Coconut Dream Cookies With Mini Chocolate Chips, a Sweet Treat for College Care Packages

My twin grandchildren, one male, one female, returned to college last week. One attends a large state university the other attends a small private school. Both of my grandchildren are please with their college choices. This year, instead of living in a dorm, my grandson is renting an apartment with three home-town buddies.

There are two bedrooms in the apartment and each has two beds. One room is for “The Neats” and the other room is for “The Slobs.” The kitchen is small, but efficient, and the young men will be preparing their own meals and cleaning up after themselves. One of the roommates is a pretty good cook and so is my grandson.

Last year I sent my grandchildren care packages from home and they were a hit. In February I sent them Valentine boxes. I tucked a small teddy bear in my granddaughter’s parcel. She liked the contents so much she photographed them.

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Sour Cream Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

The sour cream chocolate chip cookie recipe turns out a light and fluffy, moist chocolate chip cookie! Don’t blink your eyes-these delicious morsels will be gone that fast!

Ingredients

2/3 cup salted butter, softened

1/2 granulated sugar

1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon packed brown sugar

1/2 cup sour cream

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

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Lorna’s Warm and Chewy Delicious Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

Cookies are one of America’s number one snacks. I would have a snack attack and the first thing I will crave for is something with chocolate in it. It had to be chewy and satisfying. I do no know one person who does not like chocolate chip cookies. I love baking homemade cookies for my children. Walking in the door from a long day of school to the smell of mom’s freshly bake cookies just fills their hearts with joy.

I hope you enjoy my recipe and keep it in your hearts for many, many years to come.

What you need:

Stick of butter or margarine softens.

¾ cup of white sugar

¾ cup of brown sugar

2 eggs

11/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract

21/4 cup of all purpose flour
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9 Tips to Making Mouth Watering Chocolate Chip Cookies

Think back to a time when you where a child and coming home to the aroma of homemade chocolate chip cookies. It’s not hard to do. Homemade chocolate chip cookies (CCC) made from scratch are the absolute best.

Now you can fill you home with the same aroma reminiscent of your childhood. After burnin’, ruinin’ and choking down some of the worst (CCC) I’ve ever made, I’ve come up with 9 tips that will have people begging for your homemade (CCC). Continue reading “9 Tips to Making Mouth Watering Chocolate Chip Cookies”

List of Herbs and Seasonings for Oven Roasted Vegetables

Grilled or oven roasted vegetables are easy to prepare and provide good healthy food. Roasting vegetables is a quick and easy way to add variety to a meal, whether roasted in the oven, on the stove top, or on a grill.

Many of the vegetables are delicious plain, with no seasoning at all. That is especially true for those of us who enjoy the taste of raw or steamed vegetables. Slow roasting vegetables adds a different texture and enhances the flavor, especially those more-bland foods like cauliflower or some squash.

Salt and pepper can be added to any vegetable to enhance the flavor. However, with many low-sodium diets, we need to find other ways to improve the flavor. One great way to add flavor without compromising the nutrition value is to add herbs as the vegetables are cooking.

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Top Rated Crock Pot Recipes That Are Definitely A Must-Try

If you have a slow cooker, you can cook thousands of different dishes from a variety of cuisines. If you’re not sure what recipes to start with, you can opt to cook popular crock pot recipes first as they are proven to be delicious. Here are some of the top rated crock pot recipes you can try making at home:

Easy Creamy Slow Cooked Chicken

What you need:

6 boneless and skinless chicken breast halves
1 can condensed cream of chicken soup
1 cup Italian-style salad dressing
1 cup cream cheese
1 cup chicken broth
1/2 teaspoon dried basil
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
Salt and ground black pepper to taste

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The Perfect Pre-Race Dinner: Pasta With Bolognese Sauce

In order to perform at their best, athletes of all ages need to train well, get plenty of sleep, stay hydrated and eat a nutritious diet that is well balanced and wholesome.

In the days leading up to a competition or race, it becomes even more important to eat well to ensure that the body has the energy resources required for the big day. The pre-race dinner plays an essential role in preparing the body for competition. The key objective with this important meal is to replenish the body with all the nutrients needed for peak performance. Pasta with Bolognese sauce meets that challenge and tastes great too!

This rich, meaty dish provides plenty of protein, along with complex carbs and good fat, to refuel the muscles. Add a crisp, green salad with fresh veggies and a loaf of crusty, artisan whole wheat bread and it’s a complete meal. Pasta with Bolognese sauce is a hearty and satisfying dish so a light dessert of fresh fruit is all that you need to finish it off. Try it before your next big game! Recipe serves 10-12 people.

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Metaphors in the Soup Pot

If it’s fall, it’s time for soup!

Fall calls us to come inside, take those wools and warm socks from the bottom drawer. When dark comes earlier in the day, soup calls.

The story of a good soup – in its early round pots or in today’s shiny all-clad flat bottom brands – remains a favorite topic of story writers everywhere.

When the aroma of fresh vegetables simmering for a soup fills any everyday kitchen, the aroma signals a sigh and feeling of “coming home.” That familiar smell brings a kind of satisfaction and reassurance about food and eating of course. But it’s also a satisfaction about life in general. A pot of soup and a good story can do that.

Soup stirs up the literary in us.

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How Does Cooking Affect Spice Flavor?

As you know, timing is everything when preparing a meal. The same holds true for spicing, that is, when you spice has an effect on the intensity of the flavor. Depending on the spice, cooking can increase potency, as you may have discovered when adding cayenne to your simmering spaghetti sauce. Or the flavor may not be as strong as you thought it would be. This is particularly apparent when adding herbs that are cooked over a long period of time, whether in a sauce or slow cooking in a crock pot.

Flavorings can be tricky when they come into contact with heat. Heat both enhances and destroys flavors, because heat allows essential oils to escape. The beauty of a crock pot is that slow cooking allows for the best results when using spices in a meal. The covered pot keeps moisture and steaming flavors and oils from escaping, and it allows the spices to permeate the foods in the pot. Using a microwave, on the other hand, may not allow for flavor release, especially in some herbs. Continue reading “How Does Cooking Affect Spice Flavor?”

The Controversy of Candida Tomato Paste

There is a lot of people out there wondering about Candida tomato paste and how they go together. Many diets tell you that you can eat tomato paste, and the next diet will tell you that you can’t. So what is the truth about Candida tomato paste?

First, we need to realize that tomato’s themselves are not bad when talking about Candida or yeast infections. They are actually a very healthy food to eat and help when fighting a yeast infection. The problem is when we start getting into Candida tomato paste and other forms of tomato’s.

The first thing we need to look at when talking about this subject is the form of the tomato paste. Things such as ketchup, spaghetti sauce, and sweetened tomato paste are not what you want to be eating if you are trying to fight a Candida yeast infection. The reason this is true is because of the amount of sugars contained in each. The Candida fungus thrives on sugar, so you want to make sure that your Candida tomato paste doesn’t contain much sugar, and preferably none at all. Continue reading “The Controversy of Candida Tomato Paste”