Apple & Pumpkin Butter

Pumpkin Apple Butter

If you are lucky enough to have your own apple tree, or have a generous friend with one, you probably have a glut of apples every autumn. I have an apple tree of indeterminate variety that starts producing about August/September. I usually try to make a few batches of the Toffee Apple Pie Filling for the freezer,…

Roasted Pumpkin and Feta Pasta

Roasted Pumpkin and Feta Pasta

Despite the unseasonably warm and windy weather, I am enjoying October. I am enjoying the autumn foliage, and a return to more wintery dishes. It is also the height of winter squash season. As part of my squash appreciation month, I wanted to do something with feta, as it is one of my favourite cheeses….

Baked Pumpkin Spiced Donuts

Baked Pumpkin Spice Donuts

I love donuts. I mean… I REALLY love donuts. Warm greasy sugared rings from the seaside, or light as air Krispy Kremes, it doesn’t matter. I have a Homer Simpson level of appreciation. This house does not own a deep fat fryer for this very reason. I would be tempted to make them far too…

pumpkin tortellini

Pumpkin and Cheese Tortellini

Knowing how to make your own pasta is a useful skill to have. You can roll it out with a rolling pin, but your life will be so much easier with a pasta roller. You can get ones that clamp to your worktop, or ones that attach to a mixer. The latter involves far less…

Spiced Oatmeal and Pumpkin Cookie

Spiced Oatmeal and Pumpkin Cookie

Things have still been a little chaotic here at Chez Mutherfudger’s, so I totally dropped the ball on promoting Squash Appreciation Month. Throughout October, I will bring you a mixture of some sweet as well as savoury pumpkin or squash recipes. I did this a couple of years ago, so there are already plenty of…

Pumpkin Jar

In a previous post, I turned an old jar into a fairy house tea light holder. This time, I turned a very small jar (100ml) into a witchy pumpkin jar. You can fill the jar with sweets and it would make an excellent gift for Halloween, or anytime of year… if you know someone who…