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I Bought a Pumpkin for Fall! Why I Did It and What I’m Going to Do With It

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Yes, the title of the post says it all. I purchased a pumpkin for the fall! It wasn’t very expensive, but it is still important. This pumpkin is the first pumpkin I ever purchased to create pumpkin pie with!

Before I talk about why I decided to not use canned pumpkin to make pumpkin pie with, I wanted to show off what it looks like…

Yes, I know it is really excessive to give a pumpkin I purchased at the grocery store its own photoshoot, but I was really excited to own it! Growing up, I used to make Jack-o-Lanterns out of real pumpkins. They were fun to create, but they never lasted very long. As an adult, I decided to used fake pumpkins to make Jack-o-Lanterns instead. Since then, I never bought a pumpkin.

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A Few More Thoughts on Allergies and Making My Own Food

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Over a week, I wrote a post about making my own bread due to my allergy to an ingredient commonly put into breads I normally eat these days. Since then, I started to wonder if there are other foods with my allergies in them. While on a recent shopping trip, I decided to look around at the baked goods at the store I normally eat to see if they contain my soy food allergy.

After walking around the store, I felt really disappointed with the foods! So many of them contained soy! Even though I have a tolerance to soy, and if I eat soy oil is within a certain amount of time after it was created, I noticed I am still suffering from allergic reaction symptoms. After discovering so many foods I normally eat have soy in them, I felt disappointed and discouraged.

For many years, I wondered if should start making my own food. I knew this was a major possibility due to how my non food allergies affect me. At that time, I found many premade foods I could still eat because it didn’t contain ingredients I’m allergic to. All these years, it wasn’t a problem. Today, it is.

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Baking My Own Bread and Why I’m Frustrated With Ingredients in Store Bought Bread

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I have realized for the past few years that finding bread made without my allergens is becoming harder to do. This problem has become worse over the past year. I have noticed my favorite place to buy bread at (a bakery in a specific grocery store) has changed their recipe to include an ingredient that I am allergic to. Fortunately, it is an allergy I have a tolerance for. Yet, after weeks of eating the bread, it became difficult for me to consume it anymore without getting sick.

This has lead me to acknowledge that the area where I live is somewhere where is too difficult to find food I’m not allergic to anymore without cooking it at home. I tried to spread my shopping range to other stores, but, sadly, these stores are usually too far away from where I live (About an hour or more drive)  without it becoming a major hassle.

Since I’m not moving to a different area right now (I won’t go into reasons why), I decided to start making my own bread from home. It may be time consuming, but, after taking into consideration my allergies,  travel time, and expenses, I am sure it will cost me less money, and possibly less time, to do this.

The problem is I haven’t made my own bread in years!

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5 Favorite Summertime Treats

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Summer, like the other three seasons of the year, have certain types of foods that are commonly associated with them. One of the most popular types of foods people associate with the summer season are the treats. Treats can mean different types of foods for different people, but to me it means deserts and other sweet foods. I have many treats I enjoy eating during this time of the year, some are better to eat than others. After thinking so much about what kinds of foods I would like to make for myself, I decided to write a post about five of my favorite summertime treats. These are also the treats I’m most excited to eat this year… if I can make them!

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5 More Favorite Summer Foods

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While I wrote a post about five of my favorite summer foods, I had to leave some of my favorite foods out. This made me sad because I really enjoy eating them and didn’t mind talking about them. Since I have so many foods I enjoy eating during the summertime, I decided to write another post!

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5 Favorite Summer Foods

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Whenever the summer season approaches, I start to change my diet. I know I feel better if I eat certain foods during certain times of the year. During the winter, I eat heavier foods. During the summer, I eat lighter foods. During the spring and fall, I transition between the two types of food.

Since it is summer, I have officially switched to eating as much lighter foods I can. Despite the lighter nature of the foods, they are still nutritious and filling. They just contain more ingredients that sit better on my stomach!

This year, I decided to share five of my favorite summer foods. Not everything is practical for everyone’s diet, but I enjoy them a lot. I have more favorite summer foods I enjoy and want to talk about, but I’ll save them for a future post! Continue reading “5 Favorite Summer Foods” →

5 Gift Ideas for New Cooks

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Cooking for yourself is not easy and knowing what supplies to purchase are also not very easy as well. Since it is the holiday season, I wanted to write my top five gift ideas for new cooks. If you know someone who is new to cooking or owning their own place and needs new cooking utensils, then I hope this list provides you with inspiration! Continue reading “5 Gift Ideas for New Cooks” →

Cook Book Review: Gilmore Girls The Official Cookbook by Elena P. Craig and Kristen Mulrooney

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Many years ago, (Actually, in the 2000’s) I used to watch Gilmore Girls. At that time, it was still on the air. I really loved watching it and, even though it wasn’t my most favorite TV series in the world, I still really enjoyed watching it. Fast forward many years to 2020 and I began watching the series again. I did this mostly because I wanted to watch something besides what was available on TV.

Earlier this year, I started to search for a DVD set of the series. When I watched it in 2020, I streamed it, but I like to own DVD or Blu ray of anything I really love to watch. I didn’t own any DVDs of the series, so I began to search for a set of the complete series on DVD. While searching for the DVDs, I discovered an official cookbook of the series. At that time, I wanted to buy more cookbooks. Since I was interested in what the book had to offer for recipes, I decided to buy a copy. Continue reading “Cook Book Review: Gilmore Girls The Official Cookbook by Elena P. Craig and Kristen Mulrooney” →

Cuisinart 15 Inch Stainless Steel Roaster Review

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It’s November, which means the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays are coming soon. Since it’s a pretty chaotic time of the year, I wanted to get ready for the holiday season before it arrives. One of the important things I need to do before the holidays is find some new cooking utensils and supplies before it’s too late to get the item in the mail or they are out of stock in store. The first item I needed to buy is a new roaster pan.

I usually use a disposable roaster pan, but after years of putting up with the flimsy pans and the increase of price, I finally had enough. After doing some searching for a new pan, I found the Cuisinart 15 Inch Stainless Steel Roaster With Non-Stick Rack for sale on Target’s website. I purchased it and wanted to talk about it in case anyone is interested in buying the pan or is looking for a pan similar to it. Continue reading “Cuisinart 15 Inch Stainless Steel Roaster Review” →

Trying a Spaghetti Squash Recipe

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Recently, I wanted to try some new recipes. One new recipe I wanted to try was spaghetti squash. I heard spaghetti squash is really good, so I thought it could be a easy and tasty recipe to try.

After doing some searching online, I found many recipes for spaghetti squash. Many of the recipes looked good, but the one I decided to copy was from the blog Love and Lemons. Continue reading “Trying a Spaghetti Squash Recipe” →