I'm back from vacation and trying to get back into cooking things myself LOL Not everything went perfectly this week but I made a bunch of yummy meals! It was great to try out some great viewer suggestions 🧡It's a long one so I hope you stick with me and enjoy the video 😁I bet you can all guess what I'm thinking about cooking up for Canadian Thanksgiving with some of the remaining pumpkin!! 🦃🍁
I always put chocolate chips in my pumpkin bread or muffins. It's so good. Just found you and have been binge watching. But I'm telling you try chocolate chips!
I made pumpkin bread several years ago for the first time. My favourite version had a little chilli pepper in. Not enough to burn or have alot of heat, but just enough to notice it was pumpkin and something else. I grew up on Sesame Street, in rural Australia.
Hi Lee :) That's an interesting add! It's so true that sometimes the ingredients that are added have an effect on the taste that is hard to pin point. I didn't notice the cinnamon in the end but if I made it again without it I would probably be able to tell it was different! Yes! Sesame Street :D
While I seem to like everything - I can't eat Cilantro as it is like drinking dish soap. I researched to find out why and found that we who HATE the taste lack a certain enzyme that removes that soap taste. So for almost everyone, it would taste like soap to them but they have built in protection. Weird but true. I can taste one tiny bit of leaf that has been added to my helping of whatever had cilantro and I can not even eat that. I sure need to copy your habanaro dish but using way fewer as I don't care for hot food but do appreciate spicy, tasty food. I just really love these videos. I'm thinking a pumpkin/squash soup would be great with chopped hot sausagesand with bread croutons made by frying in bacon fat! I would toast pumpkin or squash seeds to sprinkle on top, also. I like squash seeds better as they aren't as fibrous. Did I mention I love these videos - using your creative powers is fun to watch.
Yes, some people REALLY don’t like cilantro! It’s not my favourite but I don’t have that soapy flavour. It would be horrible to have that because cilantro is in so many dishes these days it seems 🙁 Sometimes I do toast the seeds! So yummy! Just have to have the time and energy 😜
If you use top of your wooden spoon first to test oil before adding meat(oil should have bubbles) then oil is ready to brown your meats and will look brown and taste better.
Great video, as always. Cranberries in pumpkin bread or muffins is amazing! You can use fresh, frozen or dried. I'm still waiting for you to make 3 sisters soup! Great way to use up that squash, and you can make some bannock or fry bread to go with it!
Thanks for the reminders Rhonda! I HAVE to get around to that soon! It's definitely the season for it :D I'll have to remember about the cranberries...seems like a perfect holiday combination!
Pumpkin/squash ravioli. Make bread crumbs from the bread product to bread something or top a casserole. Stuffed pepper soup with the peppers. That freezer is almost empty. That’s has to feel great to see!
@@JessicaWanders I can it…without the rice. I add the rice when I heat it. Just a thought if you wanted to use them all at once. LoVe home canned soups!
When you mixed the flour and sugar, it reminded me that I recently went to get powdered sugar out of a canister similar to the one you had your flour in. I realized that I had put new flour on top of the powdered sugar, and there was no separating it. It was...unpleasant. I need to label my flour and powdered sugar canisters, apparently.
That sounds like something I would do....maybe it's time to use the nice labels that came with my new containers before I make a similar mistake! It would be impossible to separate powdered sugar and flour :(
@@JessicaWanders I ended up throwing away the flour/powdered sugar mixture. And then I didn't have any powdered sugar for the recipe I was halfway through and had to go to the store...labels are a great idea.
That's a great idea Dave! I was looking at the Habanero Gold Recipe in the Ball book thinking it might be worth a try. It doesn't use up enough peppers though lol
I keep eyeing up pepper jellies. What kind of things do you put it on? I fear it wouldn't get used but maybe it would end up in my Cooking Up My Cans series and I'd have to find out then hahaha Thanks for the suggestion :D
can you make like a hot pepper jelly out of the habaneros for Canadian Thanksgiving and can small jars of it for your husband? serve it over cream cheese to have with crackers or bread or something.
I love that pumpkin bread! It looks so good! I love Fall/Autumn and I love pumpkin: pumpkin soup, pumpkin bread, pumpkin scones, pumpkin pie, etc. So, that makes me happy! That Pico de Gallo looks good, too! My husband likes Cilantro but thinks Italian Parsley tastes like soap. So, he would like that Pico! One thing I love in the Fall is a roasted pumpkin and beet salad. Roast the orange squash/pumpkin and the beets and then add to a bed of kale, spinach, mixed greens, etc. Top with a little feta and a balsamic glaze or vinaigrette. It makes a great lunch or dinner side! I got the recipe and inspiration from a documentary/weight loss program called Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead. While the pre-program recipes were similar to this Roasted Beet and Squash recipe, I wouldn't recommend the program. I was sick of juice and of juicing after 4 days. And I didn't lose any weight on it.
it is DEFINITELY delicious with cream cheese! Pumpkin Bread is also great with nuts or cranberries (either fresh orr dried) in it. On your corn bread, I suspect that either the recipe has an ommission or maybe you skipped something but I have never seen a cornbread without flour, my recipes calls for one cup each cornmeal and flour, which would help it to rise. But, if you liked it, then that is all that matters
I'm going to put out the second loaf with cream cheese for Thanksgiving I think :D Yes...I've always made it with flour as well so I was skeptical! It did make a nice cornbread topping so I was REALLY surprised! It was actually great to have a bread topping that I can make without flour. I think next time I might double the cornbread mix and see if I get a thinker layer! Soon I'll make my regular go-to cornbread with flour though lol
The cornbread casserole looked very flavorful! I’m going to try that, but I’m going to spread the cheese between the meat and cornbread layers - I think I would like a gooey, melted cheese layer instead of the hard cheese on top! Thanks for sharing!
That sounds like a great idea to use up the garlic Jodie! I've never put much garlic in my scalloped potatoes before but I bet it would be really tasty! I'll check out the hot pepper relish too! :D Thanks for the suggestions!
Nice new meals ideas. Thx 4 sharing Ms Jessica. Omg maybe check out a watermelon Greek salad to use up fresh produce. I was skeptical but omg so good. Lol sesame street muahahaha
I make my pumpkin bread with homemade purée which is really thin and it always comes out okay when bakes. Literally tastes the same as with store bought purée but better because of the flavor. Never too much cinnamon! I am going to add it to my baking list this week to use up some of my frozen pumpkin too! You need to try Nutella oat breakfast cookies which are made with oats. You can find the recipe on NOVA Frugal Family under the recipe tab. They are so tasty and filling.
Hi Allison :D I wish I had added maybe double the cinnamon but I really like it :P I'm definitely going to check out the Nutella cookie recipe...I haven't even opened it up yet lol Thanks so much for the tip
Jessica look up TH-camr : lil piece of heart for Keto meals/ soups. She made a wonderful looking pumpkin soup, that I think you could use your squash purée or the ones you have in chunks ( just purée them) in this soup. It has sausage in it too, with heavy cream and cheese and sliced green onions for the toppings. I bet crumbled bacon as a topping would be good with it too...bacon makes everything better! Lol. She used organic canned pumpkin, but to me, fresh is always better.
Habanero pepper flakes! For the truly brave :P I've only ever dried fresh peppers but I'm sure frozen ones would dry eventually in the dehydrator! Interesting idea Robin! It would be a quick fix! I think that we might have to move the dehydrator outside....lol
Hi Samantha 🙂 I did make the wonderful poblano soup last week but I’ve never tried pepper soup with jalapeños or other chili peppers 🤔 Some of the squash squash might be destined for a pie for thanksgiving 🥧
Just trying to find meals that use up these left over ingredients is a challenge! I guess if they were popular ingredients that I used all the time they wouldn't still be in my freezer though LOL All this eating!! I'd love to start a $21 a Week Grocery Challenge after this LOL
If you do not want those hot peppers to get in your lungs place all in a blender and blend it up finer. Also, you went to a lot more trouble than I do for the Mexican dish. I just make regular cornbread and add some cream style corn, cooked breakfast sausage, diced jalapeño peppers and Mexican blend shredded cheese or cheddar cheese. Also in place of cooking oil I use bacon drippings and place about 2 tablespoons in my cast iron skillet ( melted in oven) then pour my batter in. You want to hear it sizzle. I serve this cornbread with either white bean soup, white chicken chili or red beans and rice. I never use salsa in my cornbread...your dish looked like something my mother use to make and she called it hot tamale pie. You dish looked good. Your pasta dish looked good too. There is a dish called chicken and noodles that people serve in my town. It has the chicken, gravy like yours, pimento and I think celery and little onion. Then mixed with egg noodles. It was always served with corn, green beans ( on the side) along with a big beautiful homemade roll. Was so good! Your dish reminded me of that dish. Have you ever tried cooking your Brussel sprouts with onion and bacon? Most of the time it is cooked with raw fresh ones... kinda like cabbage. They are so good. I have also baked them with a lot of root vegetables, with onion and whole cloves of garlic and final. Then drizzled with olive oil an S&P. Try taking just roasting up whole garlic. It becomes nutty and looses that raw bite. So good spread on rustic bread and even made into dips with sour cream .
Great to see you Nancy! It was actually the freshly ground black pepper that was making me cough! I think I just inhaled a whole bunch while I was grinding it or something LOL Your cornbread sounds great! I was trying to find something that would use up as many freezer ingredients as possible and found that recipe with salsa that I could make :D I thought it was really tasty and would definitely try other variations of it in the future! I do make a regular cornbread pretty often to eat with chili but I've never tried adding anything to it! Mmm roasted garlic in a dip sounds like a great idea! Thanks so much for all your thoughtful feedback
I'm back from vacation and trying to get back into cooking things myself LOL Not everything went perfectly this week but I made a bunch of yummy meals! It was great to try out some great viewer suggestions 🧡It's a long one so I hope you stick with me and enjoy the video 😁I bet you can all guess what I'm thinking about cooking up for Canadian Thanksgiving with some of the remaining pumpkin!! 🦃🍁
Hope u had a nice vacay and relaxed
You can toss those last couple bags of pumpkin in the slow cooker with some spices and make some yummy pumpkin butter! ❤
Mmm Sounds yummy! :D
I always put chocolate chips in my pumpkin bread or muffins. It's so good. Just found you and have been binge watching. But I'm telling you try chocolate chips!
Welcome!! I'll have to give it a try :D How can chocolate be bad, right?!
@@JessicaWanders exactly! I've never met chocolate I didn't like lol
That's hilarious! First thing I thought when you sliced that beautiful end piece was it needs some nuts. And you immediately said the same thing.
Hi Bonita 🙂 haha! I do like nuts in loaves! It was very good without them but I’d try it with some walnuts next time 👍🏼
I made pumpkin bread several years ago for the first time. My favourite version had a little chilli pepper in. Not enough to burn or have alot of heat, but just enough to notice it was pumpkin and something else.
I grew up on Sesame Street, in rural Australia.
Hi Lee :) That's an interesting add! It's so true that sometimes the ingredients that are added have an effect on the taste that is hard to pin point. I didn't notice the cinnamon in the end but if I made it again without it I would probably be able to tell it was different!
Yes! Sesame Street :D
On the corn bread casserole I probably would of added the cheese 1/2 way through cooking so it didn’t go as brown
Yes! That's also a great tip! :D
While I seem to like everything - I can't eat Cilantro as it is like drinking dish soap. I researched to find out why and found that we who HATE the taste lack a certain enzyme that removes that soap taste. So for almost everyone, it would taste like soap to them but they have built in protection. Weird but true. I can taste one tiny bit of leaf that has been added to my helping of whatever had cilantro and I can not even eat that. I sure need to copy your habanaro dish but using way fewer as I don't care for hot food but do appreciate spicy, tasty food. I just really love these videos. I'm thinking a pumpkin/squash soup would be great with chopped hot sausagesand with bread croutons made by frying in bacon fat! I would toast pumpkin or squash seeds to sprinkle on top, also. I like squash seeds better as they aren't as fibrous. Did I mention I love these videos - using your creative powers is fun to watch.
Yes, some people REALLY don’t like cilantro! It’s not my favourite but I don’t have that soapy flavour. It would be horrible to have that because cilantro is in so many dishes these days it seems 🙁 Sometimes I do toast the seeds! So yummy! Just have to have the time and energy 😜
If you use top of your wooden spoon first to test oil before adding meat(oil should have bubbles) then oil is ready to brown your meats and will look brown and taste better.
Great tip! I use this when I’m deep frying things 👍🏼
You could totally put caramel spread on that pumpkin bread!
Ohhh now we're talking!! :D
With the peppers and beef left in the freezer you could make fajitas. Or use the beef and pumpkin and make a pumpkin chili.
Thanks for the great suggestions Mandy! Hmm chili would use up a few peppers...:D
I bet a nice spicy apple butter would be good on that pumpkin bread.
Mmmm definitely! 🍎
Your fresh pico de gallo looks amazing on the taco casserole.
It was so good 😀
Make jelly with habanero peppers to put on top of cream cheese and eat as a snack with like thin crack like thin crisps or a Triscuits.
Mmm sounds wonderful! I'm thinking about trying a Habanero Gold jelly recipe maybe!
My friend makes jalapeño jelly so why not habanero jelly
Great video, as always. Cranberries in pumpkin bread or muffins is amazing! You can use fresh, frozen or dried. I'm still waiting for you to make 3 sisters soup! Great way to use up that squash, and you can make some bannock or fry bread to go with it!
Thanks for the reminders Rhonda! I HAVE to get around to that soon! It's definitely the season for it :D I'll have to remember about the cranberries...seems like a perfect holiday combination!
Pumpkin/squash ravioli. Make bread crumbs from the bread product to bread something or top a casserole. Stuffed pepper soup with the peppers. That freezer is almost empty. That’s has to feel great to see!
I am so excited to be able to see the insides of the freezer! It really does feel great :D Mmm stuffed pepper soup sounds great :D
@@JessicaWanders I can it…without the rice. I add the rice when I heat it. Just a thought if you wanted to use them all at once. LoVe home canned soups!
When you mixed the flour and sugar, it reminded me that I recently went to get powdered sugar out of a canister similar to the one you had your flour in. I realized that I had put new flour on top of the powdered sugar, and there was no separating it. It was...unpleasant. I need to label my flour and powdered sugar canisters, apparently.
That sounds like something I would do....maybe it's time to use the nice labels that came with my new containers before I make a similar mistake! It would be impossible to separate powdered sugar and flour :(
@@JessicaWanders I ended up throwing away the flour/powdered sugar mixture. And then I didn't have any powdered sugar for the recipe I was halfway through and had to go to the store...labels are a great idea.
Now I have to make some pumpkin bread. That looks great. Thank you!
It was so good! Enjoy 😀
I would love to see a Canadian Thanksgiving cooking episode 😍🙏🏼
Ooohh I imagine it's very similar to Thanksgiving in the USA ;)
Perhaps make some canned hot sauce to give as Christmas gifts. I would definitely love a gift like that - obviously for your heat loving friends
That's a great idea Dave! I was looking at the Habanero Gold Recipe in the Ball book thinking it might be worth a try. It doesn't use up enough peppers though lol
You could make a pepper jelly with the banana and habanaro peppers. It is so good.
I keep eyeing up pepper jellies. What kind of things do you put it on? I fear it wouldn't get used but maybe it would end up in my Cooking Up My Cans series and I'd have to find out then hahaha Thanks for the suggestion :D
can you make like a hot pepper jelly out of the habaneros for Canadian Thanksgiving and can small jars of it for your husband? serve it over cream cheese to have with crackers or bread or something.
Sounds great! The habanero jelly that I have seen doesn't seem to use up enough peppers for me but I should really give it a try :)
I love that pumpkin bread! It looks so good! I love Fall/Autumn and I love pumpkin: pumpkin soup, pumpkin bread, pumpkin scones, pumpkin pie, etc. So, that makes me happy!
That Pico de Gallo looks good, too! My husband likes Cilantro but thinks Italian Parsley tastes like soap. So, he would like that Pico!
One thing I love in the Fall is a roasted pumpkin and beet salad. Roast the orange squash/pumpkin and the beets and then add to a bed of kale, spinach, mixed greens, etc. Top with a little feta and a balsamic glaze or vinaigrette. It makes a great lunch or dinner side! I got the recipe and inspiration from a documentary/weight loss program called Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead. While the pre-program recipes were similar to this Roasted Beet and Squash recipe, I wouldn't recommend the program. I was sick of juice and of juicing after 4 days. And I didn't lose any weight on it.
Hi Micah
it is DEFINITELY delicious with cream cheese! Pumpkin Bread is also great with nuts or cranberries (either fresh orr dried) in it. On your corn bread, I suspect that either the recipe has an ommission or maybe you skipped something but I have never seen a cornbread without flour, my recipes calls for one cup each cornmeal and flour, which would help it to rise. But, if you liked it, then that is all that matters
I'm going to put out the second loaf with cream cheese for Thanksgiving I think :D
Yes...I've always made it with flour as well so I was skeptical! It did make a nice cornbread topping so I was REALLY surprised! It was actually great to have a bread topping that I can make without flour. I think next time I might double the cornbread mix and see if I get a thinker layer! Soon I'll make my regular go-to cornbread with flour though lol
The cornbread casserole looked very flavorful! I’m going to try that, but I’m going to spread the cheese between the meat and cornbread layers - I think I would like a gooey, melted cheese layer instead of the hard cheese on top!
Thanks for sharing!
Great idea Dharma! The meat layer definitely needed more cheese in it but overall it was really tasty!
Very happy you enjoyed the pumpkin loaf. The mexican casserole looked interesting. Great video, as always
So good! I was happy to finally get around to making it! I've had it on the list for quite awhile! Great to see you watching :D
Maybe scallop potatoes with garlic . Hot pepper relish
That sounds like a great idea to use up the garlic Jodie! I've never put much garlic in my scalloped potatoes before but I bet it would be really tasty! I'll check out the hot pepper relish too! :D Thanks for the suggestions!
Nice new meals ideas. Thx 4 sharing Ms Jessica. Omg maybe check out a watermelon Greek salad to use up fresh produce. I was skeptical but omg so good. Lol sesame street muahahaha
Thanks for the tip! I'm so glad you enjoyed the video :D Great having you watching Jodie
Do you have a food processor? The salsa would be so quick if you whirled those tomatoes in the food processor for a couple seconds.
True! I sometimes cook it a bit but this was great as a fresh salsa and it was super quick 💛
I make my pumpkin bread with homemade purée which is really thin and it always comes out okay when bakes. Literally tastes the same as with store bought purée but better because of the flavor. Never too much cinnamon! I am going to add it to my baking list this week to use up some of my frozen pumpkin too! You need to try Nutella oat breakfast cookies which are made with oats. You can find the recipe on NOVA Frugal Family under the recipe tab. They are so tasty and filling.
Hi Allison :D I wish I had added maybe double the cinnamon but I really like it :P I'm definitely going to check out the Nutella cookie recipe...I haven't even opened it up yet lol Thanks so much for the tip
Jessica look up TH-camr : lil piece of heart for Keto meals/ soups. She made a wonderful looking pumpkin soup, that I think you could use your squash purée or the ones you have in chunks ( just purée them) in this soup. It has sausage in it too, with heavy cream and cheese and sliced green onions for the toppings. I bet crumbled bacon as a topping would be good with it too...bacon makes everything better! Lol. She used organic canned pumpkin, but to me, fresh is always better.
I'll check it out! Sounds wonderful! You're sooo right that bacon makes everything better :P
I wonder if you could dehydrate those peppers to make pepper flakes!
Habanero pepper flakes! For the truly brave :P I've only ever dried fresh peppers but I'm sure frozen ones would dry eventually in the dehydrator! Interesting idea Robin! It would be a quick fix! I think that we might have to move the dehydrator outside....lol
Great meals this week.
Have u thought about pepper soup? U may can hide some of that squash in the soup too.
Hi Samantha 🙂 I did make the wonderful poblano soup last week but I’ve never tried pepper soup with jalapeños or other chili peppers 🤔 Some of the squash squash might be destined for a pie for thanksgiving 🥧
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Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
Amazing how long it takes to get through a freezer!
Just trying to find meals that use up these left over ingredients is a challenge! I guess if they were popular ingredients that I used all the time they wouldn't still be in my freezer though LOL All this eating!! I'd love to start a $21 a Week Grocery Challenge after this LOL
Maybe spread some cinnamon butter on it :)
Ohhhh good idea Kathy! :)
If you do not want those hot peppers to get in your lungs place all in a blender and blend it up finer. Also, you went to a lot more trouble than I do for the Mexican dish. I just make regular cornbread and add some cream style corn, cooked breakfast sausage, diced jalapeño peppers and Mexican blend shredded cheese or cheddar cheese. Also in place of cooking oil I use bacon drippings and place about 2 tablespoons in my cast iron skillet ( melted in oven) then pour my batter in. You want to hear it sizzle. I serve this cornbread with either white bean soup, white chicken chili or red beans and rice. I never use salsa in my cornbread...your dish looked like something my mother use to make and she called it hot tamale pie. You dish looked good. Your pasta dish looked good too. There is a dish called chicken and noodles that people serve in my town. It has the chicken, gravy like yours, pimento and I think celery and little onion. Then mixed with egg noodles. It was always served with corn, green beans ( on the side) along with a big beautiful homemade roll. Was so good! Your dish reminded me of that dish. Have you ever tried cooking your Brussel sprouts with onion and bacon? Most of the time it is cooked with raw fresh ones... kinda like cabbage. They are so good. I have also baked them with a lot of root vegetables, with onion and whole cloves of garlic and final. Then drizzled with olive oil an S&P. Try taking just roasting up whole garlic. It becomes nutty and looses that raw bite. So good spread on rustic bread and even made into dips with sour cream .
Great to see you Nancy! It was actually the freshly ground black pepper that was making me cough! I think I just inhaled a whole bunch while I was grinding it or something LOL Your cornbread sounds great! I was trying to find something that would use up as many freezer ingredients as possible and found that recipe with salsa that I could make :D I thought it was really tasty and would definitely try other variations of it in the future! I do make a regular cornbread pretty often to eat with chili but I've never tried adding anything to it! Mmm roasted garlic in a dip sounds like a great idea! Thanks so much for all your thoughtful feedback
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I’m enjoying some family time over the Canadian Thanksgiving Weekend 🦃 🍁
@@JessicaWanders Yay!
Happy Thanksgiving.