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Holiday Show-Stopper: Baked Pumpkin Fondue

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The end-of-year Holidays are upon us! Whether it’s for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas or New Year’s…if you’re looking for a delicious and divinely decadent show-stopper dish, we’ve got you. This Baked Pumpkin Fondue recipe brings a big WOW factor to impress and satisfy guests at any Autumn/Winter gathering. Baked straight in the pumpkin and served warm, be prepared to gleefully scoop out every last bite with your loved ones as you hum with sheer delight. We are bringing back this fan-favorite fall recipe from the archives– lovingly passed on to our Sirens & Scoundrels readers by Hayley McCarthy and the women in her family from Orange, Australia. More on Hayley’s family story can be found in our original post HERE. All ingredients can be swapped for vegan alternates for a vegan version. Baked Pumpkin Fondue Serves: 8-10 Prep Time: 20 minutes Cook Time: 1.5  to 2 hours Ingredients TIP for choosing your pumpkin: The ingredients are in proportion to pumpkin size and thickness of the flesh. If you have a large pumpkin but it weighs less than 6.5 pounds after …

Baked Pumpkin Fondue

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Starting with Halloween and ending on New Year’s Day, the Holidays are a whirlwind of feasts and gatherings. I recently attended a Halloween Potluck Pumpkin Carving hosted by the best hostess and foodie, the lovely Hayley McCarthy (who was previously featured over the summer in my camp cooking article with her delicious gluten-free Banana Fritters recipe: HERE). For this festive gathering of costumed guests ready to show off their pumpkin carving skills, Hayley baked the most perfect, comforting and gorgeous Holiday dish I had ever seen! As she stepped out of the kitchen dressed in true Halloween fashion as Rosie the Riveter, her Baked Pumpkin Fondue was greeted with oohs and aahs and tasted even better than it looked–if that is even possible. Hayley made this special dish gluten-free to make sure I could partake. As soon as I tasted it, I could not wait to share this recipe with you! It’s absolutely the perfect Holiday dish and a wonderful way to use those leftover pumpkins you have been using for your fall decor. I’m so happy to feature this recipe share from …

Banana Fritters ~ (Gluten-Free & Sugar-Free)

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I can’t think of anything better than being surrounded by nature and eating around a campfire. Some people pack granola bars in their backpacks when they go camping and call it a day.  But when my crew makes their way out into the wilderness, the cars are loaded down with everything you could possibly need to make a feast under the stars. Half the fun of setting up a camp for a few days is impressing your fellow campers with a gourmet meal by firelight or waking up in your cozy sleeping bag to the aroma of fresh brewed coffee and the sound of bacon sizzling in unison with the river rapids in the distance. It is not a secret how much I love California. We have every magical adventure you can think of at our fingertips within a car ride’s distance. I have camped out under the astounding constellations overhead in the Sequioa National Forest on many occasions. So when I got an invite from my crew of besties to celebrate our gorgeous Hayley’s birthday in the mountains, …