{"id":11395,"date":"2013-10-03T10:19:44","date_gmt":"2013-10-03T17:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/?p=11395"},"modified":"2013-10-03T10:19:44","modified_gmt":"2013-10-03T17:19:44","slug":"pumpkin-grinch-halloween-october-traderjoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/pumpkin-grinch-halloween-october-traderjoes\/","title":{"rendered":"Pumpkin Grinch"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"pumpkins<\/a><\/p>\n

I\u2019m a pumpkin Grinch this year. Before it was even October, I un-veganized a pumpkin cake with pecan streusel from Veganomicon (it was delish!), but now, even piles of gorgeous gourds aren’t doing it for me. \u00a0I just can\u2019t get on the pumpkin bandwagon.<\/p>\n

Trader Joe\u2019s is rockin\u2019 the pumpkin products big time \u2013 granola, toaster pastries, macarons, cereal bars, pumpkin spice coffee and tea, croissants, waffle mix, \u00a0even pumpkin body<\/em> butter. You name it, they\u2019ve got it. You can\u2019t hit a food blog and not see a pumpkin recipe of some sort.\u00a0 And yet, I\u2019m not inspired.<\/p>\n

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\"pumpkins<\/a><\/p>\n

It’s too much of a good thing. I picked up some pumpkin cereal bars (the goo wasn’t actually pumpkin-y, just sweet and maybe a little spicy). I made a pumpkin banana smoothie now that the peaches are all but gone, but let\u2019s not fool ourselves, it\u2019s not like drinking pumpkin pie. At this point I\u2019ll probably hold out until Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n

\"pumpkin<\/a><\/p>\n

I do have to admit, I’m intrigued by those macarons. Anybody tried them?<\/em><\/p>\n

Am I in mourning for summer? Hell, I may be in mourning for fall. I want not-dark-at-6am.\u00a0I want crisp mornings and sunny afternoons. I want grapes and roasted chickens and glasses of wine enjoyed in the waning evening sun. I want California.<\/p>\n

Coming home from San Francisco last Friday was like a slap in the face with a wet noodle.\u00a0 After a week of sunny fall weather in the City, lashing wind and rain welcomed me back to Seattle. \u00a0I craved comfort food. I responded with butternut and kale lasagna<\/a>, sriracha sloppy joes<\/a> and spicy date walnut cookies<\/a> with chocolate chips.\u00a0 No pumpkin.<\/p>\n

\"pumpkins<\/a><\/p>\n

The upside is, maybe I\u2019m getting my Grinchyness out of the way now.\u00a0 I\u2019ll be only too happy to bypass October and Halloween and dive head first into Thanksgiving and Christmas and dig up all those recipes I pinned last year intending to make them for cookie swaps and holiday get-togethers.<\/p>\n

Am I the only pumpkin Grinch out here? What’s new and interesting with pumpkin that’ll get me out of this funk?<\/p>

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I\u2019m a pumpkin Grinch this year. Before it was even October, I un-veganized a pumpkin cake with pecan streusel from Veganomicon (it was delish!), but now, even piles of gorgeous gourds aren’t doing it for me. \u00a0I just can\u2019t get on the pumpkin bandwagon. 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