when you bring those two together.

Crockpot Roast New Potatoes and Carrots {Has The Flavors of a Classic Pot Roast}

Crockpot Roast New Potatoes and Carrots  are one of the meals I cooked a lot while we were in the hotel this summer as our house was being repaired. Cooking in the crockpot is more out of convenience for me than anything else, but in the hotel, we didn't have an oven so, the crockpot was perfect. I usually put my roast in the crockpot before I go to bed at night and cook it on low all night. Get up the next morning and turn it to warm. And two or three hours before serving it, I put the potatoes and carrots in and turn to high. Don't you just love these one pot meals!