Maple Bourbon Onion Jam

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Maple Bourbon Onion Jam
Over the weekend I finally got around to making homemade hamburger buns thanks to an excellent recipe from Celia. What better way to enjoy delicious homemade buns than to take the burgers up a notch.

I got to thinking and decided I wanted to finally made onion jam. I’ve had it in restaurants and enjoyed it. I knew the boys would like it, hello, they LOVE any kind of jam!! So that was my mission then, to create an onion jam for our burgers that everyone would enjoy.

It really wasn’t that difficult. While there are so many ways to make an onion jam, I tend to believe that most versions taste good. It’s a matter of personal taste and what you have in the pantry.
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Pumpkin Butterscotch Pudding

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Pumpkin Butterscotch Pudding

Halloween may be over but it is definitely still pumpkin season! I need to get more pumpkins to roast, purée and freeze for my stash before the season is over.

This little treat is the perfect autumn sweet. It is quick and easy to make so in my book that is just awesome! Then of course it can be packed in glass or stainless steel containers for a school treat. The boys beg for pudding cups which I refuse to buy, this homemade version though is perfect.
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In My Kitchen – November 2015

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Good riddance October, you were an insanely busy month!  All right, we had lots of fun last month even during all the madness.  It’s funny to say, but I think with Thanksgiving and Christmas coming up our schedules are actually slowing down.  It’s time to join Celia over at Fig Jam and Lime Cordial for another roundup of In My Kitchen posts, forcing me to remember some of what happened during this crazy month.

Lets start with our outdoor kitchen.  We went to visit my parents and one night we went camping.  It was gorgeous weather, though a little chilly at night.  The leaves were changing and the colors were beautiful.  This time Josh set up a proper camp fire and we were able to hang the pot for cooking.  We got a new larger pot which made cooking for the family easier.

Dinner was red beans and rice.  It was entertaining to see us in the store, reading all the package labels for the lowest sodium and highest fiber content!  Can you tell we don’t buy package meals much?!  To that we added fresh zucchini, onion, okra and smoked sausage.  We also made a pumpkin camp cake for dessert and hot apple cider.  Breakfast was hot chocolate and oatmeal.  All in all a good camping trip, except of course for me hardly getting any sleep.

Camp Kitchen
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Tidbits

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Just thought I would get in a short post to let ya’ll know we haven’t fallen off the face of the Earth! I know I’ve talked about how busy we get sometimes but lately it is even worse. Somehow this time of year is the busiest, school activities, swim, field trips, boys’ birthdays….

So here are a few of our Instagram pics to keep you in the loop. Not the best quality given the time of day they are taken or using the phone camera but you get the idea. 

 
Oreo torte for Jack’s birthday. 
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Pumpkin Cranberry Granola

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Pumpkin Cranberry Granola
It’s still pumpkin season, yippee! My favorite time of year. We go through granola phases and I had an epiphany last time I roasted some pumpkins. I was going to roast the pumpkin seeds and then realized we were in need of granola. Gee, think maybe we could kill two birds with one stone and put the pumpkin seeds right in the granola and roast it all together?!

Sometimes I amaze myself! Okay, so maybe I’m not the first person to come up with this idea. It did save me from an extra set of dishes and two rounds of pans in the oven though. I’m all for that.
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