A FULL COOKIE JAR and SUNSHINE...HAPPY MONDAY!

last night before bedtime i made a batch of

cookie dough.  this morning, before sunlight, i baked.

you all know that i am on a quest to change my eating habits and drop some long 

retained pounds of fat. (yes, i am telling it like it is!) when trying to keep the 

sweets out of the house, i found that Mr D took matters into his own, and 

brought home the grocery store variety.

 i  decided to bake sweets weekly once again.

home baked sweets can be contrived as whole foods, and much healthier than

the preservative laced stuff from the grocery store.

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as my nutritionist suggested, when feasible, substitute flour with a bit of

with flaxseed meal. when mixing up this recipe, i made the substitution using

 1/8 of a cup. i was afraid to go with a 1/4 cup at first try.

maybe next time...

using the flaxseed meal instead of the seeds themselves

eliminates the question, "what are these

little seeds in my peanut butter cookies?"...(although, i think

flax seeds could work well with cookie baking.)

my daughter, Chrislyn has become expert at taking her 

family's sweet tooth teeth to a healthier version. 

often, "healthier cooking substitutions, that work" 

 is one of the topics of conversation during our telephone chats.

this batch made 3 dozen, so i placed 12 in the freezer to keep

for when i don't have a chance to bake.

the little egg cup was my father's when he was a child.

my grandmother would make me a soft boiled egg on some of

 the mornings after i slept over.  i loved the little cup.

she gave it to me when i grew up and moved into my first apartment.

now, it's the first thing that i unpack for Eastertime.

sunshine gift wrap
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it's going to be 67 degrees today! 

(  just like Cali weather! )

i can assure you that many 

Washingtonians are going to be out and about in flip flops today.

on a sad note...i am quite grateful for the recent dry weather.

you may have heard about our terrible landslides lately.

the most recent slide has taken many lives.  we need

Mr Sun to hang out for awhile so the families and rescue workers

get the relief that they need!

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i found the peanut butter cookie recipe -here!

it's a good one!

since i refrigerated the dough overnight, i didn't have to 

use sugar to make the fork criss-crosses, thus saving a calorie or two! : )

withLove!