Girls' Night: Breakfast for Dinner

Yesterday was our monthly 

Girls' Night!!

I thought I'd rock my pink tank & zebra belt for the occasion.

OOTN:

Tank: Target

Maternity leggings: Target

Belt: Charlotte Russe

Lip Gloss: Mary Kay

Makeup: BE

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We love getting together, but as we are {gasp} getting older,

going out to the bars and such, just ain't our thang.

We adore the coziness of staying in, sipping on something special,

and taking turns preparing yummy meals for one another.

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 So we decided to do a "Breakfast for Dinner" theme last night.

Alison hosted,

Kristin brought quiche appetizers,

Matty was in charge of salad,

and I had dessert.

We pulled together quite the feast!

[as per usual]

Alison made homemade pumpkin bread for french toast,

then used cast iron skillets to prepare it on the grill!
She's amazing.

So is her food.

Thanks for the leftovers girlfriend!!

She was all decorated for fall.

They all enjoyed Wine Slushies.

I dutifully sipped my water.

 Matty's yummy fruit salad!

Kristin prepping for her first day of Kindergarteners!

And I decided to go all out and bring an evil evil dish.

The Pioneer Woman's Monkey Bread.

I followed this recipe here.

 It's a cheap dessert & beyond easy to make.

Ingredients:

3 cans of buttermilk biscuits {$.59 each}

2 sticks of butter

1 cup white sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar

3 tbl cinnamon

The Pioneer Woman's Monkey Bread.

And it's not healthy, clearly.

Look at all that butter!!

I love how cool it looks.

We enjoyed it by the fire...

We have officially been meeting once a month for a year.

I can't believe how much has changed in one year!

I am so blessed to have these friends.

Happy Thursday!

Perfect Pumpkin Bread

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I tried out a Food Network recipe, but made some changes.  It's soft, moist, and has tons of pumpkin flavor!! The following makes enough for two loaves.  {One to keep & one to give away!}

Pre-heat oven to: 350 degrees

Grease 2 loaf pans {I used cooking spray}

Ingredients:

• 3 cups sugar
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 4 eggs, lightly bean
• 16 ounces canned unsweetened pumpkin
• 3 1/2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon allspice
• 2ish teaspoons of pumpkin pie spice
• 2/3 cup water

Directions:

 Stir together sugar and oil. Stir in eggs and pumpkin. Combine dry ingredients in separate bowl. Blend dry ingredients and water into wet mixture, alternating. Divide batter between two loaf pans. Bake for about an hour or until both loaves are browned & the toothpick comes out clean of batter. Let them cool completely before you take them out.

It's the perfect gift to give to those whom you cannot spend the actual day of Thanksgiving with.

  Much love!! Happy Turkey Day!!

xo