Friday Edition: Spooky Finds!

Hi there!  Happy Friday.  I hope you get to go out and do some fun fall activities this weekend like pumpkin picking or apple picking.  We did some of that last weekend.  This weekend the Husband will be going out to buy his first snow blower!  He is so excited.  AND it may even snow here next week (just a dusting) so he is even more excited that he will be able to remove the dusting of snow with his snow blower!

As for me, I am not excited about the snow.  I am just happy cooler temperatures have arrived and that I can wear my boots and comfy sweaters.  I am also excited about decorating the house for Halloween and making the Toddler's Halloween costume (she'll be Mickey Mouse!). 

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays - I love everything about it.  Dressing up, free candy, you name it.  And I love finding everyone's crafty recipes, decorations and costumes in blogland.  You guys are really crafty!  So let's get to the spooky finds . . .

SPOOKY FIND NO.1: Eye Ball Cake by Big D and Me

Image via Big D and Me

How awesome is this cake?  Jennifer says that it is simply a boxed cake mix baked in a soccer ball cake pan and then covered with icing.  How crafty is that?  Actually, Jennifer is very crafty and blogged about her Halloween party and showcased some more of her spooky food.  Definitely check it out. And while you are there, stop by and see her kitchen art wall - it is one of my favorite gallery walls!

SPOOKY FIND NO.2: Goblin Bait by Texas Cottage

Image via Texas Cottage

I was drawn to this recipe for two reasons: (1) the pretty picture and (2) I had never heard of Goblin Bait before.  There is a reason I had never heard of this recipe - Sallie told me that she had adapted a Bunny Bait recipe by changing the M&M colors and adding candy corn.  And in a flash of creativity, Sallie came up with the cool name!  I love it - and I love the addition of candy corn.  Check out Sallie's 31 Days of Autumn Recipes, which is going on right now.

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Friday Edition: Yummy Finds

So I thought I would try a new regularly appearing feature - yummy finds!  I get a lot of magazines (either through my own subscriptions, my mom's subscriptions, or my co-worker's subscriptions) and I see lots of yummy-looking things.  I thought this may be a good way to keep track of them and to share them with my friends!

First up: a spread in Better Homes and Gardens magazine about Fast Summer Meals (it was published in July 2010 but it is still lying around my house!).  Here are a few meals that caught my eye:

Image from Better Homes and Gardens

Apple Bacon Burgers

Image from Better Homes and Gardens

Crispy Fish and Peppers

Image from Better Homes and Gardens

Soba Noodle Bowl

Image from Better Homes and Gardens

Veggie Frittata

Don't they all look so yummy?  Really, I could have put all the recipes in this post!  But instead, you can discover all the recipes from that issue right here.