A great recipe for Double Chocolate Chunk Walnut Cookies from the amazing Skinnytaste cookbook with a sneaky healthy ingredient that you would never guess was in the mix. I’ve done some crazy, unconventional things in my baking, like adding black beans to fudgy, kid-friendly cookies, but using avocados in place of butter is totally new to me! As crazy as it sounds, it works! For these chewy Double Chocolate Chunk Walnut Cookies made with chunks…

Hi, friends! Happy COOKIE FRIDAY! I’m popping in real quick because I just HAD to share this super easy recipe that I whipped up last weekend. I can’t help but give in to my urge to bake during the holiday season, and I love simple cookie recipes. Well, I love ALL types of cookie recipes, but it’s nice to have all of the ingredients on hand when you want to bake up a fresh batch…

Happy Cookie Friday, friends! I have quite the awesome cookie recipe for you. Listen to this: Secret Ingredient Double Chocolate Fudge Cookies? Oooooh, yes, and they’re delicious. These cookies are chocolatey, rich, not overly sweet, and a tad undercooked, like a fudge-y brownie… AND our picky eater loved them! Little did Quinn know, there were kidney beans inside! Mwhahaha! I know some parents aren’t fans of “hiding” healthy foods inside more kid-friendly ones, but we’re ALL…

I bet you’re wondering what Pick-Your-Flavor Pancake Cookies are all about, right? Well, they are quite delicious, insanely easy to make, and I know you’ll be a fan! You just need four ingredients to make these cookies and they are totally customizable so you can pick what flavors go into them. The pancake mix is the base of the recipe, so that can’t be changed, but you can use your favorite almond butter (flavored or not),…

Happy Cookie Friday! Here’s a recipe for soft and chewy Loaded Oatmeal Cookies that will help you enjoy the day! These aren’t your usual oatmeal cookies. They’re loaded with all sorts of delicious ingredients, including dried cranberries, sliced almonds, and shredded coconut, so there’s a lot going on in each bite, but I have a good feeling you’ll love that about them! Side note: I hope you like these cookies as much as Mal did. I…

I guess today was one of those days when I was craving a plate of cookies. Almost as soon as I hit publish on my previous post, I started thinking about how delicious a warm, gooey cookie would taste. I had some canned pumpkin in the fridge that needed to be used up, so I figured it was the perfect excuse to do some baking. These Loaded Pumpkin Cookies are packed with all sort of goodies–chocolate…

I haven’t celebrated Cookie Friday in a long time on CNC, so I decided to do a cookie roundup of my favorite recipes this afternoon. I hope you decide to make one (or more) of them to enjoy today! 3-Minute Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Banana Oatmeal Chip Cookies Butterscotch Chip Cookies Cherry-Walnut Almond Flour Cookies Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Cookies Coconut Date Cookies Cookie Friday Chocolate Chip Cookies Matt Damon Cookies Peanut Butter Cookie for One…

Move over Oatmeal Raisin Cookies! There’s a new cookie in town! These Chewy Cherry Oatmeal Cookies are similar to classic Oatmeal Raisin Cookies, but a lot more fun with sweet and tangy dried cherries mixed in. Here’s another recipe to add to your Cookie Friday collection! Ingredients: 1/2 cup whole wheat flour 1/2 cup ground flaxseed meal 1 cup rolled oats 3/4 cup brown sugar, packed 1/4 tsp cinnamon 1/4 tsp salt 1 egg 1…

Wahoo! It’s FRIDAY! And you know what that means: Time to celebrate Cookie Friday!!! I hope there is something delicious on your agenda for today! Here’s a little inspiration: 3-Minute Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Banana Oatmeal Chip Cookies Chocolate Peppermint Bark Cookies Chocolate Pumpkin Loaf Coconut Date Cookies Gingerbread Smoothie No-Bake Granola Almond Butter Balls Oatmeal Raisin Bars Peanut Buttery Bars Salted Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies Banana Butterscotch Muffins Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Scones Chocolate Chip Banana…

So, you’ve probably seen these cookies on CNC all week long. I’ve actually made two batches now, and they have been appropriately devoured in less than 72 hours. As you can tell, I really love these cookies. The whole wheat flour makes them thick and hearty, and the sugar, butterscotch extract, and chocolate chips give them the perfect amount of sweetness. Of course, they taste delicious, but the best part is they’re sort of healthy for you. Ok,…

Happy Cookie Friday! I enjoyed a light lunch today, but for good reason! My salad included romaine lettuce, grape tomatoes, celery, carrots, green bell pepper, balsamic vinegar, and leftover Pasta with Tuna and Black Olive Vinaigrette. On the side: banana slices with peanut butter. After lunch, I left the house covered in pug fur. My destination: Starbucks! I decided to start a new Friday tradition of visiting Starbucks with my laptop to work. As you…

I know that I’m eating a nutritious meal when my food clashes with the majority of my place mats! I had to use a neutral-colored one to photograph my lunch today. All of my colored place mats were just too much! 😯 For lunch, I enjoyed a soup & salad combo: Winter Lentil Soup and a homemade arugula salad topped with crumbled feta. Feta makes it betta! After lunch, I did a little baking while…

Hey, there! 😉 After breakfast, I drove into Boston for a live coffee tasting with Lindsay Bolger, the “nose” of Green Mountain Coffee. I love coffee and Lindsey is the equivalent of a celebrity superstar in the coffee world, so I was psyched to attend. The tasting also included a Webinar for other bloggers and media folks to hear and see what goes into producing Green Mountain’s Fair Trade coffee. I ended up being in the Webinar…

Happy Friday, folks! I hope your day is off to a wonderful start! This morning, Chandra and I met up again and went to see the Pappajohn Sculpture Park in downtown Des Moines. It was really neat! My favorite sculpture was the Nomade as seen below. About the sculpture: The figure’s sheer size dominates the park’s landscape, and its human form made from scrambled steel letters seems to suit the city’s vision of itself in…

I totally took advantage of my last day in New York City. My day included cookies from Levain Bakery on the Upper West Side. I received so many recommendations for this place, I just had to go. Levain Bakery offers four different types of cookies, so I ended up ordering the Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookie and the Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Cookie to share with my husband and our friends, Matt and Kristin. Btw,…