Two of my most *happy* things in that photo. My sweet little guy and giant orange pumpkins! That bright squash is the gateway food into everything that symbolizes my two favorite seasons, fall and winter. Gosh, I can’t believe this photo was taken back in fall 2009. The time is moving quickly…..
It is ridiculous how much I LOVE pumpkin. From here until the weather gets hot again you will see it featured here every way I possibly can. Are you OK with that? I really hope so. From what I gather around the web you guys are obsessed with it too. That is why I am giving you the go ahead to link to your favorite recipes in this Happy Post.
Here are some of our favorite recipes and in the next few months I will be creating many, many more…..
I love that my daughter is missing her two front teeth in that photo above. Ahhhhh, the memories. This year she has those teeth but is missing the ones on either side…..
First up let’s talk about muffins. Everyone loves muffins right? They are happy food over here and even more so with pumpkin and tiny chocolate sprinkles. My Pumpkin Chocolate Oat Muffins would be a great surprise in the lunch box.
You guys know how addicted I am to my Stuffed French Toast creations? You gotta fire up your skillet to try this Pumpkin Ricotta Stuffed French Toast recipe. You can thank me later.
Peanut Butter Banana Coffee Cake…..moist, full of flavor, sweet and fabulous. I don’t think I need to go into too much detail here. The name says it all. I also make french toast with this. Remember my Breakfast Cookie French Toast? I do the same with cake.
You might like these Cranberry Pumpkin Ricotta Cookies too…..great for breakfast, snacks, brunch, any time at all. Keep a side of whipped cream, cream cheese or nut butter handy as a dip.
Even though this recipe is called Sweet Potato Crisp, I want you to try it with pumpkin purée instead. Don’t think about it. Just do it.
Here is a savory for you. Don’t snicker at the vintage photography throughout this post (well giggle if you must)
The tilt below is pretty hilarious. Don’t do that in your food photography, OK?! This has actually been one of the most loved recipes around here. Pumpkin Coconut Curry with Chicken Meatballs.
I must draw your attention again to my recent Pumpkin Pie Popsicles. If you want something a little more warming you can try Pumpkin Vanilla Applesauce. The applesauce is awesome on it’s own or used as an ingredient in baked goods.
These Chocolate Pumpkin Pancakes could charm the pants of the most finicky of eaters. The shapes are way easier to make than you might think. You simple mix the two batters and use a squeeze bottle to outline and then fill them in.
Link up your favorite pumpkin recipes that made you *happy* from the past few months or years. Be sure to link back to this post or MarlaMeridith.com  you can also add my Happy Post Badge to each of your submitted post(s), the code for that is on my my badges page. Let’s spread the HAPPY. I will share a re-cap of your favorite links sometime soon.
Contribute as many posts as you like. Pumpkin inspiration beyond the recipes are cool to link up too. Maybe you have a post about travel, a pumpkin patch, got a groovy Halloween theme or maybe fall themed crafts that tie in? Do share….as always I encourage you to think outside the box.
So let’s hear it…what are your favorite ways to use pumpkin?! Check out my recipes page for more ideas.
Link up your Pumpkin Recipes Here:
Relevant Recipe Links
- Nutty Seedy Pumpkin Bread A Cozy Kitchen
- Pumpkin Cheese Plate That’s So Michelle
- Pumpkin Latte Coffee Cake Daydreamer Desserts
- Pumpkin Spiced Latte for One Chocolate Covered Katie
- Pumpkin Spiced Oatmeal Pecan Cookies Skinny Taste
This post has been included in TidyMom’s I’m Lovin it Fridays
Aww that first photo is just precious! (Actually, so it the second!)
Thanks for including me… and all your recipes look delicious. I especially love the idea of the popsicles. TOO cute!!
Chocolate hugs!
-Katie
What a great collection of pumpkin recipes! They’d really be great any time of year but are just perfect for Fall of course.
Love that first photo! And I love all these great recipes!! Those pancakes are too cute 🙂
Sweet! I love pumpkins and fall. I’d love to live in the Us to witness such pumpkin love.
Cheers,
Rosa
I am in PUMPKIN Heaven!
Pumpkin is my happy food! I love this post Marla, you made me happy! I’m linking up and I’m sure I’ll find some new favorites here.
Megan your pumpkin cookies are amazing!! My kids would flip for those. A keeper for sure 🙂 Thanks for linking up.
You just got me super excited for pumpkins. Yum!
Thanks Marla for all these delicious pumpkin recipes! 🙂
Pumpkins are just starting to make an appearance at the farmers’ market here in Serbia, and I am just waiting for the heat to subside to start with fall recipes (it is unusually hot for September).
Thanks for putting the recipe round-up together – just in time:)
Yay Lana, so thrilled that you made it in time to participate. Your pumpkin strudel looks awesome!
Pumpkin makes me happy too! I love everything about this post.
Looks delicious! It gets me excited for fall!
What a fun idea. I added a couple of oldies, but goodies. 🙂 Looking forward to the weather cooling down and the smells of fall – including Pumpkin!!
Yay Heather!! Thanks for linking up. I MUST try your muffins and cookies 🙂
You picked the perfect day for this roundup Marla! Thanks for the link love too! xo
I am so excited for pumpkin season!
I absolutely LOVE pumpkins! Back in the day, when I used AIM chat, my screen name was “pumpkins4me”
YUM! I LOVE pumpkin….I just put pumpkin on my list to buy because I’ve seen some recipes lately that I’d love to try.
I want to make everything! I’m also doing a pumpkin post in a couple weeks with everyone’s favorites! Let me know if you want me to include any of your recipes:-)
Wonderful post Marla! I linked my DIY fondant pumpkins!
What a great round up Marla! I can’t wait to start baking with pumpkin again! 🙂 Yay fall!
Oh my goodness, Marla! I am just loving all of those pumpkin recipes! The hard part is narrowing down the list of which one to make. My kids would LOVE the Chocolate Pumpkin Pancakes!
Marla- this is like heaven to me! If there is one thing I love, it is fall recipes with pumpkin!
What a perfect time for this post!!
After we parted ways yesterday, I came home and shot my pumpkin spice latte pics AND edited them AND posted them at 1am 🙂 I was DETERMINED to post about pumpkin!! 🙂
I love all of these pumpkin recipes of yours…my goodness. Where do I even start…
It all looks…Amazing!!!
Awesome seeing you yesterday
xo
This post definitely made me feel a very happy feeling of fall. Thank you! See you Sunday dear!
We’re big fans of pumpkin around here too!
There are so many wonderful pumpkin recipes here, Marla. I can’t wait to start baking with it. I’ve always been a fan of your sweet potato crisp.
That pumpkin curry looks SO comforting. I need that in my life. P.S. Thanks for including me! xo
Your children are adorable and so are your pumpkin pancakes. I always took my kids (now 29 and 25) on a “pumpkin run” the first weekend of October to pick out their prospective jack-o-lanterns and bring home some fall favorites — apples, honey, squash. What a wonderful time of year.
Never too early for scary pumpkin cupcakes, right???!
This post is making me even more excited for more pumpkin recipes this fall.
Oh good Esi, that is the point! Glad you like it 🙂
You can pumpkin my face ALL DAY LONG.
That’s kind of weird actually.
Bev, weird? Sure. But I get it. I really- really get it 🙂
Thanks for the opportunity to link up! All of your pumpkin recipes look delicious, especially the Pumpkin Coconut Curry with Chicken Meatballs!
There is literally NOTHING that makes me happier than pumpkin season! Can’t wait to try some of these recipes this year! I linked a few of mine up!
What an amazing round-up of pumpkin recipes! As soon as I’m off of my grain-free diet, I’m going to open up some pumpkin and get to baking!
Carrie, now that sounds like a great plan! In the mean time you can do all kinds of custards & puddings….now that sounds good right about now 🙂
If there was a Pumpkin Festival around here, you’d definitely be the Queen Marla with all those fabulous recipes!! I love pumpkin too and can’t wait to start cooking with it again!
Nancy, ya think we can find a pumpkin festival? I would be all over that! Can’t wait to see you in a few hours for lunch. Two times in one week, how cool is that!
I LOVE pumpkin. You’ll be seeing plenty of it from me too!!
Oh good Maris, can’t wait to see what you cook up with pumpkin.
What a great line up of delicious pumpkin goodies! Looking forward to seeing more of the recipes that linked up.
Just love your blog. Adding you to my blog page because I have to stay up to date with ya!
Awww, you are so sweet! I am loving your blog as well. So many great healthy recipes & lifestyle tips 🙂
Just love all these pumpkin recipes and pics of your cute kids! We love pumpkin in our house and will be making lots of pumpkin muffins and bread around here. Love that tilted picture – I’ve done that a few times in my earlier posts too ;).
Jeanette, you are too funny. Not sure why the tilted thing happened at the beginning. Guess I thought it was cool 😉
YES! I love “pumpkin season” and all the yummy things that follow. Great round up!
Some really great collection of pumpkin recipes!
How do I add them to my post?
I’m primed for pumpkin time, thanks to this fun post! I can’t wait for pumpkin patch pickin’ and all of the October/November recipes to come. Anticipation has arrived! I’ll be working on some wheat-free pumpkin adventures this fall… fingers crossed!
Aww, the photos are so cute! I’m really excited about pumpkin season. I just love fall!
Loved the photos and the recipes. I wasn’t much of a pumpkin fan until all the varieties started showing up at the farmers market. Now I am hooked.
Your kids are beautiful, Marla! I can’t wait to start baking with pumpkin again, and your pumpkin chocolate oat muffins look like a great recipe to start with. Yum!
Thanks Kate! I must get out & take gobs of pumpkin related photos this year. I had to go through the archives to find those. Glad they make you *happy* Yes, you should try those little muffins, they are awesome!
I love your post!! Fall is still our favorite season – our kids are teens – but thankfully they still love fall and pumpkin carving! They are going to one and planning to have one of their own! We love stuffed french toast too – have never tried pumpkin but will very soon! Thanks
Hi Marylouise, first off I am THRILLED to learn that pumpkin carving can be loved & enjoyed as your kids grow bigger. I hope to always be able to do it with mine. The fact that yours are doing it a few times makes it even more FUN 🙂 Let me know if you try the Pumpkin Stuffed French Toast.
So many lovely pumpkin treats! Thanks for inviting me to the link share – what a great resource for all things pumpkin!
We are pumpkin lovers too. Wonderful picture!
Everything looks awesome, and I think all the photos are great!
Hi there! Thanks for the compliment on my blog! 🙂 Here is the link to my Pumpkin Spice Protein Pancakes! 🙂
http://www.dashingdish.com/2011/09/pumpkin-spice-protein-pancakes/
Seriously Katie, those pumpkiny protein pancakes are to die for 🙂
Let the Pumpkin Fest begin!
OMG, Donna I LOVE you attitude 🙂 Happy indeed. It has begun 😉
Thanks for inviting me to the pumpkin party!!! I love pumpkin and there are SO many great pumpkin recipes there.
those pumpkin chocolate muffins are calling my name!!!
Your kids are absolutely adorable! Love all the pumpkin recipes too. I linked up two recipes 🙂
Wow great recipes with pumpkin!! I just love fall and all it’s fun recipes 🙂
I love this roundup Marla! Lots of GREAT ideas in one place. I’m sad I haven’t posted a pumpkin recipe!
lt’s a pumpkin lover’s dream over here! (And sorry I didn’t make it over in time… I’m two days late to everything lately!)
Fun post! Now I am ready for fall. Let the pumpkin smorgasbord begin! How about pumpkin soup?! One of my favorites. xo
This is one of the best posts I have ever seen… and clearly the most fantastic because it’s all about pumpkins. I LOVE IT. So I have to quickly end this so I can scurry over to your pumpkin pie popsicle because I think I am in love.
Laura @ A Healthy Jalapeño
Oh good Laura…glad to hear that pumpkin makes you as happy as it does me 🙂 Sounds like a great deal of us are smitten by pumpkin. Let me know if you try the popsicles.
I can never overload on pumpkin! Fantastic post!
Oh my yummy! Your kids are so adorable! I would love for you to link up to my Pumpkin Blog Hop!
http://deelicioussweets.blogspot.com/p/blog-hop.html