Pumpkin Pot Pie

Now that pumpkins are officially out of season, I figure this would be the perfect time to post about them. We're not craving Starbucks Pumpkin Spice anymore, but now that you read that, you're kinda thinking about it, right? Like, "wait, am I craving it?" No, you're not. It's almost Easter, you guys. Just enjoy the post and remember it 8 months from now.

Also, this is one of the best recipes ever. And requires minimal dishes.

From what I remember, you'll need:

• 1 carved baking pumpkin
• chopped chicken breast
• corn
• chopped celery
• peas
• 1 can cream of broccoli or potato
• lots of melting cheese
• season to taste

We sprinkled cinnamon, salt and pepper in the inside of the carved pumpkin then filled it with all the goodies. Baked it at probably 350 for an hour or so. The pumpkin and the chicken need to fully cook. When it's done, the pumpkin won't be as sturdy as it was when it went in. That's a good thing, just be careful.

Enjoy!

Pumpkin Pie

Pumpkin pie is probably the easiest of all the pies to make not including a whipped cream pie. If you can't slice it, it's not a pie. This is a pie you can make "from scratch" as in it doesn't start frozen.  And if you must use canned pumpkin, I think there is only one more ingredient: condensed milk. But if you must used canned, you might as well spice it up a bit, literally. When I made this, I always add either pumpkin pie spices (not redundant), cinnamon, or apple pie spices. 

All of these things also make great coffee additives.  

*Sorry the post is so boring. I should have waited on this one, but I've gone too far. 

Fake Chicken Salad

I'm still on the salad kick, so here's another super simple salad recipe.

And it's not fake chicken, or chicken salad, it's a fake salad with chicken. Now that that's clear, let's talk about chicken salad:

1. Chicken Salad it's not salad, it's a sandwich filling. You don't call peanut butter, "peanut butter salad". You know why? Because it doesn't make any sense, that's why. And 2. it has mayonnaise in it... What kind of salad is that? A gaining weight salad? BURRRRRRRNNing calories is what you'll need to do after you eat chicken salad.


I feel very strongly about this.


THIS salad on the other hand, is a salad with chicken on it. And it's fake because I bought frozen chicken, heated it in the oven and put it on top of lettuce, tomato and avocado with a balsamic vinaigrette on top. And while technically, this is a salad.


Oh, shut up.

"Winter" "Salad"

First off, let me start by saying it's "winter" here in LA. And I use the digital representation of air quotes  because the low is about 50 degrees. But nonetheless, after overeating during the holidays, it's nice to have a good salady salad.

But let's not cut good food out cold turkey. This "Winter" "Salad" is the perfect salad to ease you in from heavy eating to eating like you live in LA again. It looks like a taco salad, but don't be fooled, it is a taco salad- the most filling salad there is. And it's the second most caloric salad next to the dreaded candy bowl salad.

"Winter" "Salad"

• Lettuce
• Taco Seasoned Ground Beef
• Diced Tomato
• Corn
• Green Olives
• Red Onion
• Cheese
• Avocado
• Salsa instead of dressing