You asked for it - you got it!! This is my adaptation of the low-carb pumpkin cheesecake... now in reality, you could substitute anything for the pumpkin... think fresh strawberries... raspberries... I have also heard of people using sugar-free Chocolate Pudding mix... I can post a recipe for that another time.  

Ingredients:

Crust:

• 1 ½ cups almond meal
• ½ teaspoon each of ginger and cinnamon
• 4 Tablespoons melted butter
• 4 Tablespoons sugar substitute (the key here for me is the Spenda/Brown Sugar Blend)

Mix all the crust ingredients in a separate bowl... I like to use a fork... then spread it out in the bottom of your pan.  With clean hands, use your fingers... its the simplest way to keep it from moving all over... This time I used a 9x13 pan and made them into bars. It turned out great and I will probably do this from now on...  

Filling:

• 3 8 oz packages cream cheese at room temperature
• 2 ½ teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 1/2 teaspoons Pumpkin Pie Spice
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 2/3 cups sugar substitute, or to taste - (the key here for me is the Spenda/Brown Sugar Blend and I used 5 1/2 tablespoons)
• 1 can (about 15 oz) pumpkin
• 1 Tablespoon vanilla
• 3 eggs

Midnight baking session!

Preheat oven to 350 degrees... 

Beat the cream cheese with a mixer until smooth... 

Add pumpkin (or other filler), cinnamon & pumpkin pie spice, salt, sugar substitute, vanilla to the mixture... beat until smooth...

Add the eggs in one at a time...  

When smooth - pour the filling into the crust & smooth it out.  

Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. 

Ta-da! 

I like to let it stand and cool off for about 30 minutes... and the I cover it and put it in the fridge for 4 or more hours before eating. Last night I decided midnight was a good time to make it - so it sat overnight in the fridge and was perfectly chilled this morning.... for breakfast...  Im not ashamed!!! It was perfect :) 

Big - BIG fans of Rocky the Zombie in this house... That is no secret! I was looking through her shop and giggling over all her photos that are of my kids.

Makes me happy!!! So I thought I would share some with you :) (Click the photos to go to their appropriate listings.)
Ms. Rozzlyn in the Zombie Lovers Shirt...
DJ IZZAQ~wearing the Zombie DJ shirt...

...and just for fun - a couple more I have tucked away :) UGH! Melting over here... I miss these little guys!! They are both 6 this month (Zavery just turn 6 and Izzaq turns 7 next month)... They grow too fast! But Rocky The Zombie always keeps us looking cool along the way!

Fellow mommy blogger over at Baby Making Machine takes SUCH cute photos of the adorable babies that she makes... so we HAD to get her some gear to model for us. We made her little dude a boppy cover & crib blanket... she recently sent us some photos so I just HAD to share them...
The blanket that we made was exclusive JUST FOR HER!! We pieced together white, offwhite & giraffe mink together... and backed it with all giraffe minky. At the time she didn't know the gender, so we stuck to neutrals & her nursery was giraffe themed... so this seemed like the perfect choice!   She really loved the blanket and I can't wait to see the photos of it in the nursery reveal blog post!
She loved the blanket so much that she came and bought a boppy cover to match. I am so glad that she did because these photos just MELT ME!!! How cute is that Squishy face and look at all that hair!! If you want one of your own you can click the photos above to be sent to the boppy cover etsy listing...  and if you love Baby Making Machine as much as I do - you're probably already liking her on facebook... but if not - you can do that here! She always has the best posts and giveaways!

Just a little update here on our friend going through Hell and back. She is almost done with Chemo and things are looking up... Counts are finally going in the right direction! After a bad lung infection, an implant removal, and some strong antibiotics we are one step closer  to getting rid of this cruel cancer... I want to thank you all SO SO much for those of you that donated to the Go Fund Me. It is still open and if you would like to donate you are more than welcome as funds are still VERY tight due to her not being allowed to work. People like you helping out make this world a better place!!

OH! And I almost forgot... a few weeks back our friends had a Cancer benefit for one of HER friends... and they raised money at Evolution Tattoo... so of COURSE I had to go in and get a tattoo for my girl. I had her pick out what she thought I should get... and the agreement was brass knuckles with "Fight Like a Girl" in the banner... I love it :) She loves it :)