The best cookies in the WORLD.

These truly are the best cookies ever--

in fact, you'll probably want to drop whatever you have scheduled today

and make them right now!

They are SO GOOD! 

I found the recipe on Pinterest,

from the blog Apple a Day

and I am [oh] so happy I decided to give it a try.

Best-Ever Chocolate Chip Cookies

barely adapted from Anna Olson, Food Network Canada

Ingredients: 

3/4 c. unsalted butter, softened 

3/4 c. brown sugar 

1/4 c. granulated sugar 

1 egg 

2 tsp. vanilla extract 

2 c. all purpose flour 

2 tsp. cornstarch 

1 tsp. baking soda 

1/2 tsp. salt 

1 c. bittersweet chocolate chips

Directions:

1.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

2.  In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream together butter and sugars until fluffy and light in color. Add egg and vanilla and blend in.

3.  Mix in flour, cornstarch, baking soda and salt. Stir in chocolate chunks.

4.  Using a standard-sized cookie scoop or tablespoon, drop dough onto a prepared baking sheet.  Bake for 8-10 minutes, until barely golden brown around the edges.  (The tops will not brown, but do NOT cook longer than ten minutes.)

5.  Let cool, on the sheet, on a wire rack for five minutes.  Remove from baking sheet and let cool completely.  Makes approximately 3 dozen.  Try not to eat them all.

Makin' Bagels!

These are 

heavenly.

I've always been a little skeptical of making my own bagels-

ever since moms first try ten years ago didn't work out, 

and we ended up feeding them to the dog.

Well, mom found a new recipe!

She taught me how to make them 

successfully

and the other day I got brave and tried it on my own.

They're actually pretty easy-

make the dough, let it rise.

punch it down, add yummy things, shape bagels, raise.

boil for a minute, 

get that scrumptious chewy exterior

then bake

and eat, eat, eat.

Lasagna Roll

I made this for my hubby's bday dinner-

It was such a hit! 

I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed it as well.

It's like lasagna, 

but rolled, and really really pretty

and yummy

Spaghetti sauce on the noodle, then

Frozen spinach mixed with ricotta

turkey burger and some cheese

Roll 'em up

Fresh basil on the top

Garden Spuds

We had a little freeze last week (already!). The freeze warning was sent out, and we went to the thrift store to get some extra sheets to toss over our veggies. We covered our herbs,  and our tomatoes and peppers, they are still producing quite well. Yum. There was frost on the windshields in the morning, and it was cold! I think we prevailed the frost with our new garden sheets, however. Take that, cold snap. My hubby noticed some of his potatoes were peeking above the dirt, and he decided to dig them up that afternoon. They are so gorgeous!

I used them for part of an amazing dinner, they were so simple yet so tasty. I just tossed them in a baking dish with fresh rosemary and oregano from the garden, and drizzled a touch of olive oil and salt over the top. They were absolutely delicious. How long can you handle reading a post about our potatoes? Because I really could go on and on.... however, I will spare you...

We also had these mouth watering baked Zuchini Sticks with our spuds.

Oh yummy.

Have you ever eaten fresh potatoes out of your garden?

Uh... Talapia?

I decided to be really healthy while I was grocery shopping so I grabbed a thing of Talapia fillets. A couple days later I came across this really great recipe, so I decided to try it. "Marinade the Talapia in Teryaki sauce and then broil until done, serve over rice. Garnish the top with chopped mint and cilantro drizzled with olive oil and some vinegar." Easy.

I decided to add some fresh green peppers out of the garden and some pineapple, just because we had it and it sounded good. Plus we had fresh garden tomatoes that I could put on the side. Delish.

You know that this meal is actually fat free (sans the olive oil)? Boo ya. I made a fat free meal without even thinking about it. I realized it once it was in the broiler. Everything turned out fine, and I think it would have been a stellar meal, had it not been for the Talapia! Those of you who know me, know that I really really really tolerate the taste fish. Really. I tolerated the taste, I was good and ate my whole plate of food.... but next time I'm totally going to use some chicken breast!