Hello Fall!

Welcoming fall with a delicious pumpkin cake! I made this cake out of the Weaver cookbook (Virginia Weaver's recipe) and may I just say they were a hit! I did not even get a chance to take a picture without them being demolished! I highly recommend this pumpkin cake... even if it does not appear to be the healthiest option! (So from a dietitian stand point - I don't know if I would be allowed to encourage baking these, but from a bystander point of view - make these and you will impress your crowd!)

  

This is not the best picture, but it shows that these were a hit! 

Recipe:

Ingredients

(For the Bars)

4 eggs

1 cup of salad oil

2 cups of sugar

16 oz of canned pumpkin

2 cups of flour

2 teaspoons of baking powder

1 teaspoon of baking soda

1/2 teaspoon of salt

2 teaspoons of cinnamon

1/2 cup of nuts (optional)

Preheat oven to 350F. Mix eggs, oil, sugar and pumpkin in a large bowl. Sift together the rest of the dry ingredients. Pour the dry ingredients into the pumpkin mixture and mix well. Pour into a greased jelly roll pan and bake at 350 for 25 to 30 minutes. Allow to cool completely before icing.

(For the icing)

3 oz cream cheese, softened

6 Tablespoons of butter, softened

2 cups of powdered sugar

1 teaspoon of vanilla

1 to 2 teaspoons of milk if needed

Mix the ingredients together. Ice the baked and cooled pumpkin bars. Chopped nuts may be sprinkled on top if desired. 

Whole Wheat Pizza!

My aunt shared this pizza recipe with me from Ina Garten's recipes! My roommate and I made these personal pizza's the other night. We used whole wheat flour to try and add some healthy points to the dinner! The recipe says to divide the dough into six equal pizza's. We froze the other four that we did not use.  This makes for an easy dinner that you can pull out of the freezer, add your toppings and bake in 30 minutes! I added some mushrooms, onions, tomatoes, spinach, mozzarella and tomato sauce. They were delicious! Click here for the recipe.

"Walking in Memphis"

Wow it has been a while since I have posted anything, but I am going to try and blame it on my recent move to Memphis, Tennessee! I moved about a month ago to start my dietetic internship at the VA hospital.  I am loving the city, food and fellowship here! I am looking forward to the next ten months here and possibly longer!