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Best of Fall: 20+ Fall Recipes, Activities, Crafts, & Home Decor Ideas

September 21, 2017 Gina Young One comment

Best of Fall: 20+ Fall Recipes, Activities, Crafts, & Home Decor Ideas

I have to admit, fall is definitely one of my favorite seasons! After a hot summer, it is kind of nice to enjoy some cooler temperatures along with those beautiful sunny days. Crisp mornings are perfect for enjoying a cup of coffee on the deck or going for a jog. So to celebrate the season, I have a compiled the best of fall that I could find! 20+ fall recipes, activities, crafts, home décor ideas, and more:

Autumn Recipes

Apple, pumpkin, and maple… oh my! Yes, the time of year has come for all of these delicious flavors! Here are some of my favorite fall recipes to share with you:

Frosted Maple Cookies

Maple Sugar Cookies

Apple Pie Pizza

Harvest Apple Crisp

DIY Healthy Pumpkin Spice Coffee Creamer

Healthier Apple Crisp

Apple Cinnamon Protein Pancakes

Pumpkin Pie

Apple Harvest Muffins

Hot Mulled Apple Cider Sangria in the Crockpot

Quick & Easy Apple Cider

Caramel Apple Cider

Fun Fall Food Ideas for Kids

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Oat Muffins

Carrot & Beet Cupcakes

Gluten Free French Apple Tart

Gluten Free Pumpkin Pie

DIY & Crafts

Fun Crafts and DIY that you and your kids can make!

Nature Press to Preserve Leaves

Home Décor

Do you love to decorate for fall? Here are some fun ideas to really bring the season alive in your home!

Home décor for Fall

Tis the Season for Fall Décor

Fall Fashion

I live in Ohio, so while we do have warm fall days, it does start to get cooler. So I get to enjoy all the cute boots and sweaters as we head into winter, but what if you live in a warmer climate? She Lives Vintage has some great ideas on how to wear fall fashion in warmer locations.

Autumn Activities

Looking for fun things to do this fall? Here are some great suggestions you won’t want to miss! I know my family looks forward to going to the same farm every year to pick pumpkins and enjoy a hayride! It’s a great afternoon of family fun! Even if you have activities you enjoy in the fall, you may want to check out these great ideas too:

Fun & FREE Fall Activities for the Family

Go Apple Picking

Summer Activities for Fall

50 Fall Activities

Family Friendly Fall Activities

15 Ways to Enjoy Nature this Fall Season

Happy Fall Y’all!

Fall Fun

Apple Pie Pizza

November 7, 2016 Gina Young 3 comments

Apple Pie and Pizza. Two things you don’t typically combine… but, I promise that these little apple pie pizzas will be a hit this fall!

I love to eat apples all year long, but this time of year, the local apples are in season and they just have such a sweet flavor, that I have to take advantage of using apples in as many recipes as I can—in addition to just slicing and eating them raw…

Apple Pie Pizza… a quick and easy dessert

These are a perfect finger food… and a quick, easy dessert to make for Thanksgiving—an unexpected twist on the traditional apple pie.

Open the package of refrigerated biscuits, pull in half (so that you have twice as many biscuits, just half as thick).

Sprinkle cheese on top of biscuit dough.

Add diced apples on top of cheese.

Top with brown sugar, butter, cinnamon, and oat mixture

Apple Pie Pizza Recipe

Apple Pie Pizza

1 package, refrigerated biscuits (5 counts)
Colby jack cheese
2 apples, diced
¼ cup brown sugar
3 Tbsp butter
cinnamon to taste
¼ cup quick oats

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Open the package of refrigerated biscuits, pull in half (so that you have twice as many biscuits, just half as thick).

Sprinkle cheese on top of biscuit dough.

Add diced apples on top of cheese.

Top with brown sugar, butter, cinnamon, and oat mixture

Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until golden brown.

So even though we aren’t quite to Thanksgiving yet, I decided to try these out as part of a mini party for my kids, my nieces, and nephew to decorate pumpkins that I am going to use for my Thanksgiving tablescape… and, of course, to enjoy all autumn. I say mini party because every time the kids get together and have fun, just creating memories as a family, it truly is like a party…

How to make your own painted pumpkins

I bought several small pumpkins and gourds, of all colors and sizes, some craft paint, and of course, glitter.

I chose the colors that I knew that I wanted to match the type of decorating that I wanted to do and what I thought would go nicely on my Thanksgiving table.

…and let the kids choose how they wanted to paint and/or decorate their pumpkins.

*By the way, we used small paper plates to put the paint on, so each child had their own “paint pallet,” and the table is covered with a cheap, plastic table cover, so clean up is super easy!

I think they came out very nicely…

Thanksgiving Tablescape idea

And we also painted some leaves, pine cones, and acorns for fun accents… and it all looks quite pretty on my Thanksgiving table…

Wishing your family a very “Thankful, Grateful, Blessed” Thanksgiving…

Share the Wealth Sunday Link Up {#25}

October 10, 2015 Gina Young 2 comments

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5 Frugal Ways to Find Cheap or FREE Halloween Costumes You know your kids are going to need these in a couple of weeks… this will help you save money on those costumes!

9 Tips for Asking Parents to Donate to the Classroom

Making Money on Fiverr Want to make a few extra dollars?

30 Kind, Inexpensive Things to do for Others We could use a little more kindness in this world…

7 Tips to Winterize Your Home Simple steps to help save you money in the long-run.

Save Money by Eliminating Disposable Items Saves you money and is good for the environment. Win-win.

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October 3, 2015 Gina Young One comment

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East, Drink & Save Money: Pumpkin Spiced Granola

Fun Money Mom: 2 Quick and Easy Meals for the On-The-Go Family

Money Savvy Living: Apple Crisp: the Perfect Autumn Dessert

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Each week, I will pick a few awesome posts from the week before to share with you. That will mean additional exposure for your post and blog! Here some of my favorites from last week:

The Struggles of Staying Frugal Saving money doesn’t just happen, you have to make an effort to do so.

Halloween and Fall Tin Can Upcycles Cute fall crafts for adults and kids!

11 Financial Mistakes to Avoid this Holiday Season Christmas is just around the corner (yes, I know it is only October!), but black Friday will be here before we know it… so you had better have a plan in place for holiday shopping.

14 Amazing Fall Fashion Finds for Under $50 Looking good doesn’t have to break the bank…

4 Sites that Will Help You Save Money this Christmas Shopping Season Some interesting ideas here…

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Apple Crisp: the Perfect Autumn Dessert

September 28, 2015 Gina Young 7 comments

Autumn has only been here a few days, per the calendar, but I have been in fall-mode for about a month now. When the kids go back to school, summer is over for me. That is my (un)official start of fall—and they have been back in school since mid-August.
With my early welcoming of autumn, I planted mums a few weeks ago and really felt like I was rushing the season change… until I was in Kohl’s a few weeks ago and saw a few Christmas displays out already, then they started popping up at Target and Walmart too… I decided I may actually be a bit late in starting my celebration of fall… As much as I love, Love, LOVE Christmas, I am not willing to by-pass autumn and all the great things that go along with it.
Fall is quite possibly my favorite season of the year. I enjoy the apple picking, crisp mornings, roasting marshmallows over the fire pit, the beautiful fall canvas of changing colors, hayrides, watching the kids select the perfect pumpkins for Halloween…

The apple picking this fall was just a little bit extra special to me because the apples were from our own tree! Yes, the two little trees that we planted nearly 10 years ago are finally giving us some good apples. Well, one tree did. We bought two trees because one is the cross-pollinator for the other, so I am pretty sure that we would need another tree to cross-pollinate, but I honestly don’t even remember what variety of apple trees we bought. I am no expert in this area. I have no idea how long it should take for apple trees to bear fruit, but ours finally did, and I am excited!
The natural thing to do when you pick a bunch of apples off the trees that you have been growing for years is to make an apple crisp…so I did. Plus, I figured it would make my hubby happy.

Yum

Harvest Apple Crisp

Ingredients

5-6 apples, peeled and diced
1 Tbsp sugar
1 Tbsp flour
1 Tsp cinnamon
1 c. flour
1 c. oatmeal
1 c. brown sugar
¾ stick softened butter

Instructions

Filling: Mix the dry ingredients together and toss the diced apples in the flour/cinnamon/sugar mixture.
Spread out in the bottom of your prepared 13×9 pan (spray the bottom of the pan with a bit of non-stick spray)
Crumb Topping: In the same bowl, combine flour, oatmeal, sugar, and butter. I find it best to just go ahead and get my hands in and mix it together and then crumble on top of the apples. While you may be tempted, like I am, to eat this crumb topping mixture raw, I assure you that it is even more delicious when it has baked on top of the apples!
Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes.

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This apple crisp is delicious when served warm (with ice cream!) or at room temperature.

You probably figured out that this literally cost me nothing to make. The apples were free since I grew them myself and only had the cost of the other ingredients, which I already had in my cabinet. Even if you buy the apples, this is an inexpensive, delightful dessert that really captures the deliciousness of the season.
ENJOY!