The jig is up for me. It seems the teachers have put two and two together and are taking advantage of it. No longer do I get the easy job of providing plates or juice boxes for the holiday classroom parties, I am now slated for the task of providing the good stuff. Ok, maybe it’s not that bad, but if this past Christmas was any indication I am betting that I will be asked ...
Easy Baked Dry Rub Chicken Wings
I should make more chicken wings than I do. My son can eat his weight daily in the little finger foods and they do fit nicely into my keto diet. It would be a great idea to just have these Easy Baked Dry Rub Chicken Wings ready to go at all times in the fridge. Maybe if I did he would lay off the cookies and ice cream and potato chips. Or maybe that’s just wishful thinking. ...
Easy Keto Parmesan Mashed Cauliflower
Cauliflower is everywhere. You can't swing a dead cat on the internet without hitting some kind of recipe made with cauliflower. It's the darling of the low carb world, making all of your favorite carb loaded dishes possible again. The thing with cauliflower it seems though is that no one wants to eat it all by itself, because it's not all that appealing. You really have to ...
Low Carb Chicken and Sundried Tomato Alfredo Zoodles
This Low Carb Chicken and Sundried Tomato Alfredo Zoodle dish is a satisfying low carb and ketogenic one pan meal. It's full of flavor and protein and covered in a savory, creamy sauce. This post may contain affiliate links, which means I make a small amount of money should you purchase through that link. I do not link to products that I do not personally ...
What you need to get started on a Keto Diet
This post contains affiliate links, which means that I make a very small amount of money should you purchase through that link. However, I wholeheartedly recommend all products linked to. I've talked about how I got started on Keto in Part 1, and in Part 2 I told you the basics of what Keto is. But what do you need to get started on a ketogenic diet? In this post we will talk ...
Low Carb/Keto Broccoli Cheddar Bacon Quiche
January means three things to me; it’s cold, I have a birthday, and it’s diet season. I always diet in January. It’s the easiest time of year to try to lose a few pounds because everyone else is also trying to get rid of the holiday love handles. This year is a little different because I actually started last month (because I love to torture myself and be surrounded ...
Italian Braised Beef Shanks Recipe
I vividly remember saying to someone in conversation just a few months ago, “I hope we have a cold winter. We sure do need it.” We need it because it’s good for crops and bug suppression and because I love fruit and I want fresh, juicy local peaches come Summer. But I would be a big, fat, liar if I said that I am enjoying getting just what I asked for. January is shaping up to ...
My Keto Journey Part 2 – What is Keto and what am I eating
I am not a doctor, a health professional, or anything associated with the medical field. This post is not meant to be medical advice but merely my personal experience and opinions. This post may contain affiliate links, which means I make a small amount of money should you purchase that product. I do however wholeheartedly recommend the products that I have linked ...
My Keto Journey – Part 1
This post contains affiliate links. That means if you click on a link, end up at Amazon and then purchase that item, I make a very small amount of money. Even though I get paid for these transactions I wholeheartedly recommend the products I link to (and would even if I didn't make any money). I'll tell you guys a little secret about me. I'm fat. Not just a little fat, I'm a ...
Sheet Pan Garlic Butter Salmon
Even though Christmas is over, we all still have a little time left to celebrate friends and family. (Our family especially has reason to celebrate since I became a Great Aunt to beautiful baby girl.) But let’s be honest, by the time we all get through the hustle and bustle of Christmas we all want to be a little more relaxed to ring in the new year. That means celebratory ...
Upside Down Pear Cake
I’ve been on a pear kick lately. This is a strange thing for me because, well, I don’t really like pears. I mean they are kind of like an apple but not an apple. They are juicier which is good, but they sometimes have a weird grainy texture that makes me cringe a little. I don’t mind cooked pears but this fat bottomed fruit is not the first thing I reach for in the produce ...
Ham Broccoli and Potato Chowder
The tree is up, even though it leans precariously to one side as if tempting one of the new kittens to bring it all down in a blaze of silver tinsel and glory. A small smattering of precisely wrapped and bowed packages are waiting patiently under the leaning tree tempting the children to wonder what could be in them. In the kitchen, the last vestiges of Thanksgiving dinner – ...
5 Minute Roasted Red Pepper Dip
Several weeks ago, my husband and I found ourselves lying in bed at 10AM, recuperating from a very long, very busy week. My feet throbbed with exhaustion, my stomach reminded me that we were too tired to eat dinner the night before and I discovered that somewhere along the way I had picked up a family of chiggers. It was at this point that my husband, not in much better shape ...
Maple Pecan Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes
Now that the pumpkins have been carved and the only thing left in the candy stash is a couple of Smarties and a boat load of Tootsie Rolls, it’s time to turn our attention to the fast approaching holiday season. I know this year has zoomed by, but nevertheless, Thanksgiving is just around the corner. November in our family is also a heavy birthday month. My Mom, my ...
Muffin Tin Eggs Sardou with Quick Hollandaise
The Big Easy is known the world over as a city full of music, culture and booze. But even more than the party-all-day persona, New Orleans is loved for its food. In our distant past, my husband and I made a few vacations down to NOLA to test-drive our new love (and our livers) in the city that never seems to sleep and while we had more than I fair share of Sazeracs and ...