A Pink Kitchen: December 2015

Nestle Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies

5:00 PM

So I am on the hunt for the perfect chocolate chip cookies, that's my excuse at least. I haven't found 'the one' yet, I may never (story of my life,) but I'm trying. And these are really, very good.

I got the recipe here.

Start out with 1 cup of butter, 3/4 cups granulated sugar, 3/4 cups brown sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 2 large eggs, 1 teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon baking soda.

Add 2 1/4 cups of flour.

Add 2 cups chocolate chips.

Bake at 375 for 8-10 min.

These are suppose to be the Original Nestle Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies, I don't know about that. But they were nice.

Bake

Cookie dough

5:00 PM

What is the safest cookie dough to eat? The cookie dough with no eggs in it.

So many options.

So even though I'm not vegan I made this just about the same way, although I used butter instead of coconut oil. Either way is great, and either way works.

I got the recipe here.

Add in 1/2 cup butter, or 1/2 cup coconut oil. Mix in, 1 cup brown sugar,1/4 cup almond milk, 1 tablespoon vanilla extract, (if you are going to cook it, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon baking powder), 1/2 teaspoon salt.

Next add in 2 cups flour, mix well.

Now add in your chocolate chips.

You can bake them at 350 for 7-10 minutes and make really good cookies, or you can eat them as is, or you can eve put them on brownies and indulge. Its all up to you. I tried all three ways, and they all are really good.

Really, very good.

Blackberries

Berry Smoothie

5:55 PM

I love smoothies. Lets just say I even made one that tasted like a peanut butter cup. But this is one I made recently, sorry for the lack of photos.

For Juiced Vegetables I usually use my favorite veggies in my juicer, but stores have already squeezed fresh juice also.

Bake

Kale Chips!

5:00 PM

Kale is extremely good for you. I love kale chips. Every time I crunch down on one I feel like I am going to become some kind of fitness god. I just have to figure the fitness part out.

This is possibly the most simple way to make kale chips.

You Will Need:

Kale (Everyone says to use dinosaur leaf kale, although my grocery store doesn't carry it so I just usually buy the curly leafed kind.)

Any kind of salt, I use Himalayan.
Coconut oil, You can use olive oil if you prefer.

Preheat the oven to 300 degrees.

Take two tablespoons of coconut oil and put it in the microwave.

Cut the stems off of your leaves, you don't have to, but I prefer it that way.

Take the coconut oil out of the microwave.

Wash your leaves.

Dry your leaves, you don't want to cook them wet or they will come out soggy.

Put your leaves in a bowl and pour your coconut oil and salt on. Use as much salt as you would like.

Mix your leaves up, I use my hands, but you can just stir them up. Make sure all of your leaves are coated with your coconut oil or they wont cook properly.

Lay them out flat on a pan and put them in the oven. I usually set mine on the middle rack.

Cook for about 15 minutes, or till the edges get a little brown.

Take them out and eat them up! They are so good.

Cook

Fried Rice

5:00 PM

So I made up this recipe after watching something online. I figured I could give this a go. And it turned out pretty fantastic.

I started out with frozen peas and carrots, my grocery store doesn't carry much fresh veggies unfortunately, so I stick with what I can get fresh and the rest is usually in the frozen section.

I fried them on medium heat. then pushed them to the sides of my pan and in the middle added 2 eggs, scrambled.

I let those cook, mixing a few times before mixing them all together.

Then I added in my rice, about a cup of rice.

Mixing those all together I let them cook for a bit before adding my sauce.

For sauce I just used a little soy sauce and a tad of sugar in it, it gave it a unique sweetness to the salty flavor. But of course you don't have to add sugar. I used in total about 1/4 cup of soy sauce.

And I served it to my taste tester, Dawnny. Who devoured it and asked for seconds. I am pleased.

Bake

Brownies

5:00 PM

I coated my brownies with Vegan cookie dough. You can find my post about it here. They are a match made for me. This post is all about the brownies though.

Dawnny has favorite food groups like the rest of us. One of hers, is the crust of brownies. Anyone else? She considers it a food group just like I consider lemons their own food group.

I got this recipe here.

First you want to start out by mixing 1/2 cup vegetable oil with 1 cup sugar. Mix well.

Mix in 1 teaspoon vanilla, 2 large eggs, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon baking powder.

Next add in 1/2 cup flour and 1/3 cup cocoa powder.

Mix it all together, and if you want it extra bad for you, add in chocolate chips. They are worth it.

The recipe called to bake it for 20 minutes, but I ended up leaving it in for almost 40, so check it periodically after 20 minutes so you can have your desired bake. Bake at 350 degrees.

Like I said I added vegan chocolate chip cookie dough on top. Its fantastic.

Bake

Chocolate Chip Cookies

5:00 PM

Chocolate Chip Cookies are constantly on my brain lately. In fact I have made more than I wish to say, and eaten more than I wish to accept. But I have also sent some to Dawnnys place of work. So all hope is not entirely lost for me.

I got this recipe here.

First up you want to beat your butter and sugar together. So beat on high 3/4 cups granulated sugar, and one cup softened butter. Next add in your brown sugar, 3/4 cup, and 1 egg.