Cinnamon sugar muffins

What can I say about these cinnamon sugar donut muffins......well I can say that Zane was excited just by the sight of them. He screamed as I sat it on his high chair tray and it had barely touched before he shoved it in his mouth. And my husband and I thought they were delicious too. These would be perfect with a cup of coffee and some fresh fruit.

easy butter cream frosting

I have always loathed making cupcakes. I know I know but you love baking?! Well I do love baking anything but cupcakes.

Crock pot turkey Chili

Chili is always my go to recipe. You can use the left overs for so many things chili mac, nachos, chili spaghetti I could go on trust me. But this turkey chili not only is so good you might not even have left overs but it's also good for you! I like to make my chili in the crock pot because you can just throw it in there and forget about!

Spicy chickpeas

I have tried making these for a long time and they either come out mushy or burnt. This time they were just about perfect. I let them sit in the oven at 350 for about an hour and a half they were super crunchy and spicy. The spice all really depends on how hot you like them. I like them hot so I put in about double the recipe I've put on here but they were spicy and I mean that with double the spice they would especially not be great for kids lol.


Spicy crunchy chickpeas
1 can = 3 servings
1 serving= 3 WW pts


1 can chickpeas drained rinsed and  patted dry with a paper towel
1/2 tbsp cumin
1 Tbsp chili powder
1/2tsp Tbsp cayanne
1/2 tsp garlic salt
1 tsp olive oil

 Drain and rinse the chickpeas and pat dry with a paper towel. In a medium bowl mix all dry ingredients together. In a separate bowl place chickpeas and drizzle with olive oil and mix around till they are all coated. then transfer chickpeas to spice bowl and mix until coated with spice mixture. Then spread out evenly over parchment lined cookie sheet and bake for 1 1/2 on 350 degrees to get super crunchy. If you don't want them to be as crunchy you can do a higher heat and less time.

WW Pineapple angel food cake

Wow it's been awhile since my last post! Life has been crazy at our house! We have remodeled a bathroom and now are in process of changing the floors in our kitchen. So I have felt like a crazy person I don't really handle stress real well lol. Also I have decided to become annoyingly dedicated to Weight Watchers again. It's been 16 months since Zane was born so it's about time to put the excuses to rest. Don't worry I will still be posting some non WW recipes I just can't help myself I'll just have to save my weekly points for such occasions.

Gooey peanut butter chocolate cake

 

This cake was inspired by the great Paula Dean's Gooey butter cake from her cookbook Southern Cooking Bible. I liked how simple she made this cake. She uses a boxed cake mix (yellow in hers) she also gives lots of add in options in this book so that's what I went with a chocolate peanut butter combo. My favorite!

pecan shortbread cookies

 I started out just wanting to make shortbread cookies then I realized that I had a about 2 cups of chopped pecans that were needing used. That was perfect for my husband he loves pecans! The real reason I wanted to make shortbread cookies is that I have these awesome Peanuts cookie cutters that I have been wanting to use. There's Snoopy and Charlie Brown, the whole gang! Unfortunately my dough was a little thick for my cookie cutters and then I couldn't find my heart cutters so I settled for stars. So here they are Pecan shortbread cookies!

Pizza bagels

Pizza bagels are my go to easy toddler dinner. Zane LOVES pizza bagels! I sometimes find when I pick Zane up from daycare and get home he is starving way before I can get dinner on the table. When that happens I don't always want to give him chicken nuggets and meatballs (his other favorites lol) I like to mix it up and these take only minutes. This was actually my dinner tonight too my husband was gone for the night so it worked out perfectly because I secretly love pizza bagels and smiley fries with chili sauce :)

Fire sauce bean dip

 This dip was inspired by my love of Taco Bell fire sauce and the need to clean out my cabinets and fridge :) and I've made this several times and everytime I find something new to add to it so don't be afraid to mix it up!

Iron skillet pineapple upside down cake

This cake could not have turned have turned out better! It's beautiful and delicious. I make pineapple upside down cakes a lot for my husband it's his favorite. I usually just take the more lazy route and use a box cake mix but he just remodeled our bathroom and felt I should make the extra effort :)


Iron skillet upside down cake

1 can diced pineapple
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1 cup brown sugar (firmly packed)
3 eggs
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup 2 tbsp cake flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 cup butter (1/2 stick)

Melt butter in a 10 inch iron skillet.  Sprinkle brown sugar over butter then drain pineapples and reserve 5 Tbsp of juice for cake. Spread pineapple over brown sugar and kinda mush up the pieces as you do that. Then sprinkle the pecans over evenly and set skillet aside. In a bowl mix cake flour, salt and baking powder and set aside. In your mixer beat eggs then add in sugar, vanilla and pineapple juice. Once well blended add in flour mixture then pour over butter mixture in your iron skillet and bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes or until golden brown on top. Once cooled off a bit flip over onto serving plate and enjoy!

Spicy party meatballs

Here is a great recipe for party meatballs in case you are a super procrastinator like me and haven't thought about super bowl Sunday yet until today. These are super easy, super tasty and have a spicy kick to them. Wanna see how many times I can fit super into this post?

Tropical carrot salad

I don't know how but I have 3 huge bags of carrots in my fridge..... so here is a carrot salad recipe. This would be a great side dish to take to a picnic or potluck. It's easy and not that I think you should have to be sneaky with your vegetables or anything but this stuff is so sweet and delicious. It's a very fun way to get your veggies in.

Easy Popovers

Ok so when I say easy popovers I do mean that. Having said that my popovers didn't exactly POP well they did but then they dropped. But these popovers were delicious and Zane loved them. We ate them with home made apple butter. They were light, fluffy, and super easy.

WW pumpkin brownie muffins!

 

 I got this recipe from my best friend and I could not believe first off that anything with devils food cake could be WW friendly and secondly that it would taste good. Wow was I wrong! Two of these mini muffins are only 5pts and they are delicious! Plus this recipe is so easy it takes only minutes to make. Now that's what I'm talkin about! Mom friendly, diet friendly and cake lovers every where friendly!

Crayon stars

 Got a bunch of broken crayons? Or just feel like making crayon stars? I made these for Zane because right now with him being so little these will be much easier for him to grab and color with.

Peanut butter fluff bars

I have been seriously craving peanut butter and chocolate lately so expect alot of recipes involving those to come :)