No-Bake Spice Cake Pumpkin Truffles

No-Bake Pumpkin Spice Cake Truffles Recipe (via thepigandquill.com) #halloweentruffles #pumpkinspicetruffles #caketruffles #pumpkintruffles

No-Bake Spice Cake Pumpkin Truffles — These festive pumpkin spice truffles couldn’t be simpler. Pairing tender Signature SELECT Seasons Pumpkin Spice Madelines with Open Nature Buttercream Frosting Mix, white or dark chocolate and optionally spooky features, these Halloween truffles are the perfect bite (and simple enough for kiddos to help with, too!). This post has been sponsored by Safeway. All thoughts and opinions are my own. I think it goes without saying that this Halloween is going to look a little (ok, a lot) different than years’ past. And since this is the first year Lana is old enough to … Read More

spicy pineapple + parsley salad with avocado + chilies

spicy pineapple salad with avocado and chilies | the pig & quill

Greetings from Boston, friends! I just flew in from California and BOY are my arms tired. Is that still a thing? Seriously though, I’m but five hours off the plane and I can already admit to suffering from some serious jetlag. Except, it’s the kind of jetlag that hits you before you swap time zones. Before you boarded the plane. Alrite alrite, before you even checked for the third time that, yes, you packed your charger and yes, the garage door is closed – and wait, should I bring a scarf for the plane? you know how cold I get … Read More

Farro Salad with Roasted Fennel & Grapefruit

It’s been a big week, I’ll have you know. This Sunday, I ran my first half-marathon — the US Half in gorgeous SF. Then proceeded to catch me a nasty head cold — again. And today, I heard my first Christmas song. Mariah Carey, Christmas (Baby Please Come Home), if you’re curious. And yes, there was a moment where the sheer Christmas cheer was cut cleanly in half by a brilliant stroke of panic that I blacked out Thanksgiving. You never know. That tryptophan is really crippling. Gladly, the half-marathon wasn’t so bad (we had a great cheering section), the … Read More