Recipes & Food Finds - New Canaan & Darien Moms

Maple Pumpkin Pecan Muffins!

These Maple Pumpkin Pecan Muffins are full of Fall flavor. Bake up a batch on the weekend to serve all week long as a grab-and-go breakfast! Thank you to our food contributor Kathleen Ashmore for sharing. Go to kathleenashmore.com to find all her recipes or follow her...

Butternut Squash and Apple Fritters

We turned to Julia Deane, Executive Chef at Culinary Works for a crowd-pleasing recipe to serve all season long. The perfect mix of sweet and savory, her popular Butternut Squash and Apple Fritters are topped off with a delicious maple crema. They make a delicious...

Mom Hack: Make Frozen Cookie Dough from Your Halloween Candy!

Now that Halloween is about a week past its due date, you’re probably ready to get your kids’ candy out of the house. There are lots of good places to donate, from shelters to dentists’ offices to the military, but we stumbled upon this smart idea from The Baker...

Chewy Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies

    Nothing says fall like the flavor of pumpkin! Our food contributor Kathleen Ashmore has added a pumpkin twist to a classic. Don’t miss these Chewy Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies, which have chocolate chips (read: kid-friendly), are full of pumpkin...

Spiced Mulled Wine!

Deb Ponzek is a mom, chef/restauranteur and author of several popular cookbooks including The Dinner Survival Cookbook and The Family Kitchen. This week she’s sharing her go-to fall cocktail for entertaining—an easy mulled wine perfect for sharing with neighbors...

Spooky Snack Mix!

Halloween is almost here and we’re adding this Spooky Snack Mix from The BakerMama to our shortlist of fun treats to make. It has all the things we love in a holiday snack—sweet, salty, festive and a healthy dose of nostalgia. Maegan, the talented mom behind The...

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