What I am thankful for...

During this season of Thanksgiving I have been thinking a lot about what I am thankful for, I could go on for a while, but here is my top list.

- Our beautiful new niece Emilia!
- Our furbaby who is going to be a Therapy Dog at the hospital!
- A beautiful city and country to live in
- Pumpkin everything and fall in general
- A big Framily scattered around the world that although far, remain so close!
- Hot baths on a cold day #preach
- The will power to live out our 6 week detox cleanse *this is preemptive...I am only on week 2...help!*
- For Pinterest, seriously what did we do before it? I have found so many great recipes lately! 
- My friend Nadia for getting me addicted to Cross Fit and my sister-in-law Jen for pushing my running limits and being an amazing coach!
- Grey's Anatomy for being my Thursday night entertainment since.for.like.ever
- For the people who read this blog and the conversations it has started
- For perspective, a sense of humour and our friends and family that keep it real

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!

                                           Happy Friday Friends! Enjoy your weekend!

             Let me leaf you with a picture of my favourite tree (see what I did there? ;)

My Favourite Fall Recipe: Pumpkin Hummus with Cinnamon Sugar Tortilla Crackers

It's Thanksgiving weekend here in Canada, which means the leaves are falling, the air is crisp and pumpkin everything is in season!  My friend Karen introduced me to this recipe a couple years ago and it was love at first bight!

It tastes like your eating pumpkin pie, but it's healthy!

After rinsing the chickpeas, let them dry off, then rub them with  paper towel to get the skins off

Combine the chickpeas, pumpkin, spices, maple syrup and melted coconut oil in a food processor 

I used a cookie cutter to cut out bat shapes, then a pizza cutter to make the others

Ingredients

Hummus
1 can of chickpeas (rinsed, drained, and de-skinned)

1/4 cup of maple syrup

2 tsp of pumpkin spice

3/4-1 cup of canned pumpkin  (I tend to add closer to a cup)

2 tsp of coconut oil (melted)

Cinnamon Tortilla Crackers

Whole wheat tortillas 

Coconut oil (melted)

Cinnamon 

Sugar or Truvia

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Rinse the chickpeas, let them dry in a strainer or on some paper towel. Rub the chickpeas with another sheet of paper towel in order to get the skins off. I think this is a gross job and its very time consuming, but do it anyways.

Next, combine all the ingredients in a food processor. It can take a while before the hummus becomes smooth, so don't worry if it takes 6+ minutes of pulsing or full blending.

To make the crackers spray a cookie sheet with cooking spray. Take the tortillas and either use a fun cookie cutter to cut out the shapes or use a pizza cutter to quickly make them into triangles. Brush the melted coconut oil on the tortillas, sprinkle with sugar or Truvia and cinnamon. Place on the cookie sheet and let them bake for 5-6 minutes. Then flip them over, brush with more coconut oil, cinnamon, and sugar and bake for another 5-6 minutes. Watch them carefully to ensure they don't burn.

That's it that's all! Serve them up, it will go quickly.


Happy Thanksgiving!

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Happy planning, organizing, thanksgiving weekend!!