Sausage Zoodle Soup

This soup is similar to chicken noodle soup, but with breakfast sausage and zucchini noodles instead.

Sausage Zoodle Soup

1 32 oz. container chicken broth (I used Trader Joe's Organic Chicken Broth)
8 oz. turkey or chicken bone broth (I used Pacific Organic Turkey Bone Broth)
4 large carrots, peeled and sliced
6 stalks of celery, washed and sliced
1/2 red onion
1 16 oz. roll pork sausage (I used Jimmy Dean breakfast sausage)
1/3 c. Wegmans Basting Oil (sunflower seed oil with parsley, thyme, and garlic)
3 small zucchinis, washed, ends chopped off, and spiralized
1 Tbsp. poultry seasoning (sage, thyme, salt, oregano, ground mustard, basil, red and black pepper)
2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. black pepper
1 tsp. adobo seasoning (optional)
1 Tbsp. minced garlic
1 tsp. onion powder

Heat broth, carrots, and celery in a large soup pot until veggies are soft. Medium heat should do. Saute red onion in a bit of oil and add to pot. Add all seasonings to the pot. Stir well. Cook sausage and add to pot. Add raw zoodles 20 minutes before serving. Serve and enjoy.

Spice Cake

This soft, eggy cake can be eaten for breakfast or dessert. It's not overly sweet. I like to top it with vanilla spiced pudding.

Spice Cake

Cake:
1 c. CarbQuik
1/2 c. almond flour
5 oz. cream cheese
1 stick butter, softened
1/4 c. heavy whipping cream
1/3 c. water
4 eggs
a little less than 1 tsp. liquid Splenda
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 1/2 tsp. pumpkin pie spice blend

Pudding Frosting:
1 box Sugar Free Vanilla Pudding Mix (get the slightly larger box)
1 1/4 c. heavy cream
1 c. water
1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice

For the cake:
Combine CarbQuik, almond flour, and pumpkin pie spice in a bowl. Set aside.
In a mixing bowl, combine butter and cream cheese. Turn mixer on to the 3 setting or so until combined. Add other ingredients in order as listed above. When all the wet ingredients are mixed, add in the bowlful of dry ingredients. Grease and flour a cake pan. Pour batter into pan and bake at 350 F for about 35 minutes. Allow to cool. Flip cake out of pan.

For the pudding:
Combine all ingredients into mixing bowl. Using the whisk attachment, whip until thick. Scrape bottom of bowl and mix again. Serve pudding atop the cake. Chill if not eaten immediately.