Pumpkin, Apple & Pear, Check!

  

The Cookie Brownie Bars were extra credit! 

Pumpkin and Apple!

Pumpkin Apple Muffins- Very healthy, very good, moist (but not in that wet/sticky way)

Pumpkin Ricotta French Toast- like a pumpkin pie sandwich...except that nobody wants their pumpkin pie in a sandwich. We dipped ours in vanilla yogurt and that made it better. Ok, but won't make again.

October!

I wanted to name this pumpkin month but since we already did that ingredient (October 2009!) and I'm not sure if everyone loves it as much as I do I'm just going to name this repeat month! Pick any ingredient we did in October of the previous years...that means-Pumpkin, Apple, or Pears!

Lemon Ricotta Muffins

I know these Lemon Ricotta Muffins look really boring but they were very tasty! Nobody can stop at one! Personally I think they need more lemon zest but they are so nice and moist and fluffy, the ricotta gave it a really good texture. I didn't put as much sugar in as the recipe called for (like usual) nor did I sprinkle sugar on top but I imagine if you did it would be even better! I have plans for one more ricotta recipe before the month is over!

Bam.

The box is more attractive than what was inside. Seriously.

September Ingredient!

Mom and Dad have chosen Ricotta!

Ravioli!

More specfically, this is Crunchy Oven-Fried Cheese Ravioli! I did not make the ravioli from scratch but I did make the panko breadcrumbs I needed for the breading! I was going to just substitute regular breadcrumbs for the panko but realized that would probably take away the crunchy factor so I had to be un-lazy and it ended up being pretty easy. I made a half batch so I only needed two pieces of bread to cover the panko amount. Anyway, everyone loved these. Owen even asked if we could eat them every day and when I asked him if he meant every year for our back to school dinner, he said, "No. Every day."