Halloween themed hand pies.

*I'll be adding more photos later. Busy day ahead for Jerod's Welcome Home Party prep.

Since it is the month of October, I figured it was time to get more into the season. I love Halloween, my tattoos greatly reflect my love for the month, the love of everything scary, and very fun. These hand pies are extremely easy. It'd be kind of hard to mess them up! Get your favorite cookie cutters and have a field day. I followed a bit of her recipe, not much. Herriott Grace  -- I love her blog so much.

Pie dough:
2 cups flour
1 stick unsalted butter
1/4 salt
2 ounces ice cold water

Filling (I used):
2 gala apples
nutmeg
cinnamon
honey or sugar
4 tbsp lemon juice

Egg Wash:
1 egg
1 tbsp heavy cream

Add flour and salt together, make sure butter is cold and add to the flour, there will be clumps, so don't worry about it. Add ice cold water, gradually until flour becomes pie dough. It can be a bit crumbly, which is okay. Wrap the dough in clear wrap and chill for about 1 hour to 4 hours.

For the filling, I cut gala apples into tiny pieces, adding lemon juice, cinammon, nutmeg, and honey to my mixture. Set this to the side

Roll out dough and use any size cookie cutter you'd like. You need two pieces of dough for each pie. Fill the pie with whatever filling you decided to use and seal the ends shut. Add egg wash. Place finished pies onto greased foil and bake for 10-15 minutes. Cooking times vary, so take them out once they are golden brown.

I hope you enjoy this recipe! I got my cookie cutters from Walmart. I used a scared cat, ghosts, a coffin, and pumpkin. It also came with a bat and vampire teeth.

Apple Chipotle Salmon and Pumpkin puree.

*I use all organic ingredients for all who have wondered. I try to have the freshest ingredients possible.

This recipe is just in time for Fall. I looked and looked to see if I could find a recipe like this on google, and I didn't not. So, this was me playing Mad Scientist in the kitchen. It didn't come out as I expected....it came out beyond my expectations, and was simply delicious. Proud to say, this was a pair made in kitchen heaven by me.

Everyone else is making recipes for desserts and simple things to go with pumpkin, but here is a real dish for dinner, that you can really enjoy and put your pumpkin to use. Here is what you'll need:

Wild caught salmon
2 Tbsp Olive Oil
1 Tbsp Garlic
Cinnamon & Nutmeg
1/2 Tbsp Pepper
White Cooking Wine (optional)"
Marinade of your choosing

Your flavors will vary from mine, which is fine! Have fun with it, and season everything to your personal taste. I made my own fresh apple, honey chipotle sauce to marinade my salmon in. I'll have a tutorial soon for all of you!

Marinade your salmon in anything you please. Season it well, and let it sit for about an hour. I found that my salmon doubled in size and flavor when it let it sit within my marinade, that I made for 24hrs - hence, my friend telling me it looked like a chicken leg, haha. You can make pumpkin puree yourself or just buy it in a can. I bought organic pumpkin puree from Whole Foods. When I was ready, I heated the pumpkin and added a bit of raw honey, cinnamon, nutmeg, pumpkin spice and milk to make it creamier.

Heat up your skillet on medium high, coat the bottom of the pan in olive oil. Pan sear salmon for 4-5 minutes on each side. It should be a hue of orange instead of red on the outside when fully done. You do not want to over cook a salmon, it is done when it easily flakes with a fork. It's better to undercook salmon, than to overcook it. Just before it is done, pour the white cooking wine and let it reduce and you're all set for dinner.

Once everything is done, serve it with sweet corn, or broccoli. Honestly, anything goes with this! Think of Fall when cooking this, have fun, just experiment. The greatest things are made by accident.

This recipe is easy enough, for those who aren't so confident in the kitchen to enjoy!

-- Be on the look out for homemade Lemon Lavender cookies for your Fall teas, and coffee.