With Thanksgiving right around the corner I’m thinking of what we’re going to cook and prepare. Honestly I don’t even know if I’m hosting it. I do know that i want to make a few desserts. Rob likes my pumpkin cheesecake and the kids LOVE Pumpkin Dip.
So Shae and I experimented with a new recipe for pumpkin dip to see if it is good enough for Thanksgiving. It was. Adding everything into the mixer is always Shae’s job. This time though she learned how to use the can opener. She struggled a little but it’s another kitchen task she has down now.
Creamy Pumpkin Dip
Ingredients
- 8oz cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 15oz can pumpkin puree
- 1tsp cinnamon
- 1/8 tsp clove
- 1/8 tsp nutmeg
Directions
Over medium speed whip the cream cheese till soft and slowly add the sugars till blended.
Add pumpkin puree and spices and mix till combined, scraping down the sides as needed.
Chill in the fridge for 30 minutes. Serve with ginger snaps, graham crackers, apple slices, vanilla wafers or any other cookie or fruit.
What’s on your menu for Thanksgiving?
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Shae had a little trouble with speed. She knew she had to be quick after adding the cheesecake filling so she could fold the dough. I helped reinforce the pinch when she was done so we didn’t have any major catastrophes.
First off I’ll start off by saying these tasted nothing like cheez-its. But that’s a good thing. These were by far better. Their real cheese and butter flavor cannot be imitated in a box. The ingredient list if short, the mixing was easy and they baked quickly. They do take some time to create especially if you want small bite size crackers. I’m guessing they made bigger would work too but I like the small pop in your mouth size of these.
Using an 18-count egg carton Sabreena fashioned her own Mancala board and grabbed some glass gems from my craft cabinet. Within 1 hour of her big idea she and Shae were playing. Like I said I didn’t know how to play the game but apparently Shae did and they went through about 4 games before dinnertime. This is now a nightly ritual, one I don’t mind at all. I’m gonna bring all the quiet games into the living room so we can have nightly intellectual games instead of tv and video game time. Materials and Directions
Cut 2 sections of 2 cups to use as the “store” and cut out the dividers of those 2 pieces. Glue the store cups on the ends of the remaining carton, set aside to dry for several minutes. Seal up the holes in the “store” cups with paper or tape. 
The girls used colorful tissue paper and mod podge. This just made the game board a little more festive.
Your game is ready to play with marbles, rocks, seeds, beads or in our case glass gems.
Mancala is the word for this type of “sowing” game. There are many versions of it around the world from many cultures. 
