A Pumpkin Weekend!

Hope everyone had a fabulous weekend (some a 3 day weekend :)).  We did some baby organizing; the nursery is just about done and my bags are packed!  With the chilly fall weather arriving I was craving pumpkin all weekend!  I made some yummy pumpkin oatmeal topped with dried cranberries and walnuts for breakfast. I shared my recipe below!  

In honor of Columbus day I made a large pot of sauce and meatballs on Sunday and we had some friends over to catch up.  I made these pumpkin cookies for dessert that were a huge hit!  They are fluffy and more cake like than cookie.  I made half the batch with chocolate chips and half without, guess which ones went first :)  

Note: I did not use a mixer and did everything in one bowl (mix all dry ingredients and add wet in and they came out great).   I also used half brown sugar and half white sugar and used almost a cup of chips for half the batch so I would advice using 1 1/2 - 2 cups of chocolate chips if you are a chocolate lover!

Pumpkin Oatmeal - Serves 2

1 cup Oats

1 3/4 cup of Water

2 tbs Wheat Germ

1/2 cup Pumpkin

1/4 cup Brown Sugar

1 tsp Cinnamon

1/8 tsp ground cloves

1/4 tsp nutmeg

1 tbs dried cranberries and chopped walnuts to top (optional)

1. Measure all ingredients into a small saucepan

2. Make sure they are mixed well

3. Cook 5-6 minutes, occasionally stirring

4. Divide the portions and top with cranberries and walnuts

5. Enjoy!