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Spiced Pear Oatmeal Bake! Resolutions for starting the day on a more nutritious note will be easy to keep with this healthy baked oatmeal recipe. Made with hearty oats, juicy pears and warming spices, this easy, make-ahead breakfast will be one you look forward to daily!

Spiced Baked Oatmeal with Pears

Mint Cookies & Cream Dessert Cheese Ball! Crushed creme-filled chocolate cookies stud a sweet and creamy cheesecake "ornament". A hint of mint gives it a holiday twist! This last minute holiday dessert couldn't get any easier or cuter! Serve with fruit or cookies for a festive treat.

Oreo Cheese Ball

"Apple Pie" White Hot Chocolate! Sweet and creamy, with undertones of apple pie, this might just become your favorite way to warm up during the cold weather months!

“Apple Pie” White Hot Chocolate

Cranberry Streusel Cake! Tart, fresh cranberries are tamed by a sweet, buttery streusel on this versatile, holiday-ready cake that's equally delicious for brunch or dessert!

Cranberry Crumb Cake

Sour Cream & Chive Corn Casserole in a skillet on a table with white plates.

Sour Cream & Chive Corn Casserole

Honey-Cinnamon Cream Cheese Stuffed Dates! Sweet, sticky dates are stuffed full of honey-sweetened, cinnamon-spiced cream cheese, then rolled in crunchy roasted pecans. A perfect snack or appetizer to prepare last minute holiday entertaining!

Honey-Cinnamon Cream Cheese Stuffed Dates

Pumpkin-Spiced Roasted Squash & Chickpea Salad! Need something a little different to serve alongside your holiday staples? This warm salad dish is sweet, savory and filled with the flavors and aromas of the holiday season! Delicata squash is having a moment. I noticed its popularity on the rise last fall, and I've continued to see more and more people using it lately. I never jumped on the bandwagon last year, but when I started seeing them piled into pretty mounds at Trader Joe's at the start of autumn this year, I figured it couldn't hurt to toss a few in my cart and experiment with them at home. Now that I've cooked with them several times, I don't know why it took me so long to get on board! If you like squash but dread dealing with prepping it, then Delicata is the perfect variety for you. Unlike its tough-skinned counterparts, there is no need to peel Delicata squash which makes it a huge time saver. Since it's typically smaller than butternut squash and not quite as wide as an acorn squash, it's also much easier to chop, which I deeply appreciate since I can't tell you how many times I've feared for my digits. {This is also the reason butternut squash is one of the only vegetables I buy pre-chopped -- unharmed fingers are totally worth the convenience charge, if you ask me.} Anyway, I bought some Delicata squash a few weeks ago to serve as a side dish when I had my family over for dinner, and everyone raved about how I prepared it so much that I decided I'd work on a Thanksgiving-worthy recipe to share here using the gourd-du-jour. This Pumpkin-Spiced Delicata Squash & Chickpea Salad is what I came up with! I know I throw this phrase around a lot, but it is SO EASY to make, especially since that Delicata squash is so much less difficult than the other kinds. You just chop, drop and toss everything with a mixture of oil, maple syrup and seasoning {salt and pumpkin spice blend to be exact} on one sheet pan, and let the oven do the rest of the work. The maple syrup glazes both the squash and the chickpeas, caramelizing everything as it roasts, and makes them taste like candy. The pumpkin spice pairs like a a dream with the naturally sweet and creamy interior of the squash. Ugh. It's so good. If you want to simplify the prepping even further, you don't need to chop the squash into cubes if you don't want to -- it's fairly quick-cooking even when it's sliced in larger pieces. I thought the cubes worked well with the size of the chickpeas to make it easily "poppable", but you can chop it however you'd like. Finish it off by tossing in some pecans or pumpkin seeds, and maybe a handful of chopped greens for color and freshness, and you've got a new side dish for you Thanksgiving table that will be joining Delicata squash in the highest rankings of supermarket superlatives, taking the "Most Requested Side Dish" category every year. ;)

Pumpkin-Spiced Delicata Squash & Chickpea Salad

Cinnamon rolls with apple pie filling in a baking pan with the glaze and a whisk beside it.

Apple Pie Cinnamon Rolls

Vegetarian Sheet Pan Stuffing! If you've got a family who fights over the crispy parts of the Thanksgiving stuffing, this recipe will ensure everyone gets what they want! Baking on a sheet pan creates extra texture on this wonderful {vegetarian!} twist on a beloved holiday recipe.

Vegetarian Sheet Pan Stuffing

Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies! These cookies are a deep, chocolaty, mini-chip-studded version of my favorite chewy chocolate chip cookie recipe! Made with melted butter and requiring no chilling time, they're an easy recipe to whip up for last minute gatherings or any celebration!

Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies

Cider Glazed Turkey Apple Meatballs! Shredded apple keeps these easy meatballs juicy & flavorful. Tossed in a sweet cider glaze, they make a great fall party appetizer or accompaniment to rice or quinoa for a quick dinner.

Cider Glazed Turkey Apple Meatballs

Apple Grilled Cheese with fig jam on a white plate.

Apple Grilled Cheese with Fig Jam

"Spider Web" Blackberry Dessert Pizza! Looking for a sweet, spooky snack with a little less sugar? This creepy-crawly dessert is honey-sweetened & topped with fresh blackberries for a treat without the sugar rush!

“Spider Web” Dessert Pizza

Mini Pumpkin Spice Donut Muffins! These petite pumpkin spice muffins imitate a breakfast favorite with a sugar and spice-encrusted dome. All of the flavors of fall rolled up into a tasty breakfast or brunch treat!

Mini Pumpkin Spice Donut Muffins

Autumn Harvest Salad with Pecan-Crusted Warm Goat Cheese Medallions! Fresh greens topped with apples, cranberries & baked goat cheese encrusted with pecans come together in the best autumn salad ever!

Autumn Harvest Salad with Pecan-Crusted Warm Goat Cheese Medallions

Vegetarian Lentil & Farro Chili! This easy vegetarian chili gets an added boost of nutrition from lentils, and a great texture from the addition of farro. The rich flavor and heartiness of this dish is exactly what you need this fall -- you may be surprised when you don't even miss the meat!

Vegetarian Lentil & Farro Chili