Sparkle Stories Blog

While we love pumpkin pie as much as the next person, more often than not we end up roasting autumn gourds into more savory preparations. One of our favorites is this herb-y squash risotto.

Every year I’d get up extra early to try to make my mom breakfast in bed. I’d even pick a little bouquet of flowers (hopefully not Mom’s prize roses) the night before, to make it extra special. And the meal? It was invariably scrambled eggs—at 8 or 9, it was the only breakfast recipe I knew how to make.

Lavender infused honey is a good starting place, but the method below will work with any number of ingredients. Think herbs like thyme, camomile, anise, cloves, rosemary, or mint. Or go really wild and infuse your honey with chili peppers, lemon peel, or dried mushrooms.

To help our turkey burgers taste like more of a summer celebration, I begin by buying turkey with a little higher fat content. It varies, depending on what’s available at the store in a given week, but I don’t like to buy ground turkey any higher than 93% lean.