One of the things that I love most about blogging is the opportunity to meet new friends.
Do you guys know Katie?
I’ve been following her blog for quite some time and love her creative ways to make delicious recipes a little healthier.
This week, I made friends with her Mini Pumpkin Pies.
I actually adapted her recipe a bit, because I was making these for a group of people and didn’t want them to be too freaked out by a super healthified recipe 
I used wonton wrappers like she did, but my filling was a little more like traditional pumpkin pie. Note: if you do a more traditional pumpkin pie filling like I did, I recommend baking them for about 10 minutes and then covering them with aluminum foil and baking for another 5.
They were heavenly.
You know how chai lattes kind of taste like Christmas in your mouth?
These, my friends, are Thanksgiving in your mouth.
I also met a new HUMAN friend this week too!
Adorable blog reader Alex reached out to me a few weeks ago about meeting up sometime and we finally did this past Sunday.
We chatted for over an hour about family, friends, fitness and everything in between.
I love that blogging has given me the opportunity to not only “meet” amazing women around the country who share my interests and beliefs, but also that it allows me to connect with people who live in my own state that I may not have met otherwise.
Alex shot me a text yesterday wishing me good luck on my big Cost Accounting exam today. Remember the last one?
Yikes :-/ I’m nervous!
I started out the morning with a great run…
[in perhaps the most obnoxious running outfit ever]
And am fueling up my body and brain with my favorite simple breakfast as of late.
oatmeal + blueberries and a delicious, foamy almond milk latte
Wish me luck!! Talk to you soon!
What’s your favorite fall recipe?
Have you had any blogger/reader meet ups lately?
Best pre-test breakfast?!
Brittany @ Itty Bits of Balance
/ November 8, 2011How do you make your lattes so frothy!? It looks SO good! and WHERE did you get those awesome running leggings?! I’m obviously just obsessed with most of the things in this post haha
In Sweetness and In Health
/ November 8, 2011Haha I love your running leggings!! I have not yet had any blogger meet ups but I can’t wait until it happens
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Brittany
/ November 8, 2011GAH GAHH I don’t know where to begin with this post!! I LOVE THOSE LEGGINGS! No like really…I NEED SOME! I JUST made this dessert two days ago with sweet potatoes! The wonton wrappers were awesome! I wish I knew bloggers close to me so I could have a meet up..booo…I think you just need to come to Washington so we can hangout and make food!! GOOD LUCK!! I LOVE YOU!
Danielle Spellman
/ November 8, 2011That outfit is so great!
And those mini pumpkin pies are genius. I haven’t met up with any bloggers yet but I hope to eventually!
Claire @ Live & Love to Eat
/ November 8, 2011Those look amazing – can’t get enough pumpkin!
Sweetly Fit
/ November 8, 2011Ok I must know how you make your own lattes…I have been obsessed with them lately and Starbucks has been eating up all my money! I really need to stop that habit and make my own. help please?
and I’m so glad you got to have a blog meet up! I have not done one but really want to. Hopefully one day!
LittleMissGymRat
/ November 8, 2011Fantaaaaabulous outfit girl!
Work it haha
I find it really cool when the blog community translates into real life, love how you were able to have an actual meet up!
Kristen @ notsodomesticated
/ November 9, 2011Love the Scripture verse!!
And my favorite fall recipe is gooey pumpkin butter cake. I have a link to the original Paula Dean recipe. It’s so ridiculously amazing, delicious, and decadent!
runningperspective
/ November 9, 2011LOVE YOUR OUTFIT hahahahaahahahah you are so cute i love it! and yay for new friends that is soo why i love the blog world too!
good luck on your test girl you got this!
and that is by all time like my favorite passage everrr
Vishwa
/ November 9, 2011I just came across your blog 2days ago and I love it!!!
How did you make the latte? it looks so frothy and yummy:)
Alexa @ SimpleEats
/ November 9, 2011Good luck on your test, I’m sure you did great! I love toast with almond butter and banana…I’m usually too nervous before tests to eat anything else!
Kate @ Chasing It
/ November 9, 2011BEST RUNNING OUTFIT EVERRRRRR!!!! seriously where did you get those tights?? they are BOSS. or “the jam” as you would say hahaha. My fave fall recipe is currently your baked pumpkin pie oatmeal thing!
Allison (Allison's Delicious Life)
/ November 9, 2011GOOD LUCK ON YOUR TEST! I know you are going to rock it, of course.
Also, your latte looks delicious. Do you have a milk frother? If so, which one? I might ask for one for Xmas ;P
Emily Dryden
/ November 9, 2011I LOVE your running outfit! Mine are always obnoxious too. But, hey, whatever works!
And your lattes seriously look better than the ones I pay 3 dollars for at my favorite cafe. How do you make them so frothy??
Good luck on your test!
myhighonlife
/ November 9, 2011Haha that is quite the loud outfit-but at least you won’t get hit by a car in it
Your lattes look to die for. Same with those mini pies… I might have to make those and take them into work. It’d be fun! Good luck on your test
Spartan ab workout
/ November 10, 2011Woohhh! !Love those Mini pumpkin pie. .
Yummy!
Stephanie@Snacking on Sunshine
/ November 10, 2011Your running outfit is the BOMB! I love it!!
Those little pies look like such a great idea. I’d never thought to use wonton wrappers for anything other than wontons. (This is me pretending that I’ve used them before, period…)
At this point I think you’ve written your test, so I hope it went really well!!
Jacey Sisneros
/ November 12, 2011….Or… old friends?
How random, I just started a blog and was searching for healthy college girl-esque blogs to follow and for inspiration… and what do you know… look who I found
I love love love your blog. It’s so wonderful, and so you.
Miss you, love you Jord.
Jacey
pbbrittany
/ November 13, 2011LOVE your leggings that you ran in
Good luck on your test tomorrow!! You’re gunna do great
Brittany @ GOtheXtraMile
/ November 13, 2011OMG everything looks so good here! The pumpkin, the froth!! ahh. I wish I could go on blogger meet ups but I feel like no one lives near me =/ booo. Someday
Goood luck on your test!! Loveee your outfit ;D
Casey
/ November 14, 2011Sometimes there is nothing better than a bottomless mug of foamy coffee. You have me too excited about Thanksgiving. I’ve just started scouting recipe and deciding what I am going to make