I'm sorry.  I needed to bring the pumpkin back one last time.  And this might arguably be the best pumpkin recipe that I have ever created.

(Sorry for the lack of a picture...I accidentally ate them all before I remembered to take one.)

The cookie is actually a take off of my recipe for Dark Brown Sugar Cookies.  And it is stuffed with a mixture of pumpkin, sugar, and spices.  Yum.  Stuffed cookies.  The possibilities are ENDLESS.

How about a peppermint cream stuffed cookie for the wintertime?  I think yes.

Here's how to make these delicious little cookies!

Ingredients:

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 cup regular oats
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup dark brown sugar
• 7 tablespoons canola oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 6 tablespoons pureed pumpkin
• 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 tablespoon dark brown sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 tablespoons skim milk

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit.
• Combine ingredients 1-7 in a medium sized bowl.
• Combine ingredients 8-12 in a small bowl.
• Spray a mini cupcake pan with oil.
• Press some of the oat mixture into the bottom of 8 of the grooves in the pan firmly.
• Drop some of the pumpkin mixture into the middle of each of the cookies.
• Add the milk to the oat mixture left over in the bowl.
• Press the oat mixtures into 8 thin, flat pieces and place over each of the cookies.  Secure them firmly.
• Bake for 12-15 minutes.

There you have it everybody!  Enjoy!

Thanksgiving is officially over.  That means that all of the pumpkin flavored foods that are so popular in the fall are starting to be replaced with other things.

But that also means that another one of my favorite flavors gets to come back.  The flavor that is always associated with winter and Christmas.  Yep, you guessed it: peppermint.  I love it in everything, whether it's gum, or candy, or DARK CHOCOLATE PEPPERMINT BARK.

Yes, that is what I came up with when I was deciding what to make this morning, because it combines two of my favorite things in life, dark chocolate and peppermint.  Yum.  There is nothing else to say.  So here is the recipe:

Ingredients:

• 1 bar of dark chocolate
• 1 teaspoon peppermint flavor
• 1 crushed up candy cane

Directions:

• Melt the chocolate over a double boiler.  (Or in the microwave.)
• Once the chocolate is melted, stir in the peppermint extract.
• Stir in the candy cane.
• Spread the chocolate mixture onto a piece of parchment paper on a cookie sheet and freeze

There you have it everybody!  This takes about 2 seconds to make and is absolutely delicious!  Enjoy!

Sugar cookies are delicious.  There is no denying that.

So I decided to make them even better by using dark brown sugar instead of regular sugar, and you can bet I was happy with my results.  These cookies are the perfect amount of sweet and salty, and they melt in your mouth.

So here's the recipe:

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup regular oats
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
• 5 tablespoons canola oil
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit.
• Combine all ingredients in a medium sized bowl.
• Use an ice cream scooper to scoop equal sized balls of cookie dough on to a cookie sheet.
• Bake for 12-15 mins.

Enjoy!

I love soup.  I don't know why, there is just something about it's warm, rich taste that's super delicious.  So I decided I wanted some soup for lunch.

I looked in my fridge and I was like oh my goodness I have a lot of carrots and also a lot of broccoli so that's what I will make my soup out of.   And so I did. (Great story, right!)

Here is the recipe so that you can eat soup too!

Ingredients:

• 3 carrots
• 2 broccoli florets
• 2 tablespoon olive oil
• 3 cups veggie broth
• 1 can garbanzo beans (15 oz)
• salt
• pepper

Directions

• Chop up the carrots and take the tops off of the broccoli.
• Put the broccoli in a medium sized saucepan on low heat with the olive oil and some salt and pepper.
• Let sit for 3 minutes, then add the broth.
• Bring to a boil, then put on medium heat for 10 mins.
• Add the garbanzo beans at the very end.
• Put half of the soup in a blender and puree it, and then put it back in the pan.

That seems super easy, right!  It's the perfect dinner recipe for busy weeknights!

Everybody likes a chocolate chip cookie.  Especially those thin, crispy ones that are so delicious.

So that's what I decided to make today.  They are actually perfect and so delicious I can't even handle it, and the best part is I made them in about 2 seconds.

And you need to know the recipe too that you can feel the same kind of happiness over these cookies as I did.

Here it is!

Ingredients:

• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1 cup raw turbinado sugar
• 1 cup packed light-brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 2 egg whites
• 2 cups dark chocolate chips

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Whisk together flour and baking soda in a small bowl and set it aside.
• Put all the butter and sugar in a medium sized bowl and beat on medium speed until light and fluffy.
• Put on low speed, and add a quarter cup of water and all of the other ingredients except for the chocolate chips and the flour mixture.
• Add the flour mixture
• Stir in the chocolate chips.
• Use an ice cream scooper to scoop cookie dough onto a cookie sheet (put the cookie pretty far apart because they flatten out).
• Bake for 12-14 mins and let cool.

I really don't think that there is any better combination than peanut butter and chocolate in the world.

That's why, when I was trying to create a recipe to bake today, I instantly thought of that combination.

And it didn't fail me.  This cookie is the perfect blend of the two, with rich dark chocolate chips and a whole lot of chunky peanut butter.  Yum.  These will take you about 2 seconds to create, they are the easiest things ever.

So here's the recipe!

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1/4 cup agave nectar
• 1/4 cup light brown sugar
• 1 egg white
• 1 cup oat flour
• 1 cup chunky peanut butter
  
• 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Combine applesauce, agave, and sugar in a medium sized bowl.
• Stir in the egg.
• Stir in the oat flour and the peanut butter until smooth.
• Stir in the chocolate chips.
• Bake until golden brown.

There it is!  Easy as pie!  Try it out!  Also, remember to submit your recipes under the Contact tab!

Yes, you read that right.  Healthy Key Lime Pie.

Look at it.  It's beautiful (that's because I made it in my new springform pan.  yes I am very excited about it).

I found this recipe on my new favorite blog, Desserts with Benefits.  You have to check it out.  It has the best recipes EVER.

Best part about this recipe?  It's healthy without tasting healthy.  I'm serious I would not be able to tell the difference between this pie and one I bought in a store it's that delicious.

You can find the recipe right here.  Try it out!

Once upon a time, I was sitting on my computer, searching for something good to bake for myself.  Then I found it.  Pumpkin muffins.  And not just any pumpkin muffins, but amazing pumpkin muffins as created by Pinch of Yum.  I had to make them.  So I did.

Oh, so you see that beautiful glaze on top? It's maple out of maple syrup.  Yes, it is a sugary, silky, luscious topping to a delicious muffin.  There is nothing better.  I suggest you try it here.

Also, please please please submit a couple of your recipes to me!  I would love to see them!  Thanks so much!

I don't know about you, but I love Halloween.  Haunted houses, costumes, candy, everything.

When I found this recipe on Yummly I instantly knew that it was my duty to make these and share them with all of you.

They tasted delicious, and the best part is, they took me about 2 seconds to whip up.

I definitely recommend that you try these out!  You can find the recipe right here.

Happy Halloween!

Yes, the pumpkin is back.  And this time it's better than ever.

IT'S A PUMPKIN SOUP!  THE MOST DELICIOUS PUMPKIN SOUP I'VE EVER HAD!

It's creamy and spicy and chunky and just completely delicious.  And the best part is that it is so quick and easy to make that you can make it any day of the week!  I found the recipe from the blog Simple Nourished Living.  Try it out!  It's delicious!