Autumn is here.

This is the weekend of the Thirty-somethingth annual Warrens Cranberry Festival.  The last full weekend of each September in the town of Warrens, WI is dedicated to celebrating the cranberry.  Wisconsin is a leading cranberry producing state, and Warrens is the cranberry capital of the state.  For the three days of the festival, a village of about 400 people gets up to 100,000 visitors from all over the world.  There's food.  There's fun.  There's a parade.  For the many years I lived in Warrens the Cranfest, as it is often called, was a part of my life.  Between my church, 4-H, and singing I mostly worked.  Never been to the fest just for fun.  Someday I will change that, but not this year.

This year we are spending the weekend working through the first of the annual "I brought it home from school" viruses.  The little ones seem to be on the other side of the cold that's been plaguing them all week.  Now the goal is to keep the adults from getting sick.

In the meantime we are enjoying the cooler weather, the changing colors of the leaves on the trees, and trying new comfort foods.  I think I've invented a pumpkin soup recipe, and tonight with my 9 year old's help I came up with a recipe for a fast and easy dinner which I will now share with you:

Sloppy Chops
Put  4-6 pork chops in a pan.
Pour Sloppy Joe sauce over them.
Bake. 

Try it for yourself and let me know what you think.

Kate