Hi Cooking Moms, Dads & Friends,

Happy Friday! I hope you had a wonderful week. The fall here in Wisconsin has been gorgeous! The leaves are really starting to turn. I’m super excited to have my daughter Ireland home this weekend. She lives in Minneapolis so she decided to come home with me for a few days. YIPPEE! We love to just hang out and cook together. Tomorrow we’ll be hitting the Sheboygan farmers market for sure. We’re going to load up. I love this time of year. Bring on the pumpkins, apples and squash.

We LOVE spaghetti squash! My Roasted Parmesan Spaghetti Squash is a family favorite. Healthy too. We love it as a side dish but sometimes I’ll serve it with marinara sauce as the main course too. It’s delicious either way. You just gotta try it!

October is National Chili month. It’s the perfect weekend to make some. I have a bunch of really delicious chili recipes so worth trying! I LOVE chili, but sometimes it doesn’t love me (if you get me drift). LOL! My solution is Way Too Easy White Chicken Chili. It is crazy easy. Pick up a rotisserie chicken to make it even easier. Super healthy and delicious. I usually double the batch as leftovers freeze great!

My One Pot Turkey Chili Mac is my kids FAVE. I’m betting your gang will love it too!

Chili goes great with my Spider Web Taco Dip. With Halloween coming up it’s so fun to make it this time of year. I know the web looks like it's hard to do, but trust me it's not. You can do it! So cute and yummy.

Got apples? Every fall I make a big batch of apple sauce. It’s so easy! Once you make my Slow Cooker Apple Sauce you’ll never go back to the store bought stuff. Makes the house smell pretty wonderful too!

Or, what about using that leftover chicken to make my Apple Chicken Pockets. They made a great light healthy lunch or dinner. I think the kiddos would love these in their lunch bags. What fun!

How ‘bout using all the apples to make my Waldorf Salad? It’s old school and in my book it never went out of style! This salad goes great with whatever you’re serving. Click Dinner, Casseroles, Salads, and Sides for more fall recipe ideas.

This is the perfect weekend to pop some popcorn and make my Homemade Caramel Corn. It’s super easy to make and it’s to die for. Now get poppin’ and pick out a movie to watch! Click Appetizers for more game day munchie recipes.

For dessert I’m all about keeping things easy breezy! Pick up a box of spice cake mix and make my Pumpkin Cupcakes with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting

Click Desserts for more delicious fall and Halloween dessert recipes.

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I hope you all have a great weekend. Cook up some memories!

Take care,
Amy, The Cooking Mom