• Spiced Molasses Sandwich Cookies

    I have a new favorite cookie… Spiced Molasses Sandwich Cookies!  Trust me… you will LOVE them! The perfect blend The cookie itself is quite sweet, especially with the course sugar, but the pumpkin-butter buttercream is the perfect balance.  It is just a little sweet with a good bit of spice making each bite the perfect balance.   If you are planning on just eating the cookies and not making them into sandwich cookies you could leave off the sugar until right when you bring them out of the oven.  That way the sugar is just on the top and not on all sides. Sugar options When I roll cookies in…

  • Pumpkin-Butter Buttercream

    The Holidays call for 2 things in my book… pumpkin and buttercream. One of my favorite pumpkin treats is Trader Joes Pumpkin Butter.  It is a little sweet with a little spice making it AMAZING!   When you add it to this buttercream recipe it is AMAZING! Not your normal filling I love a good sandwich cookie with a  good filling.   I love the richness and creaminess it brings to anything and everything you add it to.  Most of the time buttercream is used on cakes and cupcakes, but this time I used it as the filling for my new favorite cookie.  Yes cookie my Spiced Molasses Sandwich Cookies. If…

  • Keto Pumpkin Blondies

    Blondies have always been favorite of mine.  I love ones with butterscotch chips, peanut butter or chocolate chips.  I am not picky …. but one of my favorite blondies is a pumpkin blondie with dark chocolate.   KETO Good Just because I am doing KETO/Low Carb doesn’t mean I cannot still enjoy everything pumpkin this Fall.  I have fallen in love with my KETO Pumpkin Bread, it really is my most favorite pumpkin bread EVER.  I also love these Pumpkin Butter Cookies for a Fall cookies everyone can love.  Fall is not Fall without Pumpkin yummies. To add one more Pumpkin treat to my fall dessert tray I give KETO…

  • Fall Brownie Bites

    I cannot believe that Halloween is tomorrow… YES TOMORROW!  Each year we have a big family dinner with chili and yummies and this year I asked if I could do it all.  And then life happened…so I had to come up with something quick and easy that is super fun and super cute.  These Fall Brownie Bites are the perfect last minute treat everyone will LOVE! Store bought and so good Due to my lack of time I went to my local grocery store and picked up everything I needed… yes EVERYTHING, even the brownie bites.  Now if you have time feel free to whip up your favorite brownie recipe…

  • Hamburger Steak with Mushroom Gravy

    The weather is cooling down and some serious comfort food.  One of my favorite comfort foods is a nice hamburger steak with gravy… and now that I am eating mushrooms it is all about mushroom gravy.       Dinner TONIGHT Weeknight dinners can be so hard…you want something that is super yummy but also easy and quick.  The beauty of this recipe is that is all comes together in less than a hour and is SO GOOD!  It is loaded with tons of flavor and topped with a delicious mushroom gravy … comfort food at its best. You really can get home from a busy day and have dinner on the…

  • Keto Pumpkin Bread

    Pumpkin anything is my downfall, but a really great pumpkin bread is my MOST FAVORITE fall treat.   Time for Pumpkin, people I love to use pumpkin in baking.  It adds so much moisture to cakes and breads without a lot of extra fats, carbs or calories.  I even add it to my coffee sometimes for a little extra creaminess and something special….my own homemade PSL. For this recipe pumpkin is the star and it helps to create one of the best pumpkin breads I have EVER had. A little extra crunch To add a little something extra to this amazing pumpkin bread I topped it with spiced walnuts.  Yes,…

  • Triple Chocolate Cookies

    IT IS FINALLY FALL!  I love all the fall colors, the pumpkins, the leaves, the scarecrows…all of it.   I even love some of the scary parts of Fall, like googly eyes and a goblin or two…but nothing too scary.   To welcome in everything fall and celebrate a little of the scary I give you Triple Chocolate Chip Cookies.   For the record… these cookies are good anytime of year, I just really love how awesome they are with the fall colored M&M’s and the eye ball candy.  All the chocolate I love, love, love chocolate.  Dark chocolate, milk chocolate, white chocolate, semi-sweet chocolate, bittersweet…I love it all.  For…

  • Broccoli Cheese Soup (KETO Friendly)

    It finally dropped down the 70’s/80’s in Southeast Texas and that is soup weather down here and I have been craving broccoli and cheese soup something fierce so here we go….KETO friendly Broccoli Cheese Soup. One of the best I am a BIG, BIG fan of broccoli and cheese soup.  When I go to Panera I always get in their bread bowl (well before KETO that is) and I LOVED it.   Being that I now a Keto Girl I decided to make my favorite soup Keto style and let me tell you it is AMAZING! In past recipes I have used whole milk or even half & half and…

  • Bacon Brussels Sprouts

    A side dish can truly make or break a meal…but this quick Bacon Brussels Sprouts dish will make any meal AMAZING! Super Easy The beauty of this side is with a few simple ingredients and one pan you can create a side that everyone is sure to love…even those that are not big brussels sprouts fans.  To amp up the flavor I cooked the sprouts in the bacon grease which not only helped to caramelize them perfectly but also added a ton of bacon-y (it’s a word I promise) goodness to each bite.  It also meant that everything was cooked in the same pan, making clean up even easier! FYI…If…

  • Fudgy Brownies (KETO friendly)

    It has been a month on KETO and honestly I have been LOVING it.  I haven’t really missed or craved anything…except brownies.  I am a BIG, BIG fan of brownies and have been on the hunt for a delicious, fudgy keto friendly brownie that everyone would love….and I have FOUND it!! Fudgy deliciousness For me a good brownie is loaded with chocolate but a GREAT brownie is super fudgy and rich…these brownies my friends are GREAT!  The are loaded with tons of chocolate.  There is dark chocolate and cocoa powder making these brownies super rich.   I also added in a bit of espresso powder which helps to intensify the…