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Blueberry Rhubarb Crisp

As I mentioned on instagram earlier, Dinner of champions! After a lazy morning of brunch, and ice cream/soda at costco, we just weren’t in for something really heavy. So since I’ve wanted to do something with the blueberries and rhubarb in the freezer, dinner was born! It was a little tart, but with some ice cream its just right.

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I highly recommend to eat this with tea. It was the perfect sweet to go with not wanting to eat actual proper dinner. Thats why I love being an adult. Dessert for breakfast? Sure why not?

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Blueberry Rhubarb Crisp
 
Ingredients
  • 4 cups diced rhubarb
  • 2-3 cups frozen blueberries (or fresh, up to you)
  • 2 tbsp flour
  • ¾ cup brown sugar
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • ⅛ tsp salt
  • Topping:
  • 6 tbsp butter
  • 6 tbsp flour
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • ¾ cup quick oats
Instructions
  1. Combine fruit. If you're using frozen blueberries, make sure they have thawed and you've drained the water and juice from them. Add flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt to a pie dish.
  2. Combine the butter, sugar, flour and oats in a bowl until combined. Sprinkle over fruit however you like.
  3. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.
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 Tip: You should put the pie plate on an old baking sheet just in case the crisp boils over (it was so close in my oven)

This recipe was adapted from lemontreetwelling.com.

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

An oldie buy a goodie!

This week it got really cold here, and it was all of a sudden: Fall. Boots, Scarves, light jackets and pumpkin spice lattes. So instead of making soup or chili or anything with pumpkin (which I haven’t  been hit in the face with yet, thank goodness), I decided on traditional chewy gooey cookies. But as much as regular chocolate chip cookies are great, if you don’t add anything to the dough that is relatively healthy (read: yes instant oats are healthy…totally) then they are a little guilty. So in goes the oatmeal to help me with the my food conscious 😉

Anyways, the milk you see there is almond, unsweetened, and was really good with this cookie. I highly recommend the pairing! Also this is super easy, and by easy, I mean easy to make and easy to consume.

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Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
 
Ingredients
  • 1 vegan margarine (or butter)
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1½ cup all purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp
  • 1½ cup instant oats
  • 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
  1. In bowl beat together butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar until fluffy; beat in egg and vanilla. Whisk together flour, baking soda and salt; stir into butter mixture. Stir in oats. Stir in chocolate chips,
  2. Measure cooking dough to be about 1 tbsp, and roll into ball. Place on cookie sheet (parchement paper lined or baking matt suggested), and flatten with your hand, into little disks. Place about 2 inches apart for spreading.
  3. Bake at 350 degrees until edges are golden brown, about 8 mins (give or take 2). Let cool on baking sheet for at least 5 mins, and transfer to cooling rack.
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Actual quote from nick after stealing a cookie:”I should have asked…but all I thought was cookie! and nom nom nom nom.”

Walnut Oatmeal Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Hey Strangers!

I realize that it’s been a while since I’ve posted. I’ve had to clean out my kitchen due to a small pest problem (Joys of living in a place not of your own ownership), and have slowly been putting it back together. Good news is, I made cookies!

These cookies were a favor to a co-worker who helped me with some heavy boxes. They were actually a nice marriage of flavors of chocolate and walnuts. Typically nuts can just go away from all of my baking, but this time I didn’t mind it. I don’t think I am completely convinced that nuts will wander back into my life of baking though. I think we have some more ground to cover there, more trust needs to be made.

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When you read the recipe, please don’t shun me. I added a majority of the dry and wet ingredients together (I know, how could I?). But it totally worked for these cookies, and when you get home from the gym and eat supper and it’s 8:30 and you realize that you still have to make cookies before going to bed, it’s pretty easy just to whip them up.

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Walnut Oatmeal Chocolate Chunk Cookies
 
Ingredients
  • 6 tbsp vegan margarine (or regular butter) melted
  • ¾ cup packed light brown sugar
  • ⅔ cups non-bleached flour (or all-purpose)
  • ¾ cup baking soda
  • 1½ cup old fashioned oats
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 tsp almond extract
  • ½ cup chopped walnuts
  • one bag of semi-sweet chocolate chunks
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. But vegan margarine in a bowl and throw in the microwave to melt for 30 seconds. Mix in brown sugar, and combine until smooth. In same bowl add flour, oatmeal, baking soda, salt, egg and almond extract. Mix until completely combined and consistent. Fold in walnuts and chocolate chunks until you're happy with it. Drop by tablespoon, giving room in between for spreading. Bake for 10 mins, until top of cookies look dry.
Nutrition Information
Calories: 92
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Recipe adapted from Health.com.