Fall Party Snack Ideas

A recent fall make & take essential oils class prompted a little creativity with essential oil infused recipes.

Fall Make & Take ideas @diyshowoff

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Pumpkin Spice Muffins – I love the ease of making Weight Watchers muffins (and the consistency of the batter).

Ingredients:

essential oil infused pumpkin spice muffins recipe @diyshowoff #essentialoils fall make & take ideas

Directions: Simply add a 15 oz. can of pumpkin to a cake mix (I chose French vanilla this time) and mix. Adding water is optional. I did add about 3/4 c. Mix in 2-4 drops of essential oils. Spoon into muffin cups and bake 20-25 minutes. I topped mine with cream cheese frosting and dust with powdered cinnamon or embellish with edible acorn (Hershey’s Kiss, Nutter Butter mini for top and chocolate chip…but obviously no longer low cal with toppers). Makes 24 muffins!

Cinnamon & Brown Sugar Party Mix

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups of each Chex cereal: wheat, cinnamon, honey nut
  • crushed white chocolate covered pretzels (I used 2 small snack sized bags)
  • bag of pecans
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 4 drops of cinnamon bark essential oil
  • 2 packages of mini waffle bowls (24)

brown sugar and cinnamon fall party mix recipe @diyshowoff #essentialoils

Directions: Add everything to a large bowl (with lid) or bag. Shake. Serve in mini-waffle cone bowls. 

Apple Cider Punch (adapted from BHG)

Ingredients: 

  • 1/2 gal. apple cider
  • 2 cups orange juice
  • 1/4 cup lemon juice
  • 1 750 ml bottle of sparkling grape juice
  • serve over ice with a drop of cinnamon bark or lemon essential oil

apple cider punch recipe fall make & take ideas @diyshowoff

Add everything to punch bowl or beverage decanter and stir.

Cheese & Cracker Tray – add your choice of essential oils to create a cream cheese spread, a delicious dip or a drop or two to hummus. Add some fresh organic fruit and nuts, etc. 

cheese crackers fruits and nuts party tray - fall make & take ideas @diyshowoff

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See more autumn related ideas at Fall make & take Part 1 (invitation and DIY fall room spray make & take recipe).

Fall Essential Oils Make & Take Ideas Part 1 @diyshowoff

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Dinner at DIYShowOff: Tandoori Chicken and Turmeric Rice

I love DIY but Mr. DIY’s preferred hobby is cooking. I don’t mind cooking. Eh. It’s not my favorite thing to do but it’s his passion. Nearly every evening, he unwinds after a stressful day by cooking a delicious dinner for two. Who am I to argue? So, every once in a while, I’ll be sharing Russ’ recipes in a Dinner at DIYShow Off series. This week’s dinner recipes include turmeric rice and tandoori chicken:

Tumeric Rice and Tandoori Chicken

  • Turmeric Rice

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  • Tandoori Chicken

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He often asks me what I’d like for dinner. This is usually my #1 response. I don’t eat much but when this is being served, I manage two helpings. It’s one of my top favorite dinners. Let us know if you try it! 

What’s your favorite homemade dinner?

Summer BBQ Menu and Summer Recipe Inspiration Link Party

What? Recipes at DIY Show Off? Well, cooking is a do-it-yourself process, right? In our home, my husband does the cooking (not because I can’t but because he really enjoys it). We host a lot of dinner parties, summer cook outs and picnics and recently held a Mother’s Day BBQ (see the beautiful chandelier planters our guests and I made). Oops…back to HIS passion FOOD! and the reason for today’s blog post…our BBQ menu and a Summer Recipe Inspiration Link Party. Our BBQ menu included:

Summer BBQ Menu

We’re new to sharing recipes (and taking food photos too). Let us know if you have any questions. 

Pictured above:

  1. Pulled Pork Sandwiches (recipe below)
  2. Fresh Crunchy Vinegar Cole Slaw (recipe below)
  3. Fresh baked buns (add pulled pork and coleslaw)
  4. Dill Red Potato Salad (recipe below)
  5. Pineapple Orange Trifle (recipe below)
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Believe it or not, this vinegar cole slaw is requested at every family gathering! Try it!

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Red potatoes, dill, olives? Delicious! 

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Easy and perfect for summer time!

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All of that food serves our family gatherings of 15-20 people with plenty to eat, decent serving sizes and even seconds (in some cases thirds!).  
 
Summer Inspiration: Recipes! It’s a link party and you’re invited to share your favorite summer recipes!

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Party Etiquette:

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1. Please link up any project, old or new, that relates to the party theme: Summer Recipes only. Any links not related to the theme will be deleted. Your link shows on the link party on all four blogs shown above!

2. Please include the party button or a link to this post on your summer recipe blog post OR share the party via Facebook or Twitter to help spread the word! Thank you!

This is the first time I’ve shared Russ’ cooking and an entire event menu all in one spot. I can guarantee you he’s reading the comments so, what do you think? Curious as to what my chef cooks for me more often? Something you’d enjoy seeing more of? 

For more summer recipe inspiration, visit these blog friends listed below:

and Thank you so much to Melissa from The Happier Homemaker for organizing this awesome summer series and for inviting me to participate! So fun! See the FULL Summer Inspiration series:

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