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Blogger Secret Ingredient Winner!

by Julie on November 9, 2009

in Smart Food

Blogger Secret Ingredient Winners!

I had a small selection of submissions to choose from this week, but it was still really hard to pick a winner!!

Karen submitted Maple Sausage Muffins.  Don’t savory muffins sound great?

Biz submitted Spicy Pumpkin Soup.  I love pumpkin!  And soup!

And Taylor submitted Maple Quinoa Stuffed Butternut Squash.  As you all know, quinoa is my favorite grain!

And the winner is…

Taylor, with Maple Quinoa Stuffed Butternut Squash! Congratulations, Taylor!  Send me your address, and I’ll send you your prize!

And, for this week’s Blogger Secret Ingredient, check out Jenna’s blog!

Last night recap

IMG_3780Pumpkin Curry Soup. I made this a few week’s back and saved the leftovers.  Still not my favorite soup, but it hit the spot last night!

IMG_3778Green beans with olive oil and spices + a slice of pumpkin bread. This pumpkin bread is my favorite Farmer’s Market bread.  It isn’t a sweet pumpkin bread.  It is more like a dinner roll type bread, but it tastes like pumpkin.  It is flaky and pulls apart into these delicious flavors that just melt in your mouth.  I’m definitely going to try to recreate this one!

Unpictured: hot chocolate + 1 oatmeal cookie.

Yoga before bed!



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