Creamy Tuscan Sausage and Kale Chowder with an Herb, Garlic, and Parmesan Dinner Roll

It was a cold, rainy day today, so I felt like making comfort food.  Aside from the apple cinnamon streusel muffins I made in the previous post, I made a creamy sausage chowder and some dinner rolls. I’ve made dinner rolls before, but haven’t been entirely satisfied with the consistency or flavor.  This recipe, though,…

Apple Cinnamon and Walnut Streusel Muffins with Bacon Salted Caramel Cream Cheese Frosting

These little guys have all the components of happiness:  Bacon, Cream Cheese Frosting, Apple-Cinnamon-ness, Nuts, Caramel, it’s pretty awesome.  I based it on a blueberry streusel muffin recipe from the popular blog “I Breathe, I’m Hungry.”  You can check out the original HERE. Being more of an apple fan than blueberry, I have been craving…

Perfectly Crispy Chicken Wings with Parmesan Garlic Butter Sauce

The quintessential bar food, wings, is something that reminds me a lot of working at the cabinet factory when I lived in Upstate NY.  It was one of my favorite jobs I have EVER had, and one of the few I’ve held outside the culinary industry.  I think what made it so awesome for me was…

Baked Cauliflower “Mac” and Cheese

This has to be one of my all-time keto favorite foods now.  I am not even exaggerating.  Not only is it super cool looking because I made it with purple cauliflower, but it reminds me so much of my mom’s mac-and-cheese I grew up with.  Listen.  I know a lot of keto followers don’t like…

Juliette’s Corner: Orange, Sweet Potato, and Almond Pudding

Oh yes, folks, Juliette’s corner is here again, this time bringing you a lovely recipe for the paleo-preferring, health-conscious, tiny baby diva (or dude) in your life! My kids don’t follow a strict keto diet, but I do feed them whole, unprocessed foods. They eat a lot of color, and when I do Jute’s purees…

Stuffed Meatballs with Bacon and Parmesan Broccoli

Today, my husband, Steve, and I were pretty out of sorts.  I woke up at about 5 am with a panic attack (you know how it is, worrying about things you legitimately can do NOTHING about) and felt off for the rest of the day.  I was grumpy, which caused Steve to become grumpy.  Then…

Chicken Pot Pie

One of my favorite winter and fall dishes in the non-keto world is Chicken Pot Pie.  We have an amish market around here that makes STUNNING variations of this using these fantastic hand-rolled noodles, and that variety is one I have yet to keto-ize.  But I did decide to keto-ize the more traditional, Marie Calendar’s…

Chicken Kiev with Braised Baby Bok Choy

I’ll be honest, this was not dinner last night.  I’ve been slackin’ on posting on time.  I don’t mean to, but I’ve been busy with Jute trying to get her back on track.  So now, I’m trying to wake up early to pound out some of these recipes QUIETLY before the girls wake up!  Oh,…

Orange Chili Chicken and Broccoli

They’re forecasting snow here in New Jersey, and in this house, that used to mean takeout, because momma and poppa don’t go NOWHERE in crap weather unless the house is caving in.  This will, in fact, be the first snow storm for us where we are breaking that tradition, because apparently, Chinese restaurants don’t know…

Juliette’s Corner: Kale, Blueberry, and Avocado Puree

Julie was somewhat difficult to persuade that solids could possibly be any better than a good, old-fashioned bottle.  And I get that.  It’s kinda a tall order to replace something that’s given her so much comfort and sustenance for so long — her whole life, in fact! I’ve been scratching my head (and abusing my…

Spaghetti Squash Carbonara Tossed with Baby Arugala and Served with a Garlic “Bread” Bun

So I’m going to make this post short, because I’m legitimately EXHAUSTED.  I had a long, drawn out day of cleaning and cooking and chasing a particularly peevish eighteen month old with a six month old strapped to my body.  The struggle was real today, folks, and I was soooo happy I decided to make…

Beyond the Breakfast Sandwich: Chipotle Cheddar Biscuits and Sausage Gravy

As much as it hurts my heart to admit it, breakfast sandwiches get old sometimes.  (Please hold the death threats.) Having lived in the south while my husband was still in the Navy, we developed a certain fondness for scratch biscuits and sausage gravy.  My kitchen prior to keto almost ALWAYS had a bag of…