Stay Healthy, Eat CookiesA healthy cookie? Actually, yes! What better time to try out some healthier dessert options than during the winter months when we’re trying to lose all of that extra holiday weight? These Banana Cookies are a delicious and healthier alternative that are sure to satisfy even the most stubborn sweet tooth! Don’t take our word for it though, try them out for yourselves! (Recipe from allrecipes.com.)
Save Space, Toss a CakeStill have a fruitcake lingering around from the holidays? Clear up some free space and toss it – literally! This weekend Colorado is hosting the Great Fruitcake Toss. Manitou Springs, Colorado holds an annual Fruitcake Toss, complete with competition rules and prizes for the most beautiful fruitcake, the ugliest, the most creative use, and fruitcake that has traveled the farthest for the competition. But you don’t have to travel all the way to Colorado to get rid of a funky fruitcake – just hold your own competition right in your own backyard and chuck that sucker as far as you can! You know you want too…
Celebrate OatmealJanuary is officially oatmeal month! Oatmeal is affordable, delicious and a nutritious way to start your day! Don’t just settle for the usually oatmeal and raisin cookies though, there are tons of great recipes out there you’ll definitely love. Click here to see an entire list from Quaker Oats or try out the recipe below to get you started in celebrating oatmeal month! Oatmeal Caramel White Chip Bars PreparationHeat oven to 350°F. Grease 13 x 9-inch metal baking pan. For crust, beat flour, sugar, butter, baking soda and salt in large bowl with electric mixer until crumbly. Beat in oats on low speed just until combined. Press half of mixture (about 2-1/2 cups) into bottom of baking pan. Bake 10 minutes. Cool in pan for 2 minutes. For filling, sprinkle chips and nuts over crust. Blend caramel topping with flour. Drizzle over morsels and nuts. Crumble remaining oat mixture over nuts. Bake 18 to 22 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Cut into bars. |