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Experience The Goodness of Fall with P.F. Chang’s

This post brought to you by P.F. Chang’s. All opinions are 100% mine.

At P.F. Chang’s, guests are surrounded by a unique, modern environment combining influences of Asian and American cultures.   And now, the Goodness of Fall is fresh for the tasting at P.F. Chang’s with their new Fall Seasonal Menu.

Fall Seasonal Menu

The one menu item that really caught my eye was the Vietnamese Noodles with Steak and Shrimp!  I am a shrimp girl, so I would love to try this one out real soon.  The Citrus Mustard Prawns also look yummy!  And of course I would want to try the Pumpking Dessert Wantons, or the Apple Dessert Wontons! 

P.F. Chang’s is also hosting the Goodness of Fall Contest,

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Contestants will create at least 3 unique fall dishes highlighting 3 of the seasonal ingredients that are used on the new Fall Seasonal Menu. The top 5 recipes will then be submitted to a panel of judges for a chance to win the grand prize!

Contest Panelist include: Philip Chiang, Cofounder of P.F. Chang’s; Yuji Iwasa, Head Development Chef at P.F. Chang’s; Mary Melton, Director of Beverage at P.F. Chang’s; and Jennifer Chong; a prominent blogger partner.

Prizes include: a $50 daily P.F. Chang’s gift card winner; The grand prize winner and one lucky guest will win a two-night trip to Napa in Spring of 2014, including an exclusive visit to the guest house at a Napa Valley vineyard where judges Philip Chiang and Yuji Iwasa will be cooking some of their favorite dishes. Director of Beverage Mary Melton will also be there, guiding the winners through an extensive wine tasting. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime Napa Valley getaway!

The Goodness of Fall Contest

I am celebrating Fall with my own fall recipe!  

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Mini Baked Pumpkin Spice Donuts

This time of year just screams out pumpkin to me!  

I love pumpkin pie, but it is a special treat and so I only eat it a couple of times a year!  But I love Pumpkin Pie Cake, pumpkin roll, Chocolate chip pumpkin cookies (which I had to make a couple of days ago!)  and these Mini Baked Pumpkin Spice Donuts.

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November 2013 Visiting Teaching Handout

This month for your visiting teaching message you will need to pick your favorite conference talk to discuss with your sisters, so I decided just to do a general card that you can hand out with any talk that you choose.  With it being November, I went with a “thankful” theme.  We all have many blessings that we need to be thankful for, one of them being the fact that we have a general conference twice a year with a living prophet to lead our church!  I love conference weekend and the wonderful spirit that I feel every time I listen to our leaders.

So with that being said, I hope that you can show your gratitude to your sisters for all of your blessings.

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Salted Caramel Apple Cupcakes

My husband and I went to our cabin last weekend and we went for a ride on Saturday morning to a hunting property not too far away.  I could not believe how beautiful of a fall day it was!   The sun was shining and the air was clear with a little bit of a crisp bite to it.  I don’t know if there is a season more beautiful than fall!

Today I have a cupcake that compliments this beautiful fall season!  It has the wonder flavor of fresh apples, the sweetness of caramel and the  greatness of the salt added to top it all off!

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5 Recipes to Make with Halloween Candy

This is a repost that I did a year ago.  The original post said to use your leftover Halloween candy, but you could use any of these recipes before Halloween for your parties, get together’s or for a fun family night!  These recipes are also great to give away as gifts for the holidays.  Many of these recipes can be changed up just a little bit and you could use them for any time of the year! 

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Chocolate Dipped Rice Crispies

Here is fun, EASY, treat that you can make for your family for family night, or for a Halloween party, or to take a treat to your neighbors or co-workers!  It is just a simple spin on a classic recipe!

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S’mores Snack Mix

Here is another recipe that was shared at our craft retreat!  Who doesn’t love the yummy taste of S’mores?  This is a fun treat that you can enjoy any time of the year!  It is great to put in individual cups or bags and is perfect for your next Halloween get together… or for the next big football game… or for family night… or just to treat yourself! :)

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Breakfast Parfait

I know that it is officially fall now and that I should be posting pumpkin recipes and enjoying all the wonderful fall flavors, but I still have raspberries coming on, so I will enjoy them while they last!

Last weekend at  our craft retreat, as part of breakfast, my sister made some wonderful breakfast parfaits using fresh raspberries and I enjoyed it so much that I came home and made up a batch of my Easy Crunchy Granola and went out and picked some more fresh raspberries and made myself another breakfast parfait!

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Sugar-Crusted Lemon Raspberry Muffins

My raspberries are in full swing right now, but my dad has even more that I do and we are trying to keep up with them!  I usually just pick them and wash them, then put them on a lined cookie sheet to flash freeze them.  That way I can use them whenever I am ready.  I had in my mind that I wanted to make some muffins and I love the lemon blueberry recipe that I have, so decided to try another version with raspberries.  They did not disappoint!

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These are perfect for the freezer, you can just take out the amount you need, warm them up a bit and you are good to go!

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Fall Sweet & Salty Mix

Here is the recipe that I promised, for a yummy sweet and salty fall mix that I used to give the sisters that I visit teach.

 I love the buttery, salty flavor of the bugles for the base of this recipe, it is also a great recipe because you can add whatever you want to make your own version!  I think that dried cranberries, chocolate pomegranates or spiced gumdrops would also be wonderful in this mix!

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