Heather Hands
Carrot Cake with White Chocolate Cream Cheese ...

Carrot cake is a quintessential dessert of spring. This recipe is moist slightly sweet, and perfectly spiced. It is paired with a rich and velvety cream cheese frosting.

Carrot Cake with White Chocolate Cream Cheese Icing
Heather Hands
Avocado and Asparagus Tartines with Basil Pesto

Asparagus is so beautiful this time of year, so I wanted to create a recipe around it. I made some basil and pumpkin seed pesto, and drizzled it on toasted bread with asparagus, avocado, and shaved Parmesan.

Avocado and Asparagus Tartines with Basil Pesto
Heather Hands
Pancakes with Concord Grape Syrup

Because his family is a true-to-the-bone pancake family, I really wanted him to share with me the secrets to making a good pancake, thin and delicate, perfectly browned on the outside, soft on the inside. He gave me a recipe, one that he has memorized. A set of very specific instructions, the right temp, the right amount of time for frying. I followed it to a tee, and sure enough, the pancakes came out the way I had always dreamed they would.

Pancakes with Concord Grape Syrup

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Shaved Brussel Sprout Salad with Apples and Pecans

Shaved Brussel Sprout Salad with Apples and Pecans

I’ve been experimenting with new ways to use Brussel sprouts and have stumbled upon this very season appropriate salad with apples, cranberries, peppers, goat cheese, and pecans. It’s the perfect use of Brussel sprouts for a Thanksgiving side. I’m usually not big on salad for Thanksgiving, but this one is just so perfect. It’s festive and has all the the Flavors we know to associate with the holiday.

Pumpkin Spice Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Pumpkin Spice Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Are you looking for a super moist, pumpkin-spiced cake that takes minimal effort to make? If your answer is yes to all of the above, this cake is for you. It’s vibrant, tender, moist, and flavorful. The cream cheese icing completes the cake with a rich and creamy texture. It’s a perfect autumn cake.

Buttery Roasted Acorn Squash with Quinoa Stuffing

Buttery Roasted Acorn Squash with Quinoa Stuffing

There are a lot of wonderful nutty and earthy flavors coming out in this meal. Definitely high in the umami department. My mom is coming to town this year to celebrate Thanksgiving, and we are all heading to friend's house for a potluck. I'm definitely making this dish - and maybe for Christmas as well.

Maple Walnut Apple Crisp with Raisins

Maple Walnut Apple Crisp with Raisins

Did I mention that last week I was able to finally perfect my apple crisp while the baby was sleeping? Since the beginning of the summer I've been on a quest for the ultimate apple crisp, which to me means big juicy chunks of apples, a little tart a little sweet, slightly soft with a little crunch, bathed in a thick sweet syrupy liquid topped with a buttery, nutty crumble, but not too crumbly.

Pumpkin Spice Cheesecake with Salted Caramel and Candied Pecans

Pumpkin Spice Cheesecake with Salted Caramel and Candied Pecans

This cheesecake recipe is one that I have been making for a while. I love it so much that I really haven't thought of trying anything else. The consistency is more of a creamy pumpkin pie than your typical New York style cheesecake.

Gingersnap Pumpkin Tarts

Gingersnap Pumpkin Tarts

After Thanksgiving, I decided to experiment with my pumpkin pie recipe. I wanted to try and make it into mini tart form. I choose little gingersnap tart shells, because of gingersnap cookies, and tiny food, am I right? The tart crust came out soft and caramel, almost chewy. It was a perfect combination to the pumpkin filling.

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins with A Cream Cheese Frosting

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins with A Cream Cheese Frosting

This recipe has been tested and tweaked a few times over the years, and each year I can't decide on whether I am calling it a cupcake or a muffin. Brent thinks that it is a cupcake because it has icing. I agree, but I also feel that its much more like a muffin in taste and texture.

Shaved Brussel Sprout Slaw with Pink Grapefruit and a Maple Cider Vinaigrette

Shaved Brussel Sprout Slaw with Pink Grapefruit and a Maple Cider Vinaigrette

This salad (which is actually more of a slaw than a salad) is chalked full of wonderfully delicious flavors. Brussel sprouts pair wonderfully with dried cranberries and maple. I added some chopped hazelnuts, because they are delicious, and seem to taste good in everything.

Brown Butter Sauteed Brussel Sprouts with Cranberries and Toasted Almonds

Brown Butter Sauteed Brussel Sprouts with Cranberries and Toasted Almonds

In my family, we traditionally eat sprouts boiled, with butter, white vinegar, salt, and pepper. Ever since I can remember, this has been the way. Last year, I was on a brown butter kick. Literally, everything I made had it in the recipe. I tried sautéing some sprouts, after a quick steam, in some delicious nutty aromatic butter, and it worked.

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