My latest recipe to try was a Cheesy Meatball Bake.  The meatballs were so tender and delicious!  I liked it so much, I made it again...  :)  You can eat them by themselves, make pasta to go with it, or you can make meatball subs!  Recipe in the "Dinners" section.

Our new favorite weekend treat is a new ketogenic pizza recipe!  We are watching carbs, and have heard about these "fathead" pizza crusts, but had never tried one. On our babymoon vacation we made one in the cabin, and LOVED it!!  The dough consists of shredded cheese, cream cheese, 1 egg, Parmesan, almond flour, and Italian seasonings making the pizza full of protein instead of carbs.  I can't wait to make another one on Friday!  :)  Recipe in the healthy recipes section

Yesterday, I made a beefy veggie barley soup!  I had gotten a vegetarian minestrone at sprouts and wanted to re-create it, but I wanted meat.  I added beef and sweet sausage to the recipe and it turned out great!  Recipe is in the soups section:

Last night I made a quick healthy chili recipe.  No beans, but sweet potatoes and carrots instead.  David thought it was my best chili recipe so far! I had the recipe on this blog in "Healthy Recipes" but have added a few more ingredients like cilantro, and cumin :)  Enjoy

This past weekend we had our friend Jeremy over for a cooking night!  We made a sweet potato casserole ( one with marshmallows and one with brown sugar on top), a spinach blackberry salad, bacon wrapped asparagus, and juicy tenderloin steak!  It was amazing!  I'll add Jeremy's sweet potato casserole recipes to the "sides" section.  It's always fun having friends over to cook and learn new recipes!

Here are the sweet potato casseroles:  

Bacon wrapped asparagus 

Spinach salad with blackberries: 

Finished plate: The steak was topped with garlic butter of course!  😉

Since we are expecting a baby girl to arrive in April 2017, I've been keeping myself busy by making her some stylish hats!  Can't wait to see her in them!

Saturday 12/17 was our Annual Christmas Cookie bake.  I made Oatmeal Scotcharoo's (Oatmeal cookies with cinnamon and butterscotch chips), Blueberries and cream cookies, and Rolo Toffee mini chocolate chip, Sarah made sugar cookies and chocolate chip cookies, and Darlene whipped up some thumbprint jam cookies, Russian tea cakes, and fudge.  Each cookie was amazing!  This was my first year attending pregnant, so I had to take a few breaks in between batches to prop my feet up and rest, but all went well.  My nephew Calvin enjoyed his first year decorating cookies with us too!  Next year baby girl will be a part of the festivities!  David loved the Rolo Toffee mini chip and the blueberries and cream cookies.  We make goodie bags to hand out to friends, co workers, and neighbors.