Pumpkin Nutella Swirl Cookies

I have been gone for a very long time! It's been a very busy time for me lately as I've been trying to find a second job (I did get one, thanks!), and also trying to write and memorize my speech for an event on ISU campus for sexual and domestic violence. I'm so excited for this speech, it's my first speech as a part of RAINN. The event is Tuesday and I've somehow only managed to memorize half of it! If any of you are in the area and would like to attend, above is a flyer for the event. I'd love to see you all there! The night will consist of a few survivors speaking of their experience, and then I'm told there will be a march around the campus and then some safe spots will be set up if you find anyone that you would like to talk to more about whatever, and then a candlelight vigil. It'll be a fun night, and it'll be very emotional, but it'll be entirely worth it! Hope to see you there :)

Pumpkin Bread

Good morning everyone! I hope everyone is enjoying those pumpkin pie protein balls ;) I have another great breakfast recipe for you today! When I was younger I used to bake a lot with my father. He put my foot in the pastry door with break apart cookies, and I've never looked back. When I got a little older he got more and more into baking and cooking, and he found this recipe for pumpkin bread, and he made it a few times until he got it just right, but when he did, it was the most delicious bread I've ever tasted! Now, I'm not sure which recipe he used, but the one I'm using reminds me of school mornings when there would be pumpkin bread in the house and I would sneak a slice for breakfast before I headed out the door! It's moist, it's dense, it's just scrumptious. Topped with my homemade healthy peanut butter frosting, this treat is the most enjoyable breakfast recipe I've ever made!

Pumpkin Pie Protein Balls

Yay it's fall! That means I can get as many cans of pumpkin as I like for the cheapest price, fill my basket to the brim with pumpkin, and no one will even take a second glance at me! I absolutely love fall, and lately I've been absolutely loving mornings. For the last few days I've been waking up around 7 am (except for this morning, I slept in until 9 ;) ) just to wake up and enjoy the part of the day I normally sleep through. I've found that waking up after exactly 8 hours of sleep gives me the much needed energy I usually lack, so I wake up around 7, shower, make myself a nice cup of coffee and just relax and get myself in order for the rest of the day. There's one thing that I never do though; I never have breakfast. I've never really been a huge breakfast person - my comically large ramekin-mug full of coffee usually suffices as breakfast for me. And halfway through my morning, I'm sluggish and struggling to stay awake (coincidence? I'll shamefully take that as a no...). These little babies are the perfect little thing to have with my morning coffee to keep me going until lunch! Heck, I might even have one or two with lunch to keep me going until dinner ;)

No Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake

Talk about a long awaited recipe! It's finally fall, and that only means one thing for the next couple months in food blogs: Pumpkins and Gourds! My favorite :) So let's kick this off right, shall we? Two of my favorite things are cheesecake, and pumpkin - so why not combine them? This was a great idea that I wanted to try and it turned out great!