Pretty Food

A food stylist and a Photographer met realized they had a lot in common and Spoon Fork Bacon was born.  This food blog not only has fabulous looking recipes but the photos are to die for take a look yourself.

Cherry Hand Pies ... Yum City!

Roasted Baby Artichokes ... Holy Yum!

Flavored Ice Cubes ... Yum Yum baby

Coconut Shrimp and Mango Salsa ... Nuts Yum

and need I say more about the styling, these pictures are truly inspiring.

Penny and Bacon Bark Dog Treats ... Yum Woof

Pretty Penny even found a recicpe for herself on Knife Fork Bacon...They think of everything!

-Megan

Unconventional Pumpkin Ideas

How to:

1. Metallic Pumpkins

2. Thumb-tack covered Pumpkins

3. Masked Pumpkins

 4. Haunted Halloween Village

5. Black and White Pumpkins

6. Mod - PoP Pumpkins

7. Fall leaves spice up a plain Pumpkin

8. Fanged Pumpkins

9. Pumpkin turned vase

10. Boo Pumpkins

11. Halloween Bat Tree

Pumpkin Spice Pancakes

It's that time of year when I crave pumpkin flavored anything, and Pinterest is throwing recipe ideas at me left and right! I made these pumpkin spice pancakes Sunday morning, and they were amazing! As easy as regular pancakes, just a few added ingredients.

Ingredients

2 1/3 cups Original Bisquick Mix

1/3 cup canned pumpkin

1 1/4 cup milk

1/4 cup vegetable oil

2 tbsp sugar

1 tsp pumpkin pie spice

2 eggs

syrup of choice

Combine all pancake ingredients in a medium mixing bowl, mixing until most of the clumps are gone.

Heat your griddle or skillet to medium heat or 375 degrees, and spray with cooking spray.

Pour the batter onto hot skillet in desired pancake size. Once the cake starts to bubble, flip and cook the other side until golden brown. Top with syrup and enjoy!

-Whitney

Italian Stuffed Red Peppers

These peppers are a delicious, healthy and filling meal that I recommend you try! You really only need one half of pepper a person, so this recipe should feed 6 people.

Ingredients

1 lb lean ground turkey or beef

3 large red bell peppers

2 cups spaghetti sauce

1 tsp Italian seasoning

1tsp garlic powder

1/2 to 1 cup chopped spinach (fresh or frozen)

1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese (2 tbs for the meat mixture, 6 for the top of the peppers)

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Line a baking sheet with foil, and spray with non-stick cooking spray.

Wash peppers, and cut around the stem and remove. Cut peppers in half and take out seeds and ribs, put halved peppers on the baking sheet.

Cook the turkey in a saucepan on medium-high heat, breaking up the turkey while its cooking. When the turkey is close to done add the sauce, Italian seasoning, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Stir and cook until turkey is done and no longer pink. 

Add the spinach and Parmesan and stir well until everything is combined.

Spoon the turkey mixture into each pepper, enough to fill the pepper. Top each one with additional Parmesan. 

Bake for 20-30 minutes until cheese is melted and golden brown. Enjoy!

Real Life Lion King

A wildlife photographer captures an unbelievable scenario leaving a Lioness in a rather familiar situation.  Remember the scene from Lion King that left every child or adult in tears? Well below takes place in Kenya at Masai Mara a game ranch. 

A helpless looking Lioness, after her cub slipped down a ravine and struggled to catch his footing to make it back up to mom.

Others come to the rescue but they too realize its too steep for their liking.

So mom goes for it, risking it all for her youngster,

Safe in the jaws of mom, the cub is reunited, now the dramatic climb.

Ending with tears and licks of joy! unlike the Disney story we all know so well. Thank goodness Scar wasn't involved in this one. 

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Vamoose Obsessed

I love love love this handmade jewelry from the UK. Kathryn Blackmore designs and creates these unique pieces, that are very reasonable priced and can be ordered online at her website, the vamoose.

the vamoose also has a blog with product updates and inspirations.

-Whitney

Last Taste of Summer

As Fall approaches we are running out of warm grilling nights, last night was one of those nights so I fired up the BBQ threw on some veggies and whipped together this grilled Pasta Salad.  Now if only the nights will stay like this. 

Warm Pasta Salad with Italian Turkey Sausage

Ingredients

Non-stick Cooking Spray

5 Tablespoons Olive Oil

6 Tablespoons Red-Wine Vinegar

2 Garlic Cloves, minced

1 teaspoon Dried Oregano ( I used Italian Seasoning)

3/4 teaspoon Salt

1/2 teaspoon Black Pepper

2 Plum Tomatoes, halved lengthwise

1 Eggplant, cut into 1/2 inch slices

1 Large Red Onion, cut into 1/2 inch slices

2 Italian Turkey Sausages

8 oz Wagon Wheel Pasta

1. Prepare Grill and coat with non-stick cooking spray.  For dressing, whisk together 4 Tablespoons of the olive oil, the vinegar, garlic, oregano, salt and pepper.  Set aside.

2.Brush tomatoes, eggplant, and onion with the remaining olive oil.  Pierce sausages several times with the point of a small knife.  Grill vegetables and sausages, turning often, until sausages are done and veggies are tender.

3. Meanwhile cook pasta according to package, drain and place in a large bowl.

4. Remove vegetables from grill and chop into bite-size pieces, cut sausages into coins. Add to pasta and drizzle the dressing and toss to coat.

This recipie was found via Fitness Magazine so you know its healthy!

Enjoy!

-Megan