Fall is without a doubt my favorite time of year. Golden leaves hang sparsely on greying branches not willing to completely let go. Brisk wind stings my cheeks in the early mornings as I mount up my car to cart kids to school in the dim light of dawn. My stock wardrobe of early…
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Slow Cooker Root Beer Baby Back Ribs
Am I the only one who thinks of ribs as a summer grilling food? Why is it that food gets pigeon holed to a meal genre or season? For instance do you ever think about how breakfast food can be eaten any time of the day and the novelty about that is charming: ‘backwards day’…
Orange-flavored Kettle Corn and Halloween Orange Kettle Corn Treat Mix
This is the perfect Halloween Party Mix: Orange Kettle Corn Treat Mix. Homemade kettle corn recipe with Halloween candy tossed in! It’s funny how there seems to be so much time before a holiday to prepare. Inevitably in my world we plod along and then the week leading up to the actual day feels to…
Tropical ‘Candy Corn’ Smoothie
Love them or hate them, Candy Corn are the mascot of this time of year. They hide away like a vampire waiting for the sun to set, only to reveal themselves and dominate the candy consciousness for the month of October. They are inescapable to some, irresistible to others. On Boulder Locavore we love the…
Red Devil Cupakes
With Halloween being a week away I wanted to create a few more fun ways to celebrate! I will admit I’m feeling the need for some healthier food after having a Whimsical Fall M&M Cake and Trick-or-Treat Ice Cream at the ready for noshing. Very hard to resist! I really had my heart set on…
21 Autumn Cocktails and Infusions
The heat of summer seems obvious for refreshing cocktails. Ripe fruits naturally lend themselves to creative sipping; throw in a pool and mini cocktail umbrella and the day is made perfect. Fall however is a time to get serious. As the temperatures cool, the flavors deepen offering a more noteworthy cocktail compared to the flirtatious…
Trick-or-Treat Ice Cream
As much fun as Halloween is, I dread the candy. You know what I mean, it looks something like this: Though that would be a light load. Even after sorting for gluten, which goes to work with ‘Dad’, and tossing anything open, each of my Trick-or-Treaters ends up with a gallon plastic bag, packed with…