Pumpkin Bread

Last year one of my first blog posts I wrote about how I wanted to bake with pumpkin, well it finally happened! A whole year later..yes guys, this is my second pumpkin related post, and it is so worth it. This was actually requested by Daniel, which was so exciting for me, because this man survives off egg whites and protein shakes. My sister baked a pumpkin bread 2 weeks ago and Daniel fell in love, when I asked her for the recipe...she replied with "it was out of a box" boo :(
So I did what I do best..googled a recipe, and here it is!

1 Can of Pumpkin Puree
4 Eggs
1 cup of Vegetable Oil
2/3 cup Water
3 cups White Sugar
3 1/2 cups of Flour
2 teaspoons of Baking Soda
1 1/2 teaspoon of Salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger

Begin by mixing the pumpkin puree, eggs, sugar, oil, and water.

In a separate bowl, we mix the dry ingredients

 Flour, nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger, and ground cloves

..then oh my gosh, you guessed it, we mix the wet and dry mixtures together, and this is your batter!

 Mixing this is definitely an arm workout, so whisk until there are no more lumps

 Pour your batter into a greased loaf pan, I know my loaf looks so lonely & sad, but it is so the opposite, because it is full of - f l a v o r 

side note** this recipe makes enough for 2 loaf pans, though I only had one, I made the rest of the batter into cupcakes / muffins

Bake for 50 minutes -1 hour in your pre-heated 350 degree oven, and enjoy the heavenly smell your oven will be releasing

annd an hour later here it is! I had to poke my loaf 3 times before getting my kabob stick to come out clean, that is when you know it is done.

slice it up, and enjoy. Daniel ate this whole loaf in less than 24 hours. Not joking, so go on and make this for your man, or woman, or just for yourself, just make it!

Egg & Ham cups

Sunday mornings usually consist of Ben and I sending Daniel to pick up breakfast tacos ( texans live off these ). But this morning I wanted something different and figured I can make these little guys with all my left over ham and veggies from the week. If you're on pinterest I'm sure you've come across these. 

So here is my version, you'll need

Cupcake / muffin tin
Ham
Eggs
Cilantro
Green onions
Tomatoes
Mozzarella cheese
Salt & Pepper

You'll start by dicing your veggies and pre heating the oven at 400 degrees.

Spray your cupcake tin with cooking spray and place your square piece of ham in each socket, pushing it down, and cracking an egg over the ham and cracked a bit of pepper over the eggs.

I then topped each one with my diced veggies, and finally a little bit of cheese. Pop them in the oven and let them bake, we're not a fan of runny egg yolks, so I baked them for 18 minutes or so, but if you like that type of thing I'd cook them for about 12-15 minutes.

And that is it! Easiest, cutest breakfast ever, something I would definitely make again and for a healthier option I'd use turkey over ham ;)