Fun snack

This is just a fun easy treat I made for Camden. A bowl of applesauce, strawberries cut in half, and a maraschino cherry. I arranged the strawberries and cherry in a starburst pattern for a little more excitement (I think it looks like an octopus, but Camden was adamant that it was a sun).

Cravings

Every so often, I find myself craving a food. And that craving sticks with me (for months, sometimes) until I give in to it. Well, lately, I've been craving some chocolate chip cookies. But I didn't want to deal with making a batch, because of the time involved, the mess it makes, the clean up, and I didn't want to deal with having 36 delicious cookies living him my house (because they wouldn't last long; I have no willpower). So when I stumbled upon a recipe to make two cookies, I thought it was a gift from the gods!



Chocolate Chip Cookies (the little version)

Ingredients
1 T white sugar
1 T brown sugar
1 T butter
1/8 tsp vanilla
pinch of salt
pinch of baking soda
1 T water
1/4 cup + 1 T flour
1-2 T chocolate chips



Mix together all the ingredients. The best part of this recipe is that the order doesn't matter--no need to cream the butter with the sugars or anything of that sort. Just throw it in a bowl and mix!



Delicious cookie dough! If you prefer, you can just eat this. No eggs, so no worries about disease or whatnots.



Form it into however many cookies you want/can. I ended up adding a bit more flour than the recipe calls for (because I like cakey cookies NOM!), so my recipe ended up making two good size cookies. But you can make one large cookie, or several smaller cookies.

Bake at 350 degrees for 10-13 minutes, or until the edges are brown and enjoy!

Snack Wrap

After getting gas bills for over $100 two months in a row, I've turned the heat down in my house. Not a lot. But instead of being a toasty 72, it's now a chilly 68. And while one wouldn't think this would make such a big difference... Well, it does! So I've been wearing a jacket and sweat pants and knee socks just to stay warm. And somehow my son still manages to run about in his undies--I don't get it. In addition to additional clothing, I've also upped my calorie intake. Not on purpose. But because I'm constantly hungry. Something to do with my body using more energy trying to stay warm or some such.

So last night I decided to have a snack, but I didn't want the usual cheetos or potato chips. So my options were:

Make some tomato soup (but I have no crackers!)
Cook up a stirfry
Bake some cookies
Eat a too-sweet orange
Make a sammich



I went with make a sammich, because I love me some sammiches! Except I didn't feel like fussing with the bread, so I pulled out a fajita sized tortilla shell instead. Spread on some Miracle Whip; threw on some ham; gently placed some lettuce; topped it off with some sharp cheddar. Then I rolled it all up and voila! A wrap. Actually, my first wrap. (Unless you're counting all the Mexican sammich wraps I make, but normally people just call those burritos or some such.)