French Onion Soup and Grilled Cheese

Not alot of thing better than grilled cheese sandwiches and soup!

My grandma made grilled cheese and tomato-Yum my favorite:)

This soup was very rich so you don't need much.

The French bread with all the melty yummy cheese on top was DE-vine!

I was surprised at how filling it was considering it's just onions and beef stock and seasonings!

Since we were just trying it out we followed the recipe to a T and as far as we could tell it turned out perfectly and we thought it looked really nice too;)

The grilled cheese was made from aged white cheddar and swiss, both of which we picked up from a cheese shop in pikes market in Seattle-so yummy!!

Enjoy!!

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Deep Fried Pumpkin Cake with Orange Cream Cheese Frosting

Here is a cake that is beyond delicious!!!

Of course it's a Paula Deen recipe right-since it's deep fried;)

My hubby made this for me for my birthday a couple years ago-impressive right;)

Here's what I loved about this cake:

it's from a box;)

It's got this delicious orange cream cheese frosting

Um hello! It's pumpkin!!!

And it's deep fried!

* From Food Network Website

Ingredients

Pumpkin Cake:

• 1 (17 to 18-ounce) package yellow cake mix
• 1 cup pumpkin puree (fresh or canned)
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 4 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice

Cream Cheese and Orange Frosting:

• 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, room temperature
• 1 stick butter, room temperature
• 4 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1 1/2 tablespoons orange juice
• 1 orange, zested
• 3 drops yellow food coloring
• 1 drop red food coloring

Fry Batter:

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 cup milk
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil

For frying:

• Oil, for frying
• 1 recipe Pumpkin Cake
• 1 recipe Cream Cheese and Orange Frosting
• 1 recipe Frying Batter

I really hope Ya'all try this recipe!!

Enjoy!

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Pumpkin Baked Ziti

Paula Deen is always hilarious, but watching her make this dish with Richard Simmons was a riot! Two complete opposites- Butter/Nut... Queen of Butter and Health Nut!

In the printable recipe I will list his lighter version of this recipe.

Here's the link to the video if you want to check it out.

This dish was really good with a light pumpkin flavor-we used regular sausage but definitely would recommend using the sweet Italian that it calls for.

The sauce-onion, garlic, crushed red pepper flakes, pumpkin, chicken stock, and cream.

Cook and drain the sausage.

We used whole wheat pasta, I personally like the taste of it better than regular pasta.

Add the sauce to the pasta and toss to coat.

Divide between 8 prepared ramekins.

Sprinkle tops with Parmesan cheese and bake for 35 minutes until topping is golden brown.

Doesn't this look yummy!?!

Enjoy!!

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