Roasted Butternut Squash Soup
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Roasted Butternut Squash Soup

Let’s cozy up with a bowl of warm, butternut squash soup. Butternut squash and cool weather go together so perfectly. This soup is so cozy and the spices just warm you up even more.

My butternut squash soup is versatile. It can be ultra creamy or chunky depending on how you want the soup to be. Either way, it’s full of complex roasted butternut squash flavor.

This lovely butternut squash soup will round out your fall and winter meals. Serve it with sandwiches, salads, or just some freshly baked bread, throughout fall and winter. Keep the recipe for your holiday arsenal, too. I designed this soup to complement almost any savory meal you want to enjoy.

Can you eat squash seeds?
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Can you eat squash seeds?

Absolutely! All squash seeds are edible. Everything from butternut to pumpkins. All too often squash seeds are dropped into the trash or compost bins. But not only are Squash seeds edible and easy to prepare, but they also make a wonderful, nutrient-dense crispy snack full of things like omega-3 fatty acids, protein, beta-carotene, and vitamin C.

Some favorites include roasted seeds from spaghetti squash, acorn, buttercup, butternut, turban, Hubbard, kabocha, and Delicata squash.

How to Make Whipped Cream from Scratch
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How to Make Whipped Cream from Scratch

Have you tasted homemade whipped cream? It puts Cool Whip and the canned stuff to shame. Homemade whipped cream is ultra-luxurious, decadent, and as delicious as the best vanilla ice cream you’ve ever had.

Whipped cream is the perfect creamy topper for desserts and hot drinks and since the holidays are coming, I thought I’d share a tutorial with everything you need to know about making whipped cream.

If you’ve never made whipped cream before, it may seem a little intimidating at first, but I promise, it’s so easy to make. You can make whipped cream in under 10 minutes (or even ahead of time), impressing everyone that you made it from scratch!

Cinnamon Whipped Cream
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Cinnamon Whipped Cream

This Homemade Cinnamon Whipped Cream is a new favorite. It’s a perfect addition to Pumpkin Pie, Apple Crumble or Baked Apples, even Apple Cider, or any other Fall or holiday desserts you’re serving up.

If you’ve never made whipped cream before, check out How to Make Whipped Cream from Scratch. I go over every detail of how to make whipped cream and the 3 different stages your whipped cream can look like.

Whipped cream is the perfect creamy topper for desserts and hot drinks and since the holidays are coming, I thought I’d share a tutorial with everything you need to know about making whipped cream.

If you’ve never made whipped cream before, it may seem a little intimidating at first, but I promise, it’s so easy to make. You can make whipped cream in under 10 minutes (or even ahead of time), impressing everyone that you made it from scratch!

My Go-To Red Velvet Cake
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My Go-To Red Velvet Cake

Red velvet cake is more than just a white cake dyed red, it’s also not a full-fledged chocolate cake. Instead, it has a buttery, tangy flavor with a slight chocolate undertone. Red velvet cake has a pretty unique flavor with an old-fashioned, from-scratch quality that I love. In my opinion… no boxed red velvet cake mix can compare to the work and effort.

Fall Brunch Recipes to Impress
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Fall Brunch Recipes to Impress

Brunch is a meal usually served from late morning to early afternoon. The word “brunch” is a portmanteau (a word blending the sounds and combining the meanings of two others) of “breakfast” and “lunch”, hence… BR-unch. Typically, you eat breakfast & lunch food together at an early lunchtime (or late breakfast time) and so, have brunch in lieu of both breakfast and lunch.

Scallion-Potato Pancakes
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Scallion-Potato Pancakes

Have you heard of Kartóffelpuffer? The kartóffelpuffer is a traditional German potato pancake that is usually served at Christmas time. Well, this is my mash-up of that pancake with some ingredients from traditional Chinese Scallion Pancakes (葱油饼)

This is probably one of my favorite mashups of my and my husband’s cultures, it’s also one of my kids’ all-time favorite sides. I use the basics of the German potato pancake and replaced onions with scallions, then I added fish sauce and mushroom bullion to add an amazing umami flavor.

Summer Recipes and Ideas
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Summer Recipes and Ideas

Summer is flying by. We’ve been staying close to home this year, enjoying time with our family and taking advantage of what La Crosse has to offer. I grew up in Madison and used summers to travel and see family. So embracing what you have at home is something I hold close to me. I realized as I got older, how much I need to embrace both exploring other places, and appreciating what I have here.