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The Best Pumpkin Recipes

Fall Pumpkin Recipes

When fall comes calling, make sure you have these delicious pumpkin recipes up your sleeve!

Pumpkin Doughnuts with Chai Glaze

A fun treat for family and friends when you're making bread.

Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Icing

The most popular cupcake recipe on my site. Guaranteed to be a hit at any Thanksgiving or Halloween celebration.

Pumpkin Cheddar Biscuits

I love serving these with a bowl full of soup or chili.

Pumpkin Spice Chocolate Chip Muffins

A delicious and vaguely healthy muffin.

Pumpkin Seed Brittle: A New Twist on an Old Classic

Move over peanut brittle, pumpkin seed brittle is where its at!

Drool-Worthy Pumpkin Spice Cinnamon Buns

My favourite way to make cinnamon buns. I promise there will be no leftovers.

Quick and Easy Pumpkin Spice Pancakes with Walnuts

A delicious and nutricious fall breakfast.

Mixer-Friendly Pumpkin Bread Recipe

Not your usual sweet pumpkin bread, this one is meant for sandwiches.

How to Make Easy & Delicious Pumpkin Seeds for Your Next Snack

Don't throw out those seeds from your jack-o-lantern! Make this tasty snack instead.

How to Harvest & Process Fresh Pumpkin

Make your own pumpkin puree the easy way.

Kristen Raney

Kristen is a former farm kid turned urban gardener who owns the popular gardening website, Shifting Roots.  She is obsessed with growing flowers and pushing the limits of what can be grown in her zone 3b garden.  She also loves to grow tomatoes, but oddly enough, dislikes eating them raw.

www.shiftingroots.com

Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Icing

October 9, 2019

I’ll admit it, I’m pretty basic.  I love everything pumpkin spice and I’m not afraid to say so.  Weekends in October pretty much require that you consume as much of the stuff as possible.

In that spirit, I give you the recipe for Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Icing.

Take them to a potluck, I promise they’ll go fast.

Aaaah!  These Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting are every basic girl's dream fall dessert recipe!  It's the best, easy, from scratch recipe for Halloween or thanksgiving.  I dare you not to lick the icing of these muffins!! #pumpkin #pumpkinspice #icing #frosting #creamcheese #cupcakes #muffins #easy #best #recipe #dessert #Thanksgiving #Halloween
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Kristen Raney

Kristen is a former farm kid turned urban gardener who owns the popular gardening website, Shifting Roots.  She is obsessed with growing flowers and pushing the limits of what can be grown in her zone 3b garden.  She also loves to grow tomatoes, but oddly enough, dislikes eating them raw.

www.shiftingroots.com

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Filed Under: Baking, Use it up! Tagged: Baking, cream cheese icing, Cupcakes, fall baking, muffins, pumpkin, pumpkin spice

Pumpkin Spice Chocolate Chip Muffins

September 27, 2018

Can’t get enough of everything pumpkin spice?  Me neither!  Call me basic, but once September rolls around I just can’t get enough of pumpkin flavoured goodies.

These chocolate chip pumpkin muffins are sort of healthy, great for lunches and after school snacks, and just plain delicious!

Fall tastes like these easy pumpkin muffins with chocolate chips!  You've got to try this healthy, deliciously moist, from scratch recipe now!  Perfect for Thanksgiving, Halloween, and after school snacks. #pumpkin #chocolatechips #muffin #recipe #fall #autumn #snack #Thanksgiving #Halloween

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Kristen Raney

Kristen is a former farm kid turned urban gardener who owns the popular gardening website, Shifting Roots.  She is obsessed with growing flowers and pushing the limits of what can be grown in her zone 3b garden.  She also loves to grow tomatoes, but oddly enough, dislikes eating them raw.

www.shiftingroots.com

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Filed Under: Baking, Halloween, Harvest, Recipes Tagged: Autumn, Baking, chocolate chips, desserts, fall, Halloween, pumpkin, pumpkin muffin, snacks, sweet treats, Thanksgiving

Drool-Worthy Pumpkin Spice Cinnamon Buns

September 21, 2018

Got a rainy and kind of boring fall day on your hands?  Perfect!  It’s a great day to make these pumpkin spice cinnamon buns.  The main recipe is exactly the same as the Pumpkin Bread that I posted about a few days earlier.  This time, you just roll it out, sprinkle on the spices, sugar, and butter; roll it up, and bake your way into some amazing deliciousness.

Crazy for pumpkin spice?  You need to make these pumpkin cinnamon rolls!  You'll love this easy homemade recipe that's perfect for Thanksgiving sweets. #pumpkin #pumpkinspice #cinnamonbuns #cinnmonrolls #recipe #dessert #sweets #best #fall #autumn

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Kristen Raney

Kristen is a former farm kid turned urban gardener who owns the popular gardening website, Shifting Roots.  She is obsessed with growing flowers and pushing the limits of what can be grown in her zone 3b garden.  She also loves to grow tomatoes, but oddly enough, dislikes eating them raw.

www.shiftingroots.com

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Mixer-Friendly Pumpkin Bread Recipe

September 18, 2018

When you think of pumpkin bread, you probably think of the sweet cake-like stuff that’s usually served with coffee, right?  This pumpkin bread is completely different.  Use this delicious and moist pumpkin bread for making sandwiches or toasted for breakfast with butter and jam.

Try this delicious made from scratch savoury pumpkin bread as a sandwich bread, as toast, or made into dinner rolls.  It's an easy healthy recipe made with yeast that your family, and even your kids, is sure to love. #pumpkin #bread #recipe #easy #healthy #dinnerrolls #baking #fall #autumn #fromscratch #Thanksgiving

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Kristen Raney

Kristen is a former farm kid turned urban gardener who owns the popular gardening website, Shifting Roots.  She is obsessed with growing flowers and pushing the limits of what can be grown in her zone 3b garden.  She also loves to grow tomatoes, but oddly enough, dislikes eating them raw.

www.shiftingroots.com

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Welcome!

Hi, I'm Kristen and I help new gardeners learn to grow their own vegetables and beautify their yards. I also share recipes that use all that delicious garden produce. Grab a coffee (and your gardening gloves) and join me for gardening tips, simple recipes, and the occasional DIY, all from the lovely city of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

P.S. First time gardener? You'll want to download the quick start gardening guide below!

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Hi, I’m Kristen and I help new gardeners learn to grow their own vegetables and beautify their yards. I also share recipes that use all that delicious garden produce. Grab a coffee (and your gardening gloves) and join me for gardening tips, simple recipes, and the occasional DIY, all from the lovely city of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

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Are you gardening in containers this year? When y Are you gardening in containers this year?  When you're shopping for vegetable seeds, look for varieties that have names with words like patio, tiny, small, etc.  While lots of vegetable varieties will do fine in a container, you'll have an easier time with ones that are specifically bred for that situation.⁠
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I'm living the pepper dream in this photo. While I'm living the pepper dream in this photo.  While these ones are a bit on the small side, who doesn't want ripe peppers in July in zone 3?!?! ⁠
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Over the years I've gotten better at growing peppers, and I promise I'll spill my secrets in February when it's actually time to start them.  Until then, get yourself all or one of my four favourite varieties: ⁠
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🌶️Carmen⁠
🌶️Escamillo⁠
🌶️Candy Stripe⁠
🌶️Hungarian Hot Wax⁠
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Do you have a favourite pepper variety?⁠
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Have you flipped open a seed catalogue lately? It Have you flipped open a seed catalogue lately?  It's so easy to get completely overwhelmed, especially if you're new to gardening.  Why are there so many varieties of everything and which ones do I choose?⁠
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Here's how I try to narrow it down.⁠
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🌤️ Short growing season like me?  Try and prioritize varieties that have short dates to maturity.⁠
🥗 What do you or your family actually eat?  While I think you should always try a couple of new things, there's no sense in planting a giant garden filled with vegetables that you're not going to cook with. ⁠
🥒 Do you care whether your vegetables are heirlooms or hybrids?  Heirlooms are the kind that have been around for 50+ years and you can save seeds from.  Believe it or not, this year we're prioritizing hybrids for some of our garden.  The Hermit @mgsraney is obsessed with production this year, so anything that's going in "his" greenhouse better be able to produce a lot.  I'm using more heirlooms in my "glamour garden" as we call it, because I want things that are pretty and I can save seeds from.⁠
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What do you prioritize when you're picking out seeds?⁠
Last week we started thinking about our plans for Last week we started thinking about our plans for cut flower gardening, now this week we start thinking about plans for our vegetable gardens.  Unlike cut flowers, there's not as many vegetables that need to be started ridiculously early.  However, it's still fun to plan and dream and get your thoughts sorted.⁠
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I'm curious--what size of garden do you have to work with?  Are you on an acreage or farm, city backyard, or do you have a couple of pots on an apartment patio?⁠
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As for me, I have quite a mix.  I have my container garden on my backyard deck, the small cut flower garden in my yard, then vegetables in raised beds.  We also garden at my Mother-in-law's acreage, so there's a giant garden over there where we're figuring out how to grow food on a larger scale.  Then finally, sometimes my Mom grows things for me in her garden if I'm nervous that I'll ruin them in my own garden--call it a backup garden if you will.⁠
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I hope you've enjoyed this week of chatting about I hope you've enjoyed this week of chatting about the best flowers to plant in a cut flower garden.  There's so many options, these 5 that I talked about all week don't even come close.  If you need more help creating a small cut flower garden, I created this plan intended for a raised bed (but you can plant it in-ground too.⁠
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Head over to my insta links page on my profile, and you'll see the button to click on that will take you directly to it.⁠
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#cutflowergarden #cutflowers #raisedbedgarden #raisedbedgardening  #growyourown #greenthumb #raisedbeds #urbangarden #urbanfarm #squarefootgardening #slowflowers
Hey friends! There's a lot of new faces in this l Hey friends!  There's a lot of new faces in this little corner of IG, so I wanted to introduce myself.  My name is Kristen and I'm the gardener & content creator behind Shifting Roots.  I'm wife to @mgsraney and mom to 3 kids, ages 8, 23 months and 7 months.  Needless to say, our house is BUSY.  I garden in zone 3 in Saskatoon, SK, so if I can grow it in my short growing season and cold temperatures, you probably can too.⁠
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Here's a few fun facts, can you relate to any of these?⁠
🍅I don't like raw tomatoes, but I grow a ton of them because I like tomato sauce.⁠
💐I probably sound like every flower is my favourite flower, but my two favourites are peonies and zinnias.⁠
🌈I can't pick a favourite colour--I love so many of them in different circumstances.  If you force me to choose, I think I've got it narrowed down to coral and turquoise, but even then I still want to throw in yellow, emerald green, fuchsia. . . ⁠
🖤Even though I love colour to the moon and back, you'll often find me wearing black and white in real life, because it's just easier and I don't have to think about it going together.
When you think of rudbeckia, do you think of those When you think of rudbeckia, do you think of those maybe-slightly-boring flowers with yellow petals and a brown centre? (Please don't come at me with your pitchforks if that's your favourite flower!!)⁠
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Rudbeckias, like these orange and burgundy ones, can be so much more!  Pair them with sunflowers & amaranth for an especially striking late summer bouquet.⁠
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🤞I'll have amaranth and sunflowers this year to play around with.⁠
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Need help planning the cut flower garden of your dreams?  It doesn't have to be complicated.  Grab your copy of Cut Flowers Made Simple and have pails of flowers like this one at your fingertips.⁠
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See my link in bio and click on the ebooks button.
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