Happy Friday! First off, I've got to share what I'm munching on... I made oatmeal peanut butter banana cookies from PB Fingers , with just a couple changes. First, her recipe makes four dozen cookies. I do NOT need 48 damn cookies in my apartment with just me here! So, I made 6 instead, which was a smart move... these babies are delicious and I could probably eat a dozen if I made that many! I also subbed her egg for a flax egg and added chocolate chips to mine (because in my opinion, desserts are always better with chocolate chips added in). They came out so yummy, so if you're looking for a cookie recipe, make these! Moving on to dinner... Now that summer is around the corner, I keep seeing watermelon salads popping up everywhere. I find it to be an interesting salad mix ... [Read More]
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Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Cookies
According to a Yahoo! News article I read the other day, 40% of food in the U.S. is wasted. This equated to $43 billion of wasted food in 2011. That's a whole lot of grub getting thrown out! I have to admit, sometimes food goes bad in my kitchen. I think it has to do with a few things: A.) The majority of the eats I buy are perishable (yeah, I'm produce obsessed) and only stay good for a short period of time. B.) When you cook a lot as I do, you tend to use a little bit of this and a slice of that, leaving you with open jars and half-eaten foods to remember to eat later. C.) I'm mostly living by myself right now. This makes it harder to buy the right proportions of food, especially because I measure out a lot of what I eat and don't consume all that much (despite the fact that I'm ... [Read More]