Saturday, October 4, 2025
This is the final installment of our “Pumpkin Pizzazz” (with Jazz!) series and I am just as sad to see it end as you are. It’s been a fun, exciting and, most of all, tasty journey creating unique and unexpected recipes that are also college-friendly — all having been conceived by a nearly broke, lazy and busy college student...
Welcome back to this week’s edition of “Pumpkin Pizzazz,” or as some of my lovely Highlander co-workers really want to call it (for the sake of “witty” rhyme scheming), “Pumpkin Pizzazz with Jazz!” However, the name shall remain “Pumpkin Pizzazz,” as all of these delightful recipes are ours to share: Easy, fun and affordable — the ultimate tripartite of...
Want a fun way to “spice” up your life this harvest season? Stay on the vine with our “Pumpkin Pizzazz” food series, where we at Features teach you how to make three delicious recipes incorporating autumn’s ultimate vegetable (or is it a fruit?) — pumpkin! Since pumpkin has such a diverse flavor and has as many possibilities within it...
  Lighten up your summer with this creamy, versatile treat — with no guilt included. Courtesy of Flickr Banana Ice Cream Banana ice cream is a newly popular phenomenon that allows you to eat your favorite frozen dessert without the guilt. Eating banana ice cream is literally just eating frozen bananas, so each serving is no more than around 130 calories. The possibilities...
In my family and possibly yours, Christmas dinner means loads and loads of tamales, followed by days and days of leftover tamales. While it has become somewhat of a tradition in my family, powering through pounds of masa can become a chore after a while. This year, I decided to break the monotony and whip up a batch of...
Making a good meal for cheap For many of us, cooking a large meal can be a daunting experience. I’ve also heard many people claim that they’re “bad at cooking,” and if you’re one of these people, or are merely inexperienced, cooking a Thanksgiving dinner can seem impossible. Fortunately, I have good new. Cooking is merely following instructions. For those of...