Cookies ‘n’ Creme Kissed Cookies

Does anyone else watch the TV show Portlandia? One particular sketch was in my head while making these.

“Put a bird on it!”

Except this time, it was more like “put an almond on it.”

Yeah, we love that show.

Peanut Butter Banana & Red Lentil Muffins

Yes, you read that correctly. These muffins have lentils in them. Don’t let that scare you though, lentils are delicious and good for you as they are very high in fiber. They are super easy to cook since they don’t require soaking (like beans) and they can be pureed so nicely that you can hide them in anything and even the pickiest eaters won’t be able to tell that they are eating lentils.

In fact, if Trevor hadn’t seen me with a bag of red lentils, he probably just assumed this was a regular batch of peanut banana banana muffins.

Chocolate Espresso Oatmeal Cookies

Run. Don’t walk. Run and make these cookies.

They changed my life. They are delicious and full of oat-y, chocolate-y, caffeine-y goodness.

They were responsible for the fact that I cleaned the kitchen, the living room, the bathroom and had supper in the slow cooker by 11:30am on a Saturday morning. On most Saturdays I’m usually planted on the couch, glassy-eyed, slurping coffee and watching Netflix. Moving from said couch to start my day usually happens around 4pm when I realize what time it is.

Chocolate Chip Pomegranate Muffins

I had an interesting conversation with my Mom a couple weeks ago. She mentioned that she saw my Chocolate Pomegranate Cupcakes recipe and asked if one is really supposed to eat the seeds of a pomegranate. I guess the other theory is to put the seeds in your mouth, suck off the juice and then spit the seeds out.

Red Velvet Pancakes

Lately, I’ve succumb to having big breakfasts on Saturdays. After a long week at work and five straight days of quick and easy oatmeal or Eggos and yogurt in the mornings, I start dreaming of good sit-down breakfasts. Eggs over easy, hashbrowns and toast, pancakes and fruit. The list goes on, even into crazy and bizarre territory, and that is where the inspiration for this recipe came in.