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Crockpot White Chicken Chili

White chicken chili became the one nobody complained about. Not the kids, not my husband, not the neighbor I roped into taste-testing three batches in a row. This isn’t the tomato-red chili you grew up with. No beef, no fire-engine…

Pumpkin Dump Cake

I made this the week I was too tired to deal with pie crust and just wanted pumpkin pie flavor without the fuss. Dump cake solves that problem — pumpkin pie filling on the bottom, a layer of cake mix…

Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins

I had half a can of pumpkin puree sitting in the fridge with nowhere to go, and a block of cream cheese that needed using before it turned. Cream cheese filling won. It always wins. These aren’t dressed-up muffin-top pumpkin…

Butternut Squash Soup

The first time I made this butternut squash soup, I almost skipped the potatoes. Glad I didn’t — they’re the reason the texture holds up instead of turning watery after blending. This isn’t a fussy soup. Butter, a few standard…

Slow Cooker Potato Soup

That’s really the whole pitch. You dice everything, dump it in the crock pot, and walk away for three hours. No babysitting a pot of potatoes so they don’t scorch on the bottom. No worrying if the broth’s reducing too…

Pumpkin Banana Bread

That’s basically the whole reason this loaf exists. Pumpkin banana bread isn’t trying to reinvent anything — it’s banana bread that got a little more ambitious with a can of pumpkin puree and a heavier hand with the spices. The…

Homemade Granola Bars

I made these the first time because the store-bought granola bars in my pantry had gone soft and weird, and I didn’t want to drive anywhere. Turns out you don’t need an oven at all. Just a bowl, a spoon,…