All You Need Is Love & Pizza

If I said my life was busy right now it would be a complete understatement. It seems like we have something going on every single day. MK has a shoot just about all the days, and well as many of you know mothering never stops. So when it comes to a quick delicious meal and when that delicious meal is low carb pizza, I’m all about it.

I’ve talked before about eating low carb and I honestly couldn’t tell you the last time I had anything made with flour or sugar. Not only is it really paying off I’m really enjoying the challenge of cooking with almond flour. I recently found this recipe for almond flour pizza (in the “Simply Keto” cookbook) crust and I’m totally obsessed!!!

“Quick And Easy Personal Pizza”

1. Preheat oven at 350 degrees

2. For crust: In a microwave safe bowl, mix mozzarella almond flour, and seasoning. Stir well. Microwave for 25 seconds.

3. Knead the dough for a few seconds and add in egg yoke while still warm. Knead until its a ball and then form a disk. Put it on a lined baking sheet and press into a disk about 5-6 inches.

4. Poke holes in several places throughout the crust. Bake in the oven for about 10 minutes.

5. Remove from the oven and flip it over. Top however you’d like, then bake for another 3-4 minutes.

   Not only is this a perfect, healthy option for your pizza fix, it only has 479 calories and only 7.8 carbs!

   Have an amazing Thursday and I hope you Have some delicious food waiting for you at the end of it!

Come Together

Annnnnnnd que The Beatles!

Do me a favor and pretend that “Come Together” by The Beatles is playing in the background while you read this.

Would you like to know my favorite thing about food? It brings people together! Few things I love more than making a dinner and looking around at all the people I love in one room eating the food I made.

Food is universal. I follow a couple of food hashtags on Instagram and I come across some absolutely beautiful, delicious, and looking food. The post details are often not even a language I recognize and I think that’s a beautiful thing. The moral of my story? Food brings people together no matter how different they may be or even if you don’t know them. Political views? Outfit choices? Parenting opinions? I feel like all of that noise falls to the sides when food is involved.

And hey, if one of those things do happen to come up while enjoying a fabulous meal then at least…you have food to stuff in your face before you make the mistake of talking politics…

I’m always trying to push my own boundaries and I never want gatherings at my home to all feel the same even though it’s the same environment. For this past Sunday we celebrated Father’s Day and after all that time being apart coming together will never be taken for granted ever again. Once, a few years ago I covered my island in butcher paper and wrote what all the foods were. This time, I used chalk board paper. It’s a fun way to present food. I call it an “Island Party” full of appetizers. Feel free to make this a full blown island theme.

My point is no matter how you come together food is usually involved. And why wouldn’t it be? The next time you serve food switch up the way you present it!

Today is a two-for. I’m showing you a very fast and easy “Manly Campfire Cake” as I called it. Since it was Father’s Day I only thought it was appropriate.

what you need:

• cake mix of your choice

• icing of your choice

• red, orange, and yellow hard candy

• Pirouettes

• Marshmellows

  what you do:

  1. Put candy in a ziplock bag and smash it then on a foil lined baking sheet, put them in the oven on 350 degrees for about 6 minutes or so. Then pull them out and let them cool completely.

  2. Make your cake and ice it.

  3. I used a torch and lightly toasted marshmallows for the edge of the cake.

  4. Break up the Pirouettes for the “logs” and make them come to a point like a fire.

  5. Break up the cooled candy and arrange like a fire.

  That’s it! You have an adorable (and manly) cake that makes for a great centerpiece for a party. This would be a fun one to make with kids, too!

  Have a fantastic Wednesday! I hope you get to come together with loved ones this week!

How To Herb

In THE KITCHEN that is…

I can tell you right now my love of herbs is genetic. Growing up, my mom was in the garden a lot. She had two big beautiful gardens. One for her flowers and one just for her herbs. So me loving them is no coincidence.

For today’s Perfectly Plated, I’m sharing my go-to herbs for cooking and baking. I get these every single year and making delicious things all summer long.

my favorite herbs and what I do with them:

Hopefully you’re enjoying your first full week in “the green”!

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!