'Tis the season for all things pumpkin & apple! These autumn parfaits feature a pumpkin banana protein smoothie with apple pie granola. Hello, hello! Now that we're over a week into October (how?!), I am full force into autumn recipes. Forget the fact that it was 85 degrees in the San Diego area all weekend, I made pumpkin pancakes and am craving hot chocolate. And speaking of recipes, between traveling for half of September with little kitchen access to experiment, being busy with freelance recipe development, and being out of town last weekend camping (more on that later this week!), I somehow haven't posted one on the blog in a couple of weeks. Well that changes today, and I have an autumn goodie to share with you guys! October can be a funny month. Most people are gearing up ... [Read More]
gluten free granola
Apple Pie Autumn Granola [Gluten Free & Vegan]
One of my favorite autumn activities in apple picking. There's this little town in San Diego County called Julian where I like to visit a family apple orchard to pick some fruit, wine taste at a few of their small wineries, and have an obligatory slice of apple pie - because pie is what Julian is known for. Unfortunately, when I went to plan out an apple picking day at the start of fall, I was sad to see that none of the family orchards were open in Julian for U-Pick due to a shortage of crop from the drought. While I was totally bummed about it, we luckily still have local farms around at farmers markets and such sharing their sweet, SoCal apples. Now that it actually feels like fall here, I'm all about apples (and pumpkin and squash too). While we get mild seasonal changes compared to ... [Read More]