Hoping this new and beautiful season finds you well and you all are enjoying pulling out your space-bags of fleecy socks, cozy hoodies, and coats with faux-fur collars as much as I am!! And of course, pumpkin spice lattes, pumpkin spice muffins, pumpkin spice coffee cakes....pumpkin spice EVERYTHING! In case you didn't catch the sublety, I love the Fall!! I am origininally from New England (shhh....we don't really talk about that!) and have the most amazing memories of this time of year. New England truly is paradise in September and October. Well worth a trip if you have never been.
Last night was the first night of one of my personal favorite Fall/Winter traditions....fireside picnics!! These have become a favorite "date-night" of my hubby's (and mine!) and so I thought I would share as it is such an easy well to enjoy the season and each other!
Spread a picnic blanket out on your living room floor in front of the fire, fill your room (or entire downstairs) with only the light of dozens of yummy, fall-scented candles, and prepare a "picnic friendly" dinner. Some of our favorite are a tray with crackers and cheese, grapes and apples, veggies and hummus; a mix of chicken tenders (buffalo, terriaki, jack daniels, etc) with veggies and dip; homemade panninis and chips; homemade chinese stir-fry; and of course, pizza! Unfortunately for my diet (especially on the nights we go for pizza instead of veggies and dip), these evenings ALWAYS include a pint of Ben&Jerry's (Well, technically two. One for each of us. But we'll keep that quiet too!). There's just something about being cozied up on a picnice blanket by the fire and eating it right out of the carton. That's when I KNOW Fall has truly arrived!
Another favorite Fall tradition of mine is "Baking Dance Parties", but we'll save that for another post! In the meantime...
Happy Fall Y'All!!
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