fall is fabulous

I freaking love fall.

One of my favorite places ever {Disneyland} is cuter in the fall.

I like to try new recipes in the fall. This week we had these amazing sweet pork tacos from Just Cook Already. {they have a fun fall giveaway going on right now, go check it out!}Next time I will cut down on the brown sugar but everything else was perfect. And the cilantro-ranch dressing? To.Die.For. Seriously, go make these!

I also want to make these mini caramel apples:

I love going to the pumpkin patch.

Carving pumpkins is fun but I think this year I'm taking a different approach, something like these decoupaged pumpkins from Country Living

After carving the pumpkins, I'm going to make some toasted pumpkin seeds.

I also love fall because it's the season that I fell in love with this guy:

{he's wonderful}

Days are warm, nights are cool, the holidays are right around the corner. There is good food to be eaten, great new shows to watch {more about this later}, and fun decorations to be put up.

Yea, I freaking love fall...do you?

xoxo,
Natasha

iced coffee

There is nothing like a good cup of coffee to get you going in the morning. And on mornings like today, when the thermometer reads 100 degrees before you even have a chance to step outside, iced coffee is the way to go.

Until today I had never made iced coffee at home. I found this recipe on Pinterest recently and knew I had to try it. It's a pretty involved process but the end result is so worth it.

The best part is I have more for tomorrow :)

What's your favorite summertime drink?

xoxo,

Natasha

menu for this week

I always wanted to have a cooking blog.

A few years ago I even started one :) But, I was still living in the dorms and since I didn't have my own kitchen it wasn't as easy/fun to cook as it is now! I'm totally obsessed with reading other people's food blogs (I'll post some links to some of my favorites soon!) and I love to get inspiration for meals from them.

I don't think my meals are exciting enough to devote a whole blog to but I will post some cooking related things here from time to time. After all, it is my blog and I can do what I please with it :)

So this is what you will find in my kitchen this week....

Monday (tonight): Homemade Personal Pizzas and Side Salads

Tuesday: Shrimp Enchiladas and Mexican Rice

Wednesday: Fried Rice and Potstickers

Thursday: Chicken & Wild Rice Casserole

Friday: Chicken/Bacon/Cheddar Paninis with Sunchips

Saturday and Sunday are still TBD :)

The oven is beeping at me now...pizza must be done!

xoxo,

Natasha