I stopped by my favorite grocery store - Trader Joe's and saw that the shelves were full of pumpkin overload! There were sugar pumpkins for baking for only $2 and lots of small decorative pumpkins in various colors. First I'll tell you what I didn't get even though I was eyeing them lol - pumpkin pop tarts, pumpkin cereal bars, pumpkin croissants, pumpkin ice cream, pumpkin biscotti, and pumpkin bread mix (two kinds).

I got a huge haul at TJs! 

• pumpkin greek yogurt (a one time treat since its high in sugar)
• pumpkin butter (I measure one serving when I use it)
• cranberry apple butter (low in cal and sugar)
• fig butter
• pumpkin macarons
• pumpkin cream cheese (only consuming a half serving each day at breakfast on my toast)
• pumpkin ravioli
• organic tuscan kale (loaded with vitamins A, C, and K, high in beta carotene, one of the world's most nutritionally dense vegetables)
• pecan pumpkin instant oatmeal (this is super sweet and I serve it with almond milk and a half scoop of vanilla shakeology  to add more protein)
• pumpkin frozen waffles (to be eaten with the pumpkin cream cheese)
• coconut cashews (so addicting!)
• butternut squash triagnoli
• Spelt Risotto (a great hot breakfast option, it's made with smoked provolone so it tastes like it's made with ham)

I was also excited to see that it's pear season again so I stocked up on some red anjou and asian pears.

I took a macaron baking class once and ever since have been a sucker for this treat! I served them at my Valentine's Day party last year. Two pumpkin macarons is only 90 calories so it's not a bad treat.
It keeps in the freezer so it's not something you can easily take out and eat the whole package since you have to defrost them.

 Menchie's pumpkin frozen yogurt mixed with their graham cracker flavor - to die for! I like that they use milk from California cows that have not been treated with artificial growth hormones (rBST). I tried the pumpkin pie flavor at Fro-yo but it tasted more like cloves than pumpkin to me. Pinkberry had a sign up that their pumpkin flavor is coming soon. Random fact - the Kardashians go to the Calabasas Menchie's location often.