Sweet Bread and Muffins

This is a moist and hearty breakfast muffin made with fresh pumpkin, oatmeal, and brown sugar.

Here is a bread machine monkey bread recipe, though it can easily be done in the conventional muscle-building way. Use the dough-only setting in machines with 1 1/2- to 2-pounds capacity and do the rest by hand. Try adding 1/4 cup chopped nuts along with the raisins.

A quick and easy crumb cake with a cinnamon sugar topping.

You can't go wrong with this Greek salad, especially if you remember the only and most important tip: toss it with the vinegar first before adding olive oil. If you don't, it will not taste as good. Which reminds me, giving the amounts here is very difficult, since this really should be made to your tastes, so please use the ingredient list as a very rough outline.