We went with coloured tortilla chips and red peppers to compliment this hummus but you can certainly add your favourite dipping foods. This hummus would taste and look equally as good with baby carrots or naan bites!

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Sharing recipes around this time of year is one of our favourite things to do and we’re excited to share this modified Hummus Dip charcuterie board recipe because it’s easy to make and perfect for sharing with family and friends!

Charcuterie boards have become a popular addition to holiday entertaining recently, and for a good reason, they look amazing on the table and are generally very easy to throw together. They also work well for both large and small gatherings.

We call this a modified charcuterie board because it does not follow the 3-3-3-3 rule. Every charcuterie board should technically have three types of meat, three cheeses, three starches and three “extras” such as fruits, veggies or nuts. This quick dinner party dip is quicker and requires fewer ingredients, making it cost-effective — and just as perfect!

What do you need to make an Easy Spiced Hummus Dip?

• 2 cups mashed sweet potato
• 3 cloves garlic
• 1 1/2 cups hummus
• 4 tbsp olive oil
• 2 tbsp honey
• 2 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 tbsp cumin
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp chili powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• Combine all ingredients in a food processor except sweet potato. Blend.
• Add sweet potato and blend.

• Tortilla chips
• Sweet red peppers
• Salsa of your choice
• Blender
• A serving platter

How to make an Easy Charcuterie Board Spiced Hummus Dip Recipe:

• Combine 3 cloves garlic, 1 1/2 cups of hummus, 4 tbsp olive oil, 2 tbsp honey, 2 tbsp lemon juice, 1 tbsp cumin, 1 tsp cinnamon, 1/4 tsp chili powder, and 1/2 tsp salt in a food processor. Blend until well mixed.
• Cook and mash sweet potatoes. Once cooled, add in 2 cups of and blend again.
• Place in a serving dish.

• On a serving platter arrange the Hummus Dip, salsa, tortilla chips and red peppers.
• Enjoy!

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Combine 3 cloves garlic, 1 1/2 cups of hummus, 4 tbsp olive oil, 2 tbsp honey, 2 tbsp lemon juice, 1 tbsp cumin, 1 tsp cinnamon, 1/4 tsp chili powder, and 1/2 tsp salt in a food processor. Blend until well mixed.

Add in 2 cups of mashed sweet potato, and blend again.

Place in a serving dish.

Sprinkle a small amount of paprika on for show and extra flavour!

On a serving platter arrange the Hummus Dip, salsa, tortilla chips and red peppers.

Place peppers and tortilla chips on both ends of the platter.

Enjoy!

We hope you loved this Easy Charcuterie Board Hummus Dip Recipe as much as we do! If you’re looking for more Thanksgiving recipes, crafts and DIY’s certainly check out our other ideas.

More Thanksgiving Recipes:

• Bubbly Maple Apple Cocktail
• Pumpkin Patch Cupcakes
• Pumpkin Nanaimo Bars
• Zucchini Tomato Bake with Parmesan

Thanksgiving crafts and DIY:

• Kids Rock Painting Fall Frame
• Thanksgiving Tissue Paper Garland
• Fun Toddler Turkey Art
• Paper Bag Fall Tree Kids Craft

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Spiced Hummus Dip

This Spiced Hummus Dip Recipe is incredibly easy to throw together, and the presentation is outstanding.

Course Appetizer

Cuisine Holiday

Keyword appetizer, dip, festive, hummus

Prep Time 10 minutes

Boil sweet Potato 20 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Servings 4

Calories 250kcal

Author Champagne & Sugarplums

Equipment

• blender

Ingredients

• 2 cups mashed sweet potato
• 3 cloves garlic cloves
• 1.5 cups hummus
• 4 tbsp olive oil
• 2 tbsp honey
• 2 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 tbsp cumin
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp chili powder
• 1/2 tsp salt

Instructions

• Combine all ingredients in a food processor, except sweet potato. Blend well. Add sweet potato and blend again.
• Once blended place into a serving dish. Then place onto a serving plate with coloured tortillas and red peppers. Add a small dish of salsa.
• Enjoy!

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It might seem odd to add maple syrup to a cocktail, but seriously, try it! The syrup sinks to the bottom, so when you drink with a (environmentally responsible) straw you get a delicious sweet taste which nicely complements all the tartness of the apple. Perfect.

And this fall we have developed an obsession with cinnamon sticks as a garnish. Let the cinnamon soak in the cocktail while drinking and it will release spice in to the drink, changing the flavour as you go. If you’re feeling really adventurous, try lighting the end of the stick until it is smouldering – it will give another dimension by adding a smokey flavour.

What You’ll Need:

• Apple juice
• Maple syrup
• Vodka
• Prosecco
• An apple corer
• A jigger or shot glass
• Cinnamon sticks
• Ice

Fill your cocktail glass about halfway full with ice cubes.

Pour 2oz of apple juice in to the glass, over the ice.

Add 1tsp of maple syrup.

Throw in 1oz of vodka,

And then top it off with some prosecco.

We use an apple corer to make the ring garnish. If you don’t have one, no worries! You can cut a ring using a knife – or skip the rings and add thin cut apple slices instead. The taste of fresh apple is more important than the shape.

Finish by adding a cinnamon stick garnish. Let the cinnamon sit in the cocktail, the flavour will diffuse into the drink for a fabulous spicy flavour.

We really hope you and your guests love these Maple Apple Cocktails – we definitely enjoyed making them! Round out Thanksgiving this year with an apple theme and try our Baked Apples with Caramel and Brown Sugar for dessert.

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Bubbly Maple Apple Cocktail

This is an easy, quick and delicious drink recipe perfect for Thanksgiving!

Course Drinks

Cuisine American

Keyword apple, Drink, maple, prosecco

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 0 minutes

0 minutes

Total Time 5 minutes

Servings 1 glass

Calories 384kcal

Author Champagne and Sugarplums

Ingredients

• Ice
• 2 oz Apple juice
• 1 tsp Maple syrup
• 1 oz Vodka
• 6 oz Prosecco amount will vary, dependant on glass size
• 1 Cinnamon sticks garnish
• 1 Apples slice, garnish

Instructions

• Fill a cocktail glass halfway full with ice
• Add apple juice, maple syrup and vodka
• Top up the glass with Prosecco
• Add a cinnamon stick and apple slice garnish

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Notes

• The amount of Prosecco will vary, depending on the glass size, which could alter the total calorie count

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What you’ll need:

• Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes
• Chocolate icing
• Chocolate sprinkles
• Buttercream icing – medium consistency (we’ve included our recipe at the bottom of the post)
• Gel food coloring – orange and green
• Piping bags (2)
• Leaf piping tip
• Large circle piping tip (size 2A)
• Pretzel sticks

Let’s Decorate Pumpkin Patch Cupcakes!

Use a spatula to ice the tops of the cupcakes with chocolate icing. We used a store bought pre-made icing, but if you have time, you could make your own. We like this recipe from Lyne at Ottawa Mommy Club.

Pour a generous amount of dirt (otherwise known as chocolate sprinkles!) to cover the chocolate icing.

Add the pumpkins. Use a large circle icing tip for this. Apply consistent pressure to the piping bag. As the icing begins to build up, move the tip up, never losing contact with the icing. Stop squeezing when you are happy with the size of the pumpkin, and then lift the tip up and away from the ball.

Add one or two smaller pumpkins to the patch.

Break some pretzel stick stems and then add them to the pumpkins.

Use green icing to pipe leaves onto the pumpkins. To make the leaves squeeze the piping bag tightly at the base of the leaf, and thereleasing the pressure as you pull up and away. Stop squeezing completely and then pull the tip away.

TIP: If your leaves are cracking and don’t want to stick to the pumpkins, your icing may be too stiff, try adding 1tsp of water or milk at a time until you have a medium consistency icing. If your leaves fall flat, your icing may be too soft and you may want to add a bit of icing sugar so it will stiffen a little.

Finally, add more leaves at the base of the pumpkins to fill out the patch.

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Buttercream Icing Recipe

A deliciously creamy buttercream recipe, perfect for cakes, cupcakes, cookies and more. Use it for decorating festive desserts or as a filler.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword buttercream, creamy, dessert, icing

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 0 minutes

0 minutes

Total Time 15 minutes

Servings 1 dozen (cupcakes)

Calories 295kcal

Author Champagne and Sugarplums

Equipment

• Electric mixer

Ingredients

• 1 cup Butter
• 2 tbsp Vanilla extract
• 4 cups Icing Sugar
• 3 tbsps Milk

Instructions

• Use an electric mixer to beat the butter until light and fluffy, 1-2 minutes.
• Add the vanilla flavour and mix well.
• Add the icing sugar, one cup at a time.
• Add milk and mix until thoroughly combined. Creamy and delicious!

We hope you had as much fun decorating these cupcakes as we did! If you need some pumpkin decor to match your dessert – certainly try making our Wine Cork Pumpkin – it’s easy elegance wrapped in DIY.

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No doubt zucchini’s are good for you, they are full of nutrients, high in antioxidants, great for heart health and so much more. It’s not hard to see why we try to eat more of it, which is why we see lots of zucchini recipes like zucchini bread, zucchini noodles and roasted zucchini.

This week, we are bringing you a delicious zucchini recipe that the whole family will love. We highly recommend this recipe for your next Thanksgiving feast, it’s a side dish that will complement turkey and all the other trimmings. It’s very easy and quick to prep, so it won’t take that much time with all of the other Thanksgiving dishes that need to be done!

Easy Zucchini Tomato Bake with Parmesan

• Zucchini’s (2 medium)
• Vine tomatoes (about 4)
• Small yellow onion
• Olive oil
• Basil
• Garlic powder
• Seasoning salt (our favourite!)
• Flaked parmesan cheese

Firstly, preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Secondly, thinly slice the zucchini, tomato and yellow onion. Once they’re sliced begin to layer them into a baking dish sprayed with cooking spray. Alternate the zucchini and tomato around the dish, adding an onion in occasionally, unless of course you love onion, then feel free to add more! Set aside to mix the oil blend.

Mix the olive oil, basil, garlic powder and seasoning salt together in a small bowl. Whisk until blended.

Pour the oil blend over the alternated zucchini and tomatoes in the baking dish. Top with flaked parmesan, the best part!

Place it in the preheated oven and bake for about 45min, or until the parmesan is golden. If you prefer your vegetables well done, continue to bake for an additional 10min.

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Easy Zucchini Tomato Bake Recipe with Parmesan

Delicious, easy zucchini tomato bake with parmesan recipe, perfect for a Thanksgiving side dish.

Course Side Dish

Cuisine Italian

Keyword baked, easy, parmesan, recipe, side dish, tomato, zucchini

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 45 minutes

0 minutes

Total Time 55 minutes

Servings 6 servings

Calories 126kcal

Author Champagne and Sugarplums

Ingredients

• 2 medium sized zucchini sliced thin
• 4 small vine tomatoes sliced thin
• 1 small onion halved and sliced thin
• 2 tbsp olive oil extra virgin
• 1 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp seasoning salt
• 1 tsp basil
• 1 cup parmesan cheese flaked

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees
• Spray an oven safe cooking dish with cooking spray
• After slicing the zucchinis, tomatoes and onions, begin to layer them into the cooking dish, alternating the veggie's. Continue until they are all used or the dish is full.
• In a small bowl combine the olive oil, garlic powder, seasoning salt, basil and mix with a fork.
• Drizzle the olive oil mixture over the zucchini's and tomatoes.
• Top with parmesan cheese.
• Bake for about 45 min, or until the parmesan cheese is golden and the veggies are soft.

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Notes

Serve along side a delicious Thanksgiving turkey dinner!  

Also tastes great with quinoa, mix it together or on the side.

We hope you love this Easy Zucchini Tomato Bake with Parmesan Recipe as much as we do! Looking for a Thanksgiving dessert? Certainly try our Pumpkin Spiced Cupcakes!

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Ever wonder what gives pumpkin flavour that spicy taste? Surprisingly, it’s really just a simple blend of a few grocery spices:

• cinnamon
• ginger
• cloves
• nutmeg
• allspice

Let’s Bake – Sweet and Spicy Pumpkin Cupcakes

What you’ll need:

• Cupcake ingredients
• Cupcake liners
• Muffin tin
• Icing
• Mixing bowls
• Mixer

Whisk together dry ingredients. Flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and then spices in a medium bowl and then set aside.

Mix together melted butter, eggs, brown sugar, pumpkin puree and vanilla until combined.

Add the dry ingredients to the wet and mix until combined. Try to avoid over-mixing the batter as this can lead to denser cupcakes.

Scoop batter into liners. Fill to 3/4 of the way full and then bake for 18-21 minutes. We like to check them at 18 minutes with a toothpick to see if they’re done. If there’s still a little batter on the toothpick, let them go another 1 to 2 minutes and then check again.

For frosting we used a ready made cram cheese icing and then piped it on with a 1A tip.

We hope you had fun fall baking with us today! If you’re ready for more pumpkin spice recipes, check out our Pumpkin Spiced Pumpkin Seeds – a double hit of pumpkin flavour.

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Sweet and Spicy Pumpkin Cupcakes

Delicious and fluffy sweet and spicy pumpkin cupcake recipe! Top with buttercream frosting or decorate with a fun Halloween theme!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword cupcake, easy, pumpkin, sweet, sweet and spicy

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

0 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Servings 1 dozen

Calories 187kcal

Author Champagne and Sugarplums

Ingredients

• 1 cup Flour
• 1 tsp Baking Powder
• 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
• 1/4 tsp Salt
• 1 tsp Ground Cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp Ground Nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp Ground Allspice
• 1/4 tsp Ground Ginger
• 1/4 tsp Ground Cloves
• 1/2 cup Butter melted
• 2 Eggs
• 1 cup Brown Sugar
• 1 cup Pumpkin Puree
• 1 tsp Vanilla

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Line a muffin tin with liners
• Whisk together dry ingredients – flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and spices in a medium bowl and then set aside.
• Mix together melted butter, eggs, brown sugar, pumpkin puree and vanilla until combined.
• Add the dry ingredients to the wet and mix until combined.
• Scoop batter into liners, filling to 3/4 of the way full.
• Bake for 18-21 minutes.

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Apples go hand in hand with Thanksgiving. They are ripe in the fall and make perfect desserts after big family meals . And apple desserts don’t get much easier than baked apples. These Baked Apples with Caramel and Brown Sugar are sweet and savoury, and will make your house smell amazing while they’re cooking! Three steps – using an apple corer, stuffing with oatmeal and spices, baking and they’re done. Serve with ice cream or whipped cream and it’s a dessert guaranteed to please.

Our recipe calls for adding caramel sauce for a sweet topping. We added caramel because we LOVE caramel (who doesn’t?) and it goes so well with apples. We used a ready-made sauce to save time, but you could easily make your own. If you need a custard recipe, try this one from our friends at Nutriciously.

Baked Apples with Caramel and Brown Sugar

Remove the apple cores and fill with 1/2 tsp caramel sauce.

Mix the brown sugar, oats and cinnamon in a bowl and then spoon some of the mix into each apple. Spoon 1/2 tsp of caramel sauce on top and then again add more of the oat mix and pack firmly.

Arrange the apples in a baking dish and top each one with some butter.

Bake for 40 – 50 minutes, until the apples are soft and the skin wrinkled. Serve warm with additional caramel drizzled over top of the apples and with a scoop of ice cream (try our Easy Homemade Almond Ice Cream!) or whipped cream.

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Baked Apples with Caramel Sauce and Brown Sugar

These Baked Apples with Caramel and Brown Sugar are sweet and savoury, and will make your house smell amazing while they’re cooking! Three steps – using an apple corer, stuffing with oatmeal and spices, baking and they’re done. Serve with ice cream or whipped cream and it’s a dessert guaranteed to please.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword apple, dessert, fall

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 40 minutes

0 minutes

Total Time 50 minutes

Servings 4

Calories 209kcal

Author Champagne and Sugarplums

Ingredients

• 4 Small Red Apples
• 1/4 cup Brown Sugar
• 1/4 cup Oats
• 1/2 tsp Cinnamon
• 1 tbsp Caramel Sauce
• 1 tbsp Butter

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 375.
• Remove the cores from the apples.
• Mix the brown sugar, oats and cinnamon in a bowl. Spoon some of the mix into each hollowed out apples.
• Spoon 1/2 tsp of caramel sauce into each apple. Add more of the oat mix on top of the caramel and pack firmly.
• Arrange the apples in a baking dish and top each one with some butter.
• Bake for 40 – 50 minutes, until the apples are soft and the skin wrinkled.
• Serve warm with additional caramel drizzled over top of the apples and with a scoop of ice cream or whipped cream

We hope you love these baked apples with caramel sauce and brown sugar as mush as we do! If you need some fabulous table decor for the big day, check out our Rustic Painted Pine Cones and Acorns.

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