Lauren Eats Gainesville

Fall is the most wonderful time of the year for more reasons than one. For starters, it's the beginning of the holiday season, trees begin to change colors and if you're anywhere besides Florida the weather begins to cool. Another reason and in my humble opinion, the most important aspect of fall is FOOTBALL. If you're anything like me, fall defines football season and you wait around all year for these glory months to return. Nothing beats spending the weekend watching your favorite teams take the field and (hopefully) give you a reason to celebrate at the end of the day. With these celebrations, comes the obvious.. food! No matter where you're watching the game or whatever the score may be, food can always make it more enjoyable. Whether it's a bowl of popcorn on your couch or the microwave heated cheese soaked nachos at the stadium, you're guaranteed to have a better time with a full stomach. Trust me, finger food and football is a game changer, pun intended...

If you're in the Orlando area, be sure to make your way to Southern Hill Farms in Clermont, Florida! Enjoy live music, hayrides, bounce houses and a glass of locally brewed beer or wine this Saturday and Sunday (10/27 - 10/28) from 11:00 AM - 7:30 PM. For the month of October, Bauer-BQ will be serving hot, fresh food to Southern Hill Farms visitors and pumpkin pickers! Bauer-BQ is a family-run restaurant that delivers the best barbecue in town. Southern Hill Farms is a family owned and operated u-pick farm that offers commercially harvested blueberries and for the month of October, pumpkins! The farm has picked only the best variety of pumpkins for you to choose from. Not only do they offer an abundance of pumpkins for you to choose from but they also take very good care of these pumpkins to keep them in pristine condition. I sat down with one of the SHF owners just to find out exactly how they keep these pumpkins picture-perfect.  You can visit the Southern Hills pumpki...

Boxed cakes are a glorious and delicious creation! Not only do they look and taste amazing, they are so easy that anyone can do it! They come in a variety of flavors so whatever your preference may be, odds are they come in a boxed cake. Below I have included a step by step instruction on how to make a boxed cake. Also be sure to check out my instagram @laureneatsgville, enjoy! View this post on Instagram How to make a boxed cake! 🎂 #cake #howto #boxedcake #vanilla #chocolate #easy #eggs #oil #cakemix #icing A post shared by laureneatsgville (@laureneatsgville) on Oct 1, 2018 at 4:52pm PDT