We are embracing everything fall over here in Georgia - football games, pumpkins, beautiful leaves changing colors, some brisk air for outdoor activities, and the scents and foods that fall brings! I'm all about going into my favorite grocery store and taking in a nice, deep breath of cinnamon brooms and cinnamon pine cones.

I wanted to share my suggestions for making recipes substitutions in your favorite recipes to make them feel a little bit more like fall! Here's my take on turning almost any recipe into a fall treat. Substitute at your own risk, but for most recipes, we highly recommend!

Need some more ideas for recipe swaps and substitutions? Check these out:

Our Top 5 Crockpot Recipes!

October 19, 2014Most Popular, Seasonal, Recipe RoundupWhitney CarlsonComment

It's the time of year when everyone wants to dust off the crockpot to make soups and chili! We do the same thing. Some of our favorite (and most popular) recipes are crockpot recipes! We wanted to share with you our top 5 most popular crockpot recipes (in order of popularity). Also, be sure to follow us on Pinterest - we just added a new fall board!

1. Salsa Chicken

P.S. We have a {Revamped} Salsa Chicken recipe too!

2. Italian Stallion Crockpot Chicken

3. Black Bean & Sweet Potato Turkey Chili

4. Apple Cinnamon Steel Cut Oats

5. Chicken Tortilla Soup

Visit our Slow Cooker/Crockpot page for more recipes! Have some leftover chili? Make these easy Chili Smothered Baked Sweet Potatoes!

Which recipe is your favorite?

- Whitney

Pumpkin Spice Pancakes

October 12, 2014Breakfast Recipes, SeasonalWhitney Carlson1 Comment

Don't let the quinoa throw you off - it makes these pancakes delicious! Don't have any quinoa? Don't worry! You can still make them, you just might have to add extra oat flour or rolled oats. These smell and taste like fall!

PUMPKIN SPICE PANCAKES

Recipe adapted from Whole Foods Pumpkin Spice Pancakes

Ingredients:

1 cup plus 2 tablespoons gluten free oat flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk
1 cup pumpkin (not pumpkin pie filling – pure pumpkin)
1 organic egg
3/4 cup cooked quinoa
1 Tbsp coconut oil, melted
1 Tbsp unsweetened organic applesauce
2 small scoops stevia

Directions:

1. Cook one cup of quinoa according to directions on package.

2. In a large bowl combine dry ingredients. In a separate bowl combine wet ingredients. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients, stir until combined. Stir in quinoa. Set batter aside.