Lunchtime Links for October 30th, 2013

• A Kitchen Addiction: Salted caramel pumpkin cake. 
• Two Peas and Their Pod: Roasted broccoli grilled cheese. 
• I Heart Naptime: Baked pumpkin cinnamon-sugar doughnuts. 
• Food & Wine: Drunken noodles. 
• Warm Vanilla Sugar: Snickers brownies. 

Trader Joe's Pumpkin Mixes

Based on a number of blog posts I've seen around the Internets, I know that I'm definitely not the only one that gets excited when Trader Joe's rolls out all of their fall pumpkin items! 

I love that they usually incorporate a mix of classic favorites with a few new items mixed in, such as these baking mixes above.  I've had the bread and muffin mix a few times and it's always been a great seasonal staple for my kitchen.  On the left is a box of pumpkin bar baking mix, which I believe is a new item (unless it came out before and briefly took a break in recent years...?)  It looks like a pumpkin blondie based on the photo and the description, which I am sure will be delicious as well!  Both of these mixes are easy to use, and work well with any additions like chocolate chips, Nutella, peanut butter, nuts, etc. If you like pumpkin baked goods be sure to pick these up before they're gone for the season! 

Lunchtime Links for October 29th, 2013

• Brown Eyed Baker: Skillet cornbread. 
• Serious Eats: Pumpkin cookies and cream ice cream. 
• How Sweet It Is: Mini meatball pizza with fresh mozzarella and roasted red peppers. 
• The Kitchn: 10 peanut butter recipes. 
• Kirbie's Cravings: Nutella swirl pumpkin cookies. 

Georgetown Cupcake - Baby Blue Vanilla Birthday Cupcake

I've had the Baby Blue and Baby Pink cupcakes from Georgetown Cupcake before, but technically this freebie Baby Blue Vanilla Birthday one is "new", so here's my take on it, haha.

This is the same flavor as the standard Vanilla Squared cupcake, but in a lovely shade of pale blue plus the colorful sprinkles that are on all of the "birthday" cupcakes here.  I love that Georgetown Cupcake offers Baby Blue and Pink shades for custom cupcake orders - these are perfect for a baby shower or little one's birthday party! 

Lunchtime Links for October 28th, 2013

• Serious Eats: Grilled cheese roll-ups. 
• The Kitchn: Recipe ideas for a sweet potato bar. 
• La Fuji Mama: Stuffed pizza rolls.
• A Kitchen Addiction: Cinnamon crunch pumpkin bagels. 
• The Live-In Kitchen: Balsamic roasted Brussels sprouts with garlic.

Graffiato - Fall Dishes

My friend M and I tried out some great fall dishes at Graffiato recently - I always love when restaurants come out with new seasonal items to keep things fresh and interesting. 

Here we have the Dirty South pizza, which consists of Brussels sprouts, braised pork, sweet potato, maple, and chili.  I loved all of the components of this pizza, although for me the maple made it just a touch too far on the sweet spectrum, on certain bites that I took.  Overall though I thought this was delicious and a great way to eat some vegetables, haha. 

For dessert, we also split the Pumpkin Bread Pudding with cinnamon gelato and caramel.  I am honestly not a huge bread pudding fan because it's usually too soft and mushy for me, but as you can see this bread pudding was much sturdier in texture without losing any of its moistness.  The pumpkin flavor was delicious and not too overbearing, especially when eaten with the cinnamon gelato.  If you're a fan of fall flavors like I am, definitely check out these items at Graffiato soon! 

Lunchtime Links for October 25th, 2013

• The Live-In Kitchen: Mini pumpkin chocolate chip muffins. 
• Eat, Live, Run: Baked apple cider doughnuts. 
• Kirbie's Cravings: Pumpkin cheesecake snickerdoodles. 
• My Baking Addiction: Pumpkin pancakes. 
• Serious Eats: Pumpkin swirl brownies.