Friendly Fill-Ins and Shopping Around the World

We're pawticipating in Friendly Fill-ins sponsored by McGuffy's Reader and 15 and Meowing.

1. I  would like to interview  Pope Benedict XVI.  Bill and I saw him when we went to Rome__.

2. I would like to be interviewed by _EEEK....I don' think I would like to be interviewed at ALL!_.

3. Halloween night was always fun because Bill would dress up in his horses head with his recording of a horse.  The kids loved it!      .

4. Once Halloween is over,   People seem to skip over Thanksgiving and go right to Christmas.      .

Today is also Shopping Around the world with our pal Bacon from PigLove

From Bacon's Blog:

This month and next month Shopping Around the World is being hosted by my brother Phenny  (thanks bro).

This month brother Phenny is asking for:

PUMPKINS

or squashes or gourd…anything from the cucurbita furmily goes…you can make a cake, soup, snack… whatever you like…

and the day for shopping around the world hop  is: FRIDAY OCTOBER 27th

grab your shopping cart, buy a pumpkin and share the prices of the things you used and the recipe of your pumpkin-dish

Low Carb Pumpkin Cheesecake Mousse

Not Mom's photo

Ingredients

• 16 ounces cream cheese room temp
• 15 ounce canned pumpkin not pumpkin pie filling
• 2 cups heavy cream
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice or use cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves
• 1-2 teaspoons Pumpkin Spice SF syrup or sweetener of choice
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

1. In a KitchenAid or stand mixer blend cream cheese and pumpkin until smooth.
2. Add the rest of the ingredients and blend until whipped and fluffy about 5 minutes.
3. Taste and adjust sweetener to your liking if needed.
4. Pipe into serving glasses and top with cacao nibs or brown sugar sub .  Best if Chilled about an hour to set and thicken but still fantastic to enjoy immediately!
5. Keep refrigerated until ready to serve.

Cream Cheese  $4.28/ 2 pack (16 ounces)

Canned Pumpkin  $1.88

Heavy Cream  $3.24/ pint

Pumpkin Pie Spice  $3.99/1.12 ounce jar

Pumpkin SF or regular syrup  $7.99 for 750 ml bottle (Mom uses these syrups in tons of stuff)

We hope you try this!!!  We can't wait to see the other recipes!