I Like Thursday # 35 ~ Good Eating

Brrrrrr! ~ Snuggle Time

It is cold here in the northeast ...  time for lots of warm kitty cuddles

I posted this photo before.  It is one of my favorites.

I love my kitties loving each other.

They have been snuggling with each other and with me a lot this week. 

Last week for 

I Like Thursday Bloggers @ Not Afraid of Color

I celebrated

 I Like Thursday #34 ~ Pumpkin Spice

I finished my Pumpkin Spice Tea Towel Apron Here

Since it is still Pumpkin Spice season, I enjoyed my annual cup of

Green Mountain Pumpkin Spice coffee  this week.

As I said, I mostly like Pumpkin Spice in my baked goods,

preferably
 Homemade Pumpkin Pie 

or

 Homemade Pumpkin Spice Crumb Cake

But I also enjoy sampling the pumpkin spice goodies wherever I may find them.

So I thought it would be fun to show my favorite Pumpkin Spice Picks for 2019:

1st Place: Voortmann Pumpkin Spice Wafers

These are crunchy wafers filled with a creamy goodness that tastes sweet pumpkin custard.

My serving size:  3 

2nd Place:Trader Joe's petite Pumpkin Spice Cookies

These are spicy sweet and are covered with a yogurt glaze and sprinkles.

I could do without the sugary sprinkles.

No sprinkles and these might have been Number 1. 

My serving size: 2 because of the sweetness.

3rd Place:  Milano Pumpkin Spice cookies

because it is hard to resist dark chocolate with anything.

My serving size: 2

Because it takes that second one for the flavors to really blend.

Runner-Up: Voortman Pumpkin Spice Cookies

These are a large shortbread type cookie, 

not too sweet and a substantial snack.

One is enough with a cuppa.

I may try drizzling these with sugar glaze

 or dipping the edge in dark chocolate.

With all this sweetness, I decided I should offer a healthy recipe:

I made roasted fall veggies with a roast this week to warm up the 

house during our Arctic Blast:

Any fall veggies are good for this, even peeled cubed pumpkin.

I used carrots, butternut squash, sweet potato, red onion and garlic cloves.

I might have added cauliflower, if I had it,

or mushrooms, if son number one had not been dining with us,

as he evades all things mushroom.

Any kind of potatoes and root veggies are good here.
Add a cup or two of cooked chickpeas and you have a meatless meal.

The spices I like best are freeze-dried from LiteHouse Farms

parsley, chives, spring onions, etc.

I buy these in the veggie section and store them in the refrigerator 

and I like them better than fresh because there is no waste.

I also use McCormick and added a little red pepper, smoked paprika and chili powder,

because the man who does not like mushrooms really likes hot sauce.

I only added about this much of each because the hub does not like too much spice.

I also added a good amount of fresh ground black pepper and some sea salt.
We set a bottle of hot sauce on the table when he joins us for dinner
but he did not apply it to this dish so I must have gotten the spices just nice.
Both he and my hubby scooped the rest of the veggies and beef into a take to work dish. 

I drizzled with about 1/4 cup of olive oil and stirred 

and dotted with two tablespoons of butter. 

Then I covered and baked for about and hour and a half at 350F 

which was how long the roast also needed.

The carrots are the last to tenderize so cut them smaller.

Sometimes I stir in a handful of kale or spinach for the last few minutes of baking time.

I forgot to take a photo when these came out of the oven and served.

We had beef roast with pan glaze, 

the roasted veggies and steamed broccoli for our feast.

Yum! 

There seems to be a lot of food in my post today.

Well, I do like yummy food.

so I shall call this post 

"I Like ~ Good Eating"

Today is an apple crisp day so I have the apple harvest  for which to be thankful.
I made his late last night for the hub to enjoy when he came in from work.

My Apple Crisp Recipe Here

Apple and Spice are also very nice.

Happy Thursday!