A Very Late Pumpkin Patch Post

I had this post saved as a draft for quite some time, I finally decided to post it before I totally forget about it and these pictures get lost in the abyss of my computer. We visited two new pumpkin patches this fall and both of them were really fun. The first one was the Carlsbad pumpkin patch where we met our friends that came down from Santa Cruz. That day was blazing hot, after the pumpkin patch we went back to their place so the boys could go in the pool for a while before we headed back home. That's fall in California for ya! The second patch we visited had a little corn maze which was pretty awesome since we had never been in one before, we definitely enjoyed this patch especially since the weather was nice and cool!

Now we are ready for a nice and very low key thanksgiving dinner this Thursday, maybe I'll post a halloween related post and another pending post I had before all this holiday madness begins. XOXO

Happy October!

Happy October! We've been getting ready since September haha. Halloween is definitely our favorite holiday over here. We've been reading Halloween books, watching scary movies, walking the Halloween isles at target, searching thrift stores for Halloween treasures and listening to the Misfits nonstop. I will take out the Halloween decor today and pick up a few more things this weekend, nothing too crazy.

We bought Maxi's costume last weekend, he's been wanting to be Captain America ever since he first saw the costume and I really dislike sharing costume pictures before Halloween because I feel like it takes the fun from showing pictures the actual day... but I couldn't help to share this one of my little Captain America. I waited it out, in case he changed his mind but he's stuck with it for a month so I bought it before it disappeared! He's been practically living in the thing and I hope it survives until Halloween haha. He gets so into his role, he once hid me in the room and told me to stay there because he was going to fight the "monsters".

I baked these one bowl famous chocolate cupcakes yesterday to celebrate the first of October and they were AMAZING... the only thing I wasn't really crazy about was the frosting but you can easily use your favorite frosting recipe instead. But you should definitely make these like yesterday. This will definitely be my go to chocolate recipe from now on. 

P.S. If you have a toddler and you happen to be at target pick up the book spooky pookie, Maximiliano absolutely loves it. It's a cute Halloween read, especially for ages 2-4.

XOXO

Pumpkin Pain Perdu

I have actually been wanting to make this since last autumn, when I first saw it circulating Pinterest. Pumpkin french toast.

(Warning: I am about to rant about all these pumpkin spice products in stores. Skip paragraph if you wish.)

Gimme all things pumpkin but NOT pumpkin spice please and thank you. I made my own pumpkin spice syrup but just found the spices to be too over whelming so then I bought the pumpkin flavored pumpkin creamer and it was the same problem. I could not taste pumpkin but instead just an enormous amount of clove and ginger. So I saw these pumpkin bagels that I though would be delicious with a thin layer of cream cheese in the morning and... SAME problem so yeah. Other than the occasional pumpkin latte from Starbucks which I enjoy, I'm not buying pumpkin spice anything! (This is a copycat recipe of the famous starbucks pumpkin latte, that has been my favorite so far but I actually have not made this year.)

Lately I haven't felt like breakfast food of any kind. Especially not eggs. I think I over ate eggs. Like... I would have them for almost every meal. Fried, poached and boiled. In french toast too. But yesterday I thought some french toast would be nice and I happened to have a can of pumpkin on hand so this happened.

I didn't follow any recipe, just went with the flow. I really enjoy the color that pumpkin puree adds to food. It's just this pretty, warm, gold color. The pumpkin flavor it adds is subtle but you can definitely taste it.

Pumpkin Pain Perdu

serves 1

- 1 egg
- 1 heaping tablespoon pure pumpkin puree
- 2 tablespoons milk/heavy cream
- splash of vanilla extract
- cinnamon to taste
- 2 slices of bread of your choice ( I used sliced french bread )
- Syrup/ whipped cream to serve

Mix egg, pumpkin, milk, vanilla and cinnamon in bowl. Dip bread in liquid until fully covered. Place on a hot and buttered griddle and cook until golden brown on both sides. Pour syrup on top and add some whipped cream if you're feeling extra fancy!

XOXO

Lidia

Fall Vibes

XOXO

Lidia