Bonbons until you drop

There is a family month long mess at the house starting in December. For years we have made pounds of candy and send out batches to other relatives and friends.  It's time consuming but the easiest stuff once you get a groove.  My sister and I roll out the confection while someone dips them in chocolate,  taking breaks to let the peanut butter chill out again.  We would roll them up while watching movies/ chatting, the whole holiday cheer! The recipe is simple but it will be long in the making. We've also deterred from our traditional set by making almond butter or white chocolate or peppermint variations. They freeze well but we've never seen any make it too terribly long !

Adaptation

Years ago I found a recipe for blueberry muffins that used pecan meal as a flour replacer in some gluten free muffins. They were so soft and moist and used a lot less sugar which was a bonus for my partly diabetic audience. Knowing that it is indeed possible I went searching yesterday for a similar recipe including pumpkin.  Nothing like what I wanted! So I searched up some paleo banana nut muffins and did the Magical substitutions.
2 cups smashed pecans and walnuts (try to make sure some looks like ground nut meal)
3/4 cup flour
1/2 cup coconut flour
1/4 cup sugar
1 tsp Baking soda
2 tsp Cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp Nutmeg
1/4 cup oil
1/4 cup almond milk
1 cup pumpkin
2 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
1 tblspn molasses

Mix dry ingredients, mix wet ingredients, combine. Bake for 25 minutes on 350. It's a muffin, you know the drill. Stuff your face!

Cornbread and beeeeefy chili

Cornbread is a food group, part vegetable part whole grain, you just can't go wrong. Add some stew beef style chili and it's a match made in heaven. Especially since it is getting to be that chilly time of year where soups and thick stews are oh so necessary.

Southern soul

This is beyond yummy, pecan shortbread cookie bars ! I was skeptical at the limited amount of butter but they turned out crumbly but delicious.

Pecans are a must at Christmas for me, frosted pecans are up later in the week and a batch of pecan/walnut muffins (they turn out super moist as a gluten free muffin which is how I discovered them). Get all the omegas and whatnots? Plus I saw some paleo granola that involved just roasting a bunch of different variety of nuts and binding them together with sunflower oil, which was actually pretty tasty. So there's a trial for that coming up.

Dawn of the First Day

Well I only sort of woke at dawn, I managed to finally drift back off by then. But first day's business has been to get emails of the  ten bazillion variety unsubscribed from. This new exciting life as a stay at home mom means I'm getting things in gear! I hope, I have two months to get a system in place before my new planetoid comes to wobble the whole solar system. Sounds like a working deal, right?