{"id":1598,"date":"2011-11-09T20:11:26","date_gmt":"2011-11-10T03:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/?p=1598"},"modified":"2011-11-09T20:11:26","modified_gmt":"2011-11-10T03:11:26","slug":"pre-halloween-pumpkin-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/?p=1598","title":{"rendered":"Pre-Halloween pumpkin party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My sister Jessie, Kevin and I hosted a small Pre-Halloween pumpkin-themed party in mid-October.\u00a0 The plan?\u00a0 Make\/bring food that centered around the glorious pumpkin.\u00a0 And boy did we have some good food!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The menu:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Appetizers<\/strong>: pumpkin hummus, sliced apples and ginger snaps with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/Recipes\/Pumpkin-Pie-Dip\">pumpkin pie dip<\/a>, medjool dates with chopped walnuts and dark chocolate<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Dinner<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vegalicious.org\/2010\/03\/12\/pasta-with-pumpkin-and-pistachios\/\">vegan pumpkin pistachio pasta<\/a>, vegan pumpkin pizza, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marthastewart.com\/316275\/smoky-braised-mexican-pumpkin\">vegan smoky braised Mexican pumpkin over brown rice<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Dessert<\/strong>: pumpkin bread, <a href=\"http:\/\/vegancupcakes.wordpress.com\/2007\/09\/17\/pumpkin-pie-brownie\/\">vegan pumpkin brownies<\/a> (this recipe is AMAZING!!)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1600\" title=\"October 2011 006\" src=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-006-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-006-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-006-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The spread!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1601\" title=\"October 2011 007\" src=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-007-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-007-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-007-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-008.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1602\" title=\"October 2011 008\" src=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-008-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-008-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-008-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-005.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"October 2011 005\" src=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-005-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The pups working hard to look cute in hopes of some snacks<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-009.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1603\" title=\"October 2011 009\" src=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-009-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-009-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-009-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Couple of beggars<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We had a yummy time eating our way through the pumpkin food and boy were we stuffed at the end.\u00a0 Lola was wiped out as well&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1604\" title=\"October 2011 014\" src=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-014-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-014-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-014-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The tired little hostess<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For the party Kevin and I got some decorative mini pumpkins to put on the table and Lola could not let them alone.\u00a0 So the next day I decided to let her check one out and she was in heaven&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1605\" title=\"October 2011 015\" src=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-015-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-015-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-015-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Chewing the stem: her favorite part<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-016.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1606\" title=\"October 2011 016\" src=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-016-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-016-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/October-2011-016-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Mouth full of pumpkin<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My sister Jessie, Kevin and I hosted a small Pre-Halloween pumpkin-themed party in mid-October.\u00a0 The plan?\u00a0 Make\/bring food that centered around the glorious pumpkin.\u00a0 And boy did we have some good food! The menu: Appetizers: pumpkin hummus, sliced apples and ginger snaps with pumpkin pie dip, medjool dates with chopped walnuts and dark chocolate Dinner: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bailey","category-jessie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1598"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1641,"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1598\/revisions\/1641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}