Pumpkin & Chocolate Cheerio Treats

Hey y'all!  Can you believe that Thanksgiving is so soon!?  We are hosting and I'm pretty impressed with myself, because I have already done all of my shopping!  👏👏👏  A few weeks ago I was at Trader Joe's and feeling festive.  AKA buying everything in the fall section...  These Pumpkin O's were terrible, like spit them out of your mouth terrible.  So rather than throw them away I decided to make some Cheerio Treats with them.   They turned out great and were SO easy to make!

How I keep sane while hosting Thanksgiving!

Happy Friday y'all!  I find it SO crazy that Thanksgiving is next week.  Thankfully I have a routine and go to recipes that keep me from losing my mind.   As much as I admire my Grandmothers and the hours they spent in the kitchen cooking on Thanksgiving that's just not me.  I try to do as little cooking on Thanksgiving day as possible! #lazy  Tall Tan Man is in charge of the turkey {bc I refuse to touch the big slimy bird} and he either smokes or fries it.   They both turn out amazing and I don't have to lift a finger!  I also ask our family to bring a veggie and I always order our gravy and stuffing from our favorite Denver market.  #bcIdonteatthose

Transitioning our Table from Thanksgiving to Christmas

 I am a sucker for a pretty table.  I think a pretty table makes food taste better.  Including frozen pizza.  Tall Tan Man doesn't agree with that, but that's okay.  :) The day before Thanksgiving I ran over to our local supermarket to find some flowers, but I didn't love any of the arrangements.  I don't like spending a lot on flowers, so I was thrilled when I found two packs of assorted greenery for $6 each!  Now, I do not claim to know the first thing about making flower arrangements, but I do my best. 

The vases I used are from World Market that were originally used for our wedding centerpieces. The burlap runner was an online purchase for our rehearsal dinner, and the pumpkins are way old, like from my college days old. Shortly after we cleared the table off from Thanksgiving dinner, I moved into Christmas mode. 

I changed out the burlap runners for these black and white ones I made for our wedding {ikea fabric + fabric shears = awesome runners}. Lastly, I added some old PB plaid napkins, and added some red berries.  Simple, fast and cheap!  :)  Hope y'all are having a great week!  

{LJ}

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Leftover Sweet Potato Casserole Pancakes

Hi y'all!  How was your Thanksgiving?!  We hosted Thanksgiving for the first time ever, and I am proud to say that nothing caught on fire and no one got food poisoning.  :)  I am not a big leftovers person.  This might make me sound crazy...but I am all about eating bad on Thanksgiving and then I want all the food to go away.  Tall Tan Man on the other-hand loooves left overs.  He came to bed the other night with a plate of leftovers!!  Men... {Women, we are all jealous of this, can I get an amen?}.  I was googling last night "what to make with leftovers" and nothing sounded too tempting until I saw {this recipe} from Serious Eats. I made a few minor changes to the recipe, and all I have to say is, 'Does any one have any leftover sweet potato casserole I can have???'  

Sweet Potato Casserole Pancakes
 
Ingredients:

1-1/4 Cups Sweet Potato Casserole {I tried to scrape off the marshmallows}
1/2 Cup Greek Yogurt
3/4 Cup Milk
1 TBSP Maple Syrup
2 TBSP Melted Butter {Plus more for cooking the pancakes}
1 Cup Flour
3/4 tsp Baking Powder
1/4 tsp Baking Soda
1/4 tsp Kosher Salt
Pinch of Cinnamon and Nutmeg

Directions:

1. Whisk together casserole, yogurt, milk, syrup, and butter until well combined.  

2.  Add in flour, baking powder, soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg.  Whisk/stir until well combined.  

3.  Melt additional butter on a griddle or large frying pan.  Drop pancake mixture on to the griddle using a 1/4 cup.  Using the back of the 1/4 cup and smooth out the pancake to a nice even circle {or oval/octagon/square}.  After about 1 - 2 minutes the edge of the pancakes should be brown and then you will gracefully flip them.  

4.  Add more butter and maple syrup if your heart so desires.  Now enjoy.  

I wonder if I can make left-over stuffing pancakes? Jk... This is my new favorite way to enjoy leftovers!  Do you have any great leftover recipes? Please share if you do! 

{LJ} 

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