I used to try recipes from 101cookbooks.com all the time, but I was the only person that ever even tasted them. So I stopped trying after I had my second kid, too busy to make food no one would eat. But, with yet another holiday party with sloppy joes, cheesie potatoes, and chili cheese dip--I HAD to come up with some alternative

I made Roasted Pumpkin Salad. I used Butternut Squash instead of pumpkin. I also made some honey roasted walnuts and tossed them in. It was SO GOOD. And no one tried it at the party, so I had plenty of left-overs for myself