Bourbon Pumpkin Pie Milkshakes

For those of you wanting to make your own seasonal milkshakes (as seen in those delicious photos in the previous posts), here is the recipe that The Hungry People followed. The original recipe can be found here on the How Sweet It Is blog.

Bourbon Pumpkin Pie Milkshakes

- 2 cups vanilla ice cream

- 1/2 cup milk

- 1/4 cup cream or half-and-half

- 1 tbsp vanilla extract

- 2/3 cup pureed pumpkin

- 1/2 tbsp pumpkin spice [or you can substitute nutmeg & cinnamon like ATHP]

- 2 to 3 oz of bourbon

- sprinkles for decorating the glass rims [ATHP used turbinado sugar]

Mix up all those lovely ingredients (minus the sprinkles) in a blender and garnish with a beautiful sugar rim! Enjoy!

And thank you to Sydney for hosting our Pumpkin Extravaganza.

Grapefruit Ginger Martini

It's cocktail hour here at the Hungry People Apartment!

Thomas and Sean made a variety of grapefruit juice cocktails, but the Ginger-tini was the clear winner! Raina and Christine found the recipe here.

Ginger-tini

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 oz. Pomegranate Schnapps
• 1 1/2 oz. Vodka
• 1/2 oz. Grapefruit Juice
• 1/2 oz. Sour Mix
• 1/2 oz. Ginger Syrup*

*We did not have ginger syrup, but the boys improvised by mixing brown sugar into water, then adding fresh grated ginger, and muddling.


Preparations:

1. If necessary, make your own ginger syrup.
2. Shake all ingredients well with ice and strain into a martini glass.
3. Garnish with lemon zest (suggested by recipe), or imitate The Hungry People and rim the glass with a sugar-ginger mixture.

Sweet Potato Gnocchi with Autumn Sauce

aka 200 Ingredient Falltober Pasta

The boys have outdone themselves again. Tonight we decided to have some sweet potato gnocchi that we bought at World Market (Trader Joe's also has their own brand of sweet potato gnocchi, pictured).
Christine begged for an autumn meal, so Sean and Thomas raided the cabinets and fridge. The kitchen became a laboratory, and the ensuing process was very messy, though it yielded some pretty sweet results.
Below you can see the ingredients; they were basically dumped into a simmering pot together to cook. Good luck trying to recreate!


Sauce:
Butter
Olive oil
Garlic
Sundried tomato
Fresh tomato
Pecan
Dried Apricot
Dried Apple
Dried Cranberries
Curry
Pepper
Cumin
Salt
Yogurt
Milk
Vodka
Bourbon
Spiced Rum

Paired with some fish. Possibly the most delicious thing ever eaten.

Figs with Goat Cheese and Almonds

I needed something inventive to do with some Figs that I bought at the Dekalb Farmer's Market the other day. I saw a recipe online (I can't recall where. If I remember, I'll post the link) for Figs with Goat Cheese and Almonds. Halve the figs and place goat cheese on each half, then place an almond piece on top. Stick it under the broiler to brown and VIOLA: fancy figs.

Thomas had to improve upon the recipe, naturally, by creating a beautiful balsamic reduction to drizzle on top. He followed this with some jalapeño honey (AMAZING) as a finishing touch.

All in all, very delicious. The figs got a little lost in the rest of the flavors, but I don't think anyone minded very much!
-Christine