Happy Fall

Happy first day of Fall to you all :-) We had a thunderstorm last night and this morning it's very dull, grey and raining as I type this. And I LOVE it! A cold front is moving in, it's only going to be 79 today, ha ha. It's currently in the high 60's which means that most of the day will only be in the low 70's probably. It's perfect for the first day of Fall. I have the lamps on around the house and my Yankee 'Harvest' candle burning. I have no plans to go anywhere today - actually I have to stay in to wait for the cable guy to come and check our box.

I'd like to say thank you for all the lovely comments I got on my last post. I will be painting the mirror as a lot of you suggested. That was going to be my next project but I forgot to mention I would be doing it to match the dresser. Not sure though if the mirror will actually follow the dresser in to the dining room. I kind of like a mirror in the hallway so you can give yourself a quick 'once-over' as you head out the door ;-)

Anyway, on to today. I thought I'd share a couple of yummy things with you. and link up to Lisa and Jen's blogs ... the first doesn't actually have a recipe for it.

Last Friday hubby asked if I would make some cupcakes to take to his work picnic the next day. They have what they call a cake walk... it's a game like musical chairs I think, and the winners receive home baked cakes or cookies. I just used a mix for these cakes but wouldn't you know it, the minute I put them in the oven, hubby called to tell me he'd gotten the date wrong. It wasn't the next day but the following Saturday! Well, I froze a dozen cakes for him and I'll get them out this Friday, but the other 12 I had I thought I would practice decorating. Kristen enjoyed giving me a hand, especially when she got to play with this. . . . .

Has anyone ever tried it? Food color spray, all you do is 'spritz' it on your cupcakes and you have instant color. I've seen cakes done this way in the grocery store but didn't realize you could buy the spray until last week when I was looking for the cupcake holders. So, I piped on whipped frosting and Kristen gently sprayed the cakes and then sprinkled green sugar on top. We finished them off with fun jack-o-lantern picks.

I tried this recipe last week, from the Pilsbury website. . .Grand Taco Melts!

You simply make a beef taco mix and sandwich it between a pilsbury biscuit, it's kinda like a hot pocket or a calzone. They were very yummy (but I forgot to take a picture, the one you see is from the Pillsbury site) and you don't need to stop at taco mix, there's also a recipe for Thai Chicken Calzones. This recipe is for members only though so I couldn't link to it. It's free to sign up at Pillsbury.com The newsletter they send you each month has some great recipe ideas too. I love browsing their site, it always looks so yummy.