Here at the Wild Horse Inn we love to host Colorado family reunions.  Gathering the entire family together is so fun – especially if you don’t have to cook!  Wild Horse Catering served the Shakes Family this summer, and it was such a beautiful event.  Thank you to PureLife Photography for sharing these photos.  What was for dinner?  Chilled wine and Colorado beers, seared salmon, grilled spice rubbed steaks, stuffed portobello mushrooms, apple wasabi slaw, garlic mashed potatoes – and all kinds of pies for dessert.  Getting your family together?  Call us!

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Is there anything better than a cozy weekend in a Colorado Bed and Breakfast?  Yes there is.  It’s a cozy weekend at a Colorado Bed and Breakfast where you can bring your dog.  Here at the Wild Horse Inn – we love our dog (and yours too).  So book one of our dog-friendly cabins and have a safe place for Fido to lounge for the day or better yet, a place for your pup to curl up at your feet after a long day of hiking some of the incredible dog friendly trails in Indian Peaks National Forest.  Give us a call, come stay in Winter Park for the weekend – we will show you where the trail starts.

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Does anything really beat a delicious home cooked breakfast before a day of Colorado skiing or mountain biking?  Here at the Wild Horse Inn we think that breakfast really is the most important meal of the day (we are a Bed and Breakfast after all).  Our guests continue to rave about John’s world famous pumpkin pancakes.  Of course, we would prefer that you join us at the Inn for breakfast but here is the recipe just in case we won’t see you for a few months . . .

Serve with a sprinkle of powdered sugar and maple syrup.

John’s Pumpkin Pancakes
Serves 4

Ingredients

1 cup of all purpose flour
1 TBSP baking powder
1 1/2 TBSP brown sugar
Pinch of salt
1 tsp allspice
1 tsp cinnamon
2 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp ground ginger (or ginger puree)
1/2 cup whole or soy milk
3/4 cup pumpkin puree
1 egg
1 TBSP canola oil

Directions

1. Mix dry ingredients together in a bowl
2. Whisk wet ingredients together to break up the egg
3. Add the wet to dry ingredients
4. Stir until comibned and smooth
5. Drop batter onto buttered hot griddle and cook until lightly bronwed and cooked through
6. Enjoy!

Cook’s note: We love to serve these with a baked spiced pear on the side.