Tammy Time

I have been trying a lot of new recipes lately that I find on Pintrest and thought I would share and review my opinion on a few of them that I have recently made.... Starting with, low carb bread . So one thing on a low carb diet, bread is pretty much out the door. I don't really miss it as there are a lot of substitutes that work great for bread, but every now and then I want an ooie gooie grilled cheese sandwich. Not having bread makes this a bit difficult. So I looked up a recipe for a low carb bread and decided to give it a try. As you can see, my bread turned out pretty nice. Had a nice brown crust to it, my toothpick came out nice and clean, sure looks like bread! I dumped it out of the loaf pan and onto a plate so I could cut it and store it easier. It came out okay... I probably should have greased the pan a bit better, it did leave some of the bread behind on the bottom, but that's ok, I still have a good looking loaf of bread that I can eat! I get everyth...

I am not sure where I originally found this recipe to make this easy delicious banana poke cake, but the first time I made it, my family fell in love with it! Now, I am on a low carb diet and trying to stay sugar free, so I had to make some changes to this cake to at least fit the sugar free part of it. I am sure if I made a cake from scratch using almond flour or something I could reduce the carbs as well, but, this is my birthday and I am allowing myself this little special treat. You will need: Vanilla cake mix (I used a sugar free cake mix) Instant banana pudding mix (I couldn't find sugar free in banana so I used sugar free vanilla pudding) Cool whip - defrosted (Again, I got sugar free cool whip) A couple of bananas 1. Start off by preparing your cake mix as directed on the box (or if you are making it by scratch). This cake is easiest to do if you make it the 9x13 cake size. And bake it! 2. After your cake is done, set it aside to cool for about 15 minutes. ...

Today is my birthday! I can't hardly believe it, I am 44 years old today and feel half that age! My celebration started last weekend, Saturday we had a gathering of friends and family. My parents, my brother and his family, my best friend and her husband and another friend from the club I'm a member of came over, in addition to the 7 in my family alone. We sat around my new fire pit area complete with benches that my husband built for me for my birthday! Had a few drinks, some appetizers and had a good time. This year for my birthday, my oldest son took me out to lunch and then bought me a new hummingbird feeder that I wanted. And the hummingbirds enjoy it too :) Then my oldest daughter took me to Kohls to buy some new shoes that I needed to have for working purposes. Following that, she took me to Bed Bath and Beyond where I got some nice smelly good stuff, and then we went to Starbucks where she treated me to a pumpkin spice coffee that was delicious! My you...