Ahh - the return of Fall recipes - warm & comforting!

So... if you don't count the posts

surrounding coffee, or foodie SCENTS

- it's pretty amazing that we are already

on Day Reason 21 and I am just now

getting to Fall food!?

Now I know that a LOT of

Fall Food is also known as

Comfort Food

but I have been trying to

eat healthier and have also

come to really love and crave

other Fall foods...

not just the Pot Roast or Lasagna,

but the endless choices of

Homemade Soups and Chili...

not just the Mashed Potatoes,

but the roasted fall veggies

that are fresh and in season!

What is it about the weather turning colder

that stirs up the need for comfort and something 

that warms us and stirs up a sense of home?

When it is hot and breathless outside,

we long for something

cool and refreshing...

but when it is frosty and frozen,

we desire something that

will cut through the cold

and thaw us from the inside out!

You know I could turn this into a post

about how God is our great Comforter,

and HE feeds and nourishes us...

how we tend to look everywhere else first,

 to satisfy our cravings,

when He is really the only One

who ever really could!

But - I am not going to do that...

do you know why?

Because it is quite literally

dinnertime here

and it is simmering on the stove

as I click away at this keyboard...

the family is circling the table,

awaiting full plates, and full hearts.

It IS, afterall

Sunday night!

(ANOTHER reason I love Fall...

after the busyness of summer

and everyone out and about,

Autumn brings the return of routine,

and homework and dinnertime,

and yes - even bedtime!)

For Dessert?

Pumpkin Spice Cake...

Oh yes.. Pumpkin...

that may just warrant it's OWN post!

~Karrilee~

P.S. As a somewhat Foodie

- you KNOW I have pictures of meals,

but I thought I would have mercy

and NOT try to entice you!

(Your welcome!)