Apple Caramel Cheesecake Pie

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Let me just say that this cake is amazing! How can you go wrong with cinnamon apples, caramel, pecans and cheesecake filling!? I made this recipe for my family for Thanksgiving in October. Everyone loved it. It is a fairly light dessert, so it is perfect to serve after a huge meal like Thanksgiving. It was a bit of work, but it was so worth the effort!  Ingredients For the crust: 1½ cups graham cracker crumbs 3 tbsp. sugar ½ tsp. cinnamon 5 1/3 tbsp. unsalted butter, melted ½-¾ cup caramel 1 cup chopped pecans For the apple filling: 5 tbsp….

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Pumpkin-Spice Granola

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I’ve been wanting to try and make homemade granola recently, as I worry about all of the additives in the store-bought versions. And I thought it would be fun to look for an autumn-inspired flavoring for the granola. While looking for a good granola recipe, I stumbled upon a pumpkin-spice granola on my very favourite blog Annie’s Eats. Since I’ve been on a pumpkin kick lately, I thought this recipe would be perfect! And it is! It is an extremely tasty granola the smells as good as it tastes! The granola is amazing over top of vanilla yogurt. A perfect…

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Vegetarian Shepherd’s Pie with Garlic Potatoes

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I’ve been a vegetarian for 13 years and I can honestly say, I never miss eating meat. However, I do miss the heartier dishes such as pot pie and shepherd’s pie especially when the weather is growing cooler and snow can be expected any day. And since I was so used to eating both pot pie and shepherd’s pie with meat, I was not too sure how to make the vegetarian variety.   Recently, I was watching “Chuck’s Day Off” on the Food Network and was elated when he made a vegetarian shepherd’s pie. But it was not just any…

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