If you follow me on Instagram, you saw that Raylee and I made these whole wheat cookies recently. They are my favorites! My mother-in-law always makes them and keeps bags of them in her freezer. I love eating them straight from the freezer, especially in the summertime. I really wanted to make a big batch of these to keep in our freezer before Ruthi arrives. I knew they would be a great pick-me-up type snack for me to quickly and easily grab between motherhood duties. Plus, since they contain oats I figure they can only help with lactation. These cookies are made with whole wheat flour, Continue Reading
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
Happy first day of fall ya'll! It's here, it's finally here! I feel like everyone loves fall. In fact, I don't think I've ever met anyone who didn't like fall. It's just the best! And with it comes pumpkin -- cake, bread, drinks -- pumpkin everything! So how about some pumpkin chocolate chip cookies? In honor of the first day of fall, I wanted to share a pumpkin recipe with you. My roommate Ricci used to make these cookies every fall and we all went ga-ga over them! I decided to whip up a batch myself and eat them all myself share with friends and co-workers. Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Continue Reading
Peanut Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
It's a long name, but these cookies are so good. If you like peanut butter ... if you like chocolate ... if you like cookies, you will like these! And that's all there is to it! Here's what you'll need: Flour Baking soda Salt Butter Peanut butter Sugar Brown sugar Chocolate chips Vanilla Egg Rolled oats First, in a separate bowl mix together the flour, baking soda and salt. In your Kitchen Aid mixer, or in a bowl using a regular mixer, cream together the peanut butter, butter, sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla for about three minutes at medium speed. Continue Reading
Strawberry Oatmeal Smoothie
I'm proud to say I've been going to the gym on post to work out every day (well, not on weekends, but those don't count, right?) I usually get home right at lunch time, and I'm starving! I always want something healthy like fruits and veggies -- working out makes me want to eat healthier for some reason. Maybe because I don't want to cancel out all the work I just put in. Anyways, today I made a smoothie. Smoothies are usually pretty good for you and they are simple to make. This strawberry oatmeal smoothie had a tasty flavor and was filling. It was a great post-workout Continue Reading