{"id":1643,"date":"2015-11-06T07:00:12","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T07:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/betondinner.com\/?p=1643"},"modified":"2015-11-11T01:23:36","modified_gmt":"2015-11-11T01:23:36","slug":"food-for-thought-1-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betondinner.com\/food-for-thought-1-october\/","title":{"rendered":"Food for Thought #1: October"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hey y’all! I’m experimenting with a new type of post – a once-a-month, non-recipe, possibly-rambling look back at the month. Hopefully it will be a little easier to accomplish than ye olde\u00a0meal plan of the month<\/a>, which was Too Hard for Me.<\/p>\n

1.\/\/<\/strong> We were super on top of Halloween<\/strong> – like, Jay carved our pumpkin while the girls ate dinner right before trick-or-treating kind of on top of things. :o) But my mom made this glorious tail for my Angelina Ballerina:<\/p>\n

\"Angelina<\/a><\/p>\n

and I also had a very sweet (and independent!) bunny, who walked most of the way around the neighborhood.<\/p>\n

\"sweet<\/a>Yes, I realize I missed the opportunity for her to have a super cute tail, too. Focus on the ears (and the fact that she kept them on)!<\/em><\/p>\n

2.\/\/<\/strong> I just finished\u00a0reading<\/strong> a book I loved:\u00a0Hit\u00a0the Road<\/em> by Caroline B. Cooney. (Please tell me you read The Face on the Milk Carton<\/em> series?? For instance, maybe, once when you were a kid and again as an adult?) I love reading young adult fiction, but\u00a0this is a fun read even if you don’t typically dabble in that genre!<\/p>\n

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3.\/\/\u00a0<\/strong>This dark-chocolate drizzled kettle corn<\/strong> is available at Costco and it makes me really happy. I haven’t looked to see what the “140 calorie\/serving” serving size is, but hopefully\/probably it’s in the neighborhood of 30 enormous handfuls….<\/p>\n

\"Dark<\/a><\/p>\n

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4.\/\/ Things I wish would appear in\u00a0my kitchen ASAP:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Homemade Cinnamon Raisin Bagels<\/a>\u00a0from Sally’s Baking Addiction.\u00a0Toasted, with a lot of butter and cinnamon sugar, please. Next time I’m in the mood for a cooking project, this is happening!<\/em><\/p>\n

Slow Cooker Creamy Butternut Squash Soup<\/a> from Foodie Blog Stalker. You don’t have to peel the squash, my friends. This is genius.<\/em><\/p>\n

Peanut Butter Cup Cheesecake<\/a> from Mel’s Kitchen Cafe. Totally r<\/em>aiding the Halloween bucket for this one.<\/i><\/p>\n

Creamy Pumpkin Spaghetti with Garlic Kale<\/a> from Pinch of Yum. Just…I want this so much.<\/em><\/p>\n

Peppered Beef Stew<\/a> from Foodie With Family. Yes, please, I’ll take mine over the creamy polenta. Sounds glorious!<\/em><\/p>\n

5.\/\/<\/strong> Is anyone else already dreaming about their Thanksgiving meal<\/strong>? It’s my favorite holiday. What are your traditional must-haves?? Holla at me in the comments! :o)<\/p>\n

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