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Halloween doesn’t have to mean hours in the kitchen, prepping foods, or cleaning up messy frosting that somehow got everywhere. (Even though that's part of the fun, am I right?!) Whether you’re prepping for a party, movie night, or a last minute trick-or-treat gathering, these spooky snacks come together in under 10 minutes, and they’re almost too cute to eat!
What You Need:
Green apples, sliced
Peanut butter or almond butter
Strawberry slices
Mini marshmallows or candy eyes
How To:
Spread peanut butter on one apple slice, add a strawberry for the tongue and top with another slice for a mouth. Use a dollop of peanut butter to stick mini marshmallows or candy eyes on top. There you have instant apple monsters!
What You Need:
Mini pretzel sticks
Melted white chocolate or candy melts
Chocolate chips or candy eyes
How To:
Arrange pretzel sticks in a star shape on parchment or wax paper. Drizzle white chocolate over them in a spiral pattern to make a web. Add a chocolate chip “spider body” and candy eyes while it’s still warm. Let set for a few minutes and you have spooky spider webs!
What You Need:
Crescent roll dough
Hot dogs
Mustard or ketchup for eyes
How To:
Wrap each hot dog in thin strips of dough, while leaving a little space to draw on the face. Bake according to package directions or air fry for 6–8 minutes. Draw on tiny mustard eyes — they’re so cute and creepy!
What You Need:
Bananas
Mini chocolate chips
Clementines or tangerines
Small celery sticks
How To:
Cut bananas in half and press chocolate chips in for ghost faces. Peel clementines and top with a small celery stick for the stem and you have instant mini pumpkins! Healthy, adorable, and kid approved.
What You Need:
Popcorn
Pretzels, candy corn, chocolate chips, and green M&Ms
Optional: drizzle of melted white chocolate tinted green or purple
How To:
Pop some Popcorn. Let it cool. Then mix add ins and drizzle with melted chocolate if desired. Stir and serve in a big cauldron style bowl. It’s crunchy, sweet, and totally magical.
Now you have snacks made for a party and made in no time. Which one would you eat first? Enjoy and have a Happy Halloween!
Autumn is the perfect season for snuggling up with a warm blanket and a story that celebrates crunchy leaves, pumpkin patches, and thankfulness. It's the perfect time to read some fun Fall theme books with your little ones! I've compiled a small list of some great reads you can purchase on Amazon or pick up at your local library.
The Berenstain Bears' Harvest Festival by Mike Berenstain. This book celebrates autumn in the Bear Country, and the fun they have at their first ever Harvest Festival held at the Chapel in the Woods. The Berenstain family first gathers at Farmer Ben's farm for tons of fun including apple picking, pumpkin patch hunting, hayrides, pie eating, and more!!
My Happy Pumpkin written by Crystal Bowman. This book is made in a sing-song rhythm, describing the Fall traditions of carving a pumpkin face. It is religious themed so it explains in metaphor how God works in our lives, using the pumpkin as a visual guideline for explanation.
Thankful written by Eileen Spinelli is a charming story with sweet rhyming and whimsical illustrations. It teaches children to remember to be thankful for everything in their lives, while serving as a reminder to your little one that we as parents are thankful for them too.
A Very Thankful Prayer by Bonnie Rickner Jensen is an adorable children's book on being thankful everyday. Watching the life all around you and being thankful for every waking moment. The colorful leaves falling on the ground, the pumpkins in the pumpkin patch and the apples in the orchard, the clothing you wear to keep warm, the friends and family you hold dear, and a big Thanksgiving feast to enjoy with those you love. This book is beautifully illustrated and perfect for the Fall season.
Which book would you choose first? I would love to know if you have read any of them and what you thought about each one. Or if you have a favorite Fall Children's book, leave it in the comments below!
Ok if you remember me sharing about the newest Fall movie, Grow with Golda Rosheuvel and Nick Frost, I recently got the chance to watch it and I loved it! A quick recap of what this movie is about...
In the pumpkin capital of the world, tough farmer Dinah Little reluctantly takes in her spirited niece, Charlie, and throws her into life on the farm. When the town’s annual pumpkin growing contest arrives, Charlie’s unique gift with plants gives them a surprising edge. As their pumpkin, and their bond, grows, Dinah and Charlie discover that the greatest prize isn’t victory, but joy, laughter, and the love of family. This heartwarming tale blends fierce competition, humor, and the magic of found family.
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The paste squeezes from the tube good and applies onto the toothbrush as it should. Upon first brushing, I instantly noticed my teeth getting slightly whiter, so it definitely seems to work! I imagine after following the full 8 week trial, your teeth will be a shade or two whiter as mentioned. The only two downfalls I experienced are 1- The taste isn’t very minty to me and 2-the biggest factor is, it caused my teeth to become more sensitive than usual. My dentist told me this was because the chemicals in whitening products tend to make teeth more sensitive as it wears on the enamel. I guess the potassium nitrate didn't help calm my nerves in this product. So it loses a star for the sensitivity it caused but I really like the whitening it brings! If you do not have sensitive teeth, but want to whiten them, you should give this product a try and see what you think!
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I received a complimentary product in exchange for an honest review. All opinions my own.
Ingredients
2 chicken breasts
8 cups chicken broth
3 carrots, sliced
2 celery stalks, sliced
1 onion, diced
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 cups egg noodles
Salt, pepper, thyme to taste
Directions
Add chicken, broth, veggies, garlic, and seasonings to crockpot.
Cook on low 6–7 hours or high 3–4 hours.
Remove chicken, shred, and return to pot.
Stir in noodles and cook on high for 20–25 minutes.
Rich, creamy, and perfect with a hunk of crusty bread.
Ingredients
4 cups diced potatoes
1 onion, chopped
2 cups corn (frozen or canned)
4 cups chicken or veggie broth
1 cup half & half (or heavy cream)
3 tbsp butter
Salt, pepper, thyme to taste
Directions
Place potatoes, onion, corn, and broth in crockpot.
Cook on low 6–7 hours until potatoes are tender.
Mash a portion of the potatoes for thickness.
Stir in butter and cream; cook 20 more minutes.
Smooth, tangy, and perfect with a grilled cheese sandwich.
Ingredients
2 cans (28 oz) crushed tomatoes
1 onion, diced
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 cups chicken or veggie broth
1 cup heavy cream (optional for richness)
2 tbsp fresh basil (or 1 tsp dried)
Salt, pepper, olive oil
Directions
Add tomatoes, onion, garlic, and broth to crockpot.
Cook on low 6–7 hours.
Use an immersion blender for smooth texture.
Stir in cream and basil just before serving.
A zesty, hearty soup packed with flavor — like chili’s fun cousin.
Ingredients
1 lb ground beef or turkey (browned)
1 onion, diced
1 can black beans (rinsed)
1 can kidney beans
1 can corn
2 cans diced tomatoes with green chilies
2 cups beef broth
1 packet taco seasoning
Directions
Add cooked meat, beans, corn, tomatoes, broth, and seasoning to crockpot.
Cook on low 6 hours or high 3 hours.
Top with shredded cheese, sour cream, and tortilla chips.
Healthy, hearty, and adaptable with whatever veggies you have on hand.
Ingredients
2 cups carrots, sliced
2 cups celery, sliced
2 potatoes, diced
1 zucchini, chopped
1 can diced tomatoes
6 cups veggie broth
2 tsp Italian seasoning
Salt & pepper to taste
Directions
Add all ingredients to crockpot.
Cook on low 6–8 hours or until veggies are tender.
Adjust seasoning before serving.
I received a complimentary product in exchange for an honest review. All opinions my own.
Did you know that you can take the ends of store bought green onions and plant them in a little soil or water, to regrow them for future eating? It happens so quick too! In just a few days, those little white roots start sending up new green shoots, and suddenly you’ve got yourself a new supply of scallions for soups, stir-fries, baked potato toppings and more! I recently did this with mine, by planting them in soil and keeping them in a pot on the kitchen counter... they are growing wild!
But I am curious what happens if I don’t keep cutting the green onions down. So I had to look into this and thought I'd share.
Apparently if you stop harvesting the greens, your onion plants will keep maturing. I thought they would eventually grow too tall, fall over, and die. But actually after some time, they’ll send up a tall flower stalk topped with a beautiful round ball of tiny white blossoms. At that point, the plant’s energy goes into making seeds. Then those seeds can be saved and planted, so you can start fresh onions from scratch! I will have to try that, but first, I need to harvest them for dinner haha.
Plot: "Welcome to the pumpkin capital of the world, where the pumpkins are epic, the rivalries are fierce, and the competition is anything but garden variety. Dinah Little, a no-nonsense farmer with a tough-as-a-pumpkin exterior, reluctantly takes in her abandoned niece, Charlie. Dinah is not quick to affection, and Charlie is not one for sitting still. So she throws her into farm life, sleeves rolled up and hands in the dirt.
Then comes the town’s biggest spectacle, the annual pumpkin-growing contest, a Halloween season tradition that brings out wild stunts, eccentric characters, and record-setting drama. But Charlie has something no one else does, a special knack for connecting with plants that quietly reflects her own longing to feel just as seen and loved.
But as both pumpkin and plot thicken, and rival growers pull every trick in the book, will Charlie and Dinah’s unlikely entry stand tall against the fiercest competition the town has ever seen?
As her pumpkin grows bigger, so does her bond with her aunt Dinah. Together they discover that the real prize is not measured in pounds, but in joy, laughter, and family. What begins as a seed blossoms into an exuberant and hilarious story of crazed competition, found family, and love that grows as boundless as the pumpkins themselves."
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Alexander Maclaren was a pastor of Union Chapter in Manchester England from 1858-1903. He was often called the "Prince of Expositors" because he was considered to be one of the best preachers in the nineteenth century. He had a poetical way of explaining stories in the Bible, that brought many people remarkable biblical insight, so this Bible was designed after him.
The Alexander Maclaren Study Bible is filled with passages based on his sermons, including Life Application Notes to help you apply thoughts to your life, essays about the scripture, study notes, and more! Maclaren has over 1,500 published sermons that have been separated into every chapter to help you further study the scripture, give you encouragement, and really understand it from his point of view.
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7 Apples (peeled and cut/sliced)
4 tsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 Cup Brown Sugar
1 Cup Rolled Oats
1/2 tsp Ground Cinnamon
1/2 Cup of Butter (room temp)
