Tis the season for PUMPKIN!!

I have never liked pumpkin, or squash or anything like that! Until this year!! For some reason, my buds changed and I want EVERYTHING in pumpkin!! Ha! Once fall showed it's welcomed, beautiful face around here, I wanted everything to do with pumpkin!

I don't usually get Starbucks, but I have been getting pumpkin spiced lattes all the time lately! and I am wanting to bake everything out of a pumpkin! 

We went to E. Wa the other day for a day trip and we drove by a Italian Market and my husband being Italian, we HAD to stop in!

Of course we wanted everything, but settled on some whole peeled tomatoes and pumpkin ravioli! 

Put it on a bag of ice and brought it home for lunch!
I browned some butter, which smells amazing for anyone who has never done this! It was my first time too!

Added some fresh sage from Katie's garden

And drizzled it on the ravioli... it was to die for!!

Here are a few of hubs and I with our youngest:

Who is an avid walker now!!

Daddy and his girls!

 

Nothing makes a mommy more proud! :)

Tonight was Spaghetti Squash! Never heard of it?! Neither had I! 

A friend posted about it on fb and I was like I gotta try that! 

Healthy spaghetti!

Bake a large Spaghetti Squash in the oven with a little water in the pan at 375 degrees for about an hour and a half,

Cut in half lengthwise

Remove the seeds like in a cantaloupe,

And using a fork scrape out the spaghetti noodles!

So awesome!! :)

Then use as you would regular spaghetti!

Tonight I made it with garlic alfredo sauce!

And little personal sparkling cider bottles! :)

Obviously, everyone LOVED it!! I don't think we will be making regular spaghetti again anytime soon!

Of course I wanted to try the seeds...

I fried them with a little butter and salt...

They were OK. Next time I think I will bake them with some seasonings! 

I can see the potential!

If you have any amazing pumpkin recipes, please share! I would love to try them out! :)

(Also, Natalie's 3rd birthday blog coming as soon as I get the pictures off my sisters camera! )