Peanut Butter Carrot Oatmeal Cookies

I just got done making these, and they are a++ fantastic.
Peanut Butter Carrot Cookies
Ingredients:
1 tbsp Light Smart Balance butter
3/4 c brown sugar or 1/3c agave nectar (but you might need a little extra flour to offset the added liquid)
2 tbsp vanilla soy milk
1/4 c cinnamon applesauce
1/4 c peanut butter
1/2 c whole wheat flour (white flour is bad for you, mmkay?)
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 c grated carrots
1 c rolled oats
shredded coconut (optional)

Directions:
Heat the oven to 375.
Mix everything together.
Drop spoonfuls onto a cookie sheet (should make 9-ish)
Sprinkle some shredded coconut on top.
Bake for 15 minutes.
Eat.

People from high school…

Does it drive anyone else nuts when someone you were friends with in high school that you haven’t talked to since then pops up and friends you on facebook and wants to be your bff all over again? Read the rest of this rubbish »

Thanks gmail, you’re so helpful!

This popped up in my inbox today:

Now I know exactly what to get people on my shit list!

(ba dum ching!)

The songs that make us cry, oh, how we love them

Last year, about this same time, I saw her play this song live at the Lilac Festival and promptly burst into tears as soon as the piano started. Granted, I had been brutally dumped about two weeks prior, but still… a year later, the same bull shit…and it stills feels like last year’s war…

I dream too much…

Pancakes and hairballs

I made these on Sunday morning. It’s a custom Molly recipe; I’d double it for two people.
Cinnamon Spice Pancakes (low-fat)
1c flour
1/2 tsp light agave nectar
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 c vanilla soymilk
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp vegetable oil
2 tsp applesauce
pinch of ginger, nutmeg, salt

Spray frying pan with cooking spray. Drop 2-3 spoonfuls of batter on the pan. Flip when the middle starts to bubble.

She’s back! Kitty survived her 12 hours of being in a crate and flying across the country on Saturday. Naturally the first thing I did when I got her to my place was try to bathe her… she was so happy with me that she pissed on my leg. That’s my girl! She settled right back in to her chair stealing, pillow thiefing, workout obstructing ways. My favorite was when she jumped on my stomach claws-extended while I was in the middle doing an ab workout yesterday. She’s lucky I like her so much.

Peanut Butter Banana Smoothie

This was my dinner tonight. I stole and modified the recipe from a Shape magazine I got the other day. Can I just say that other than this recipe and about 8 pages of exercise tips, that magazine was worthless?

Stuff this junk into a blender:
- 5 ice cubes
- 1 c low-fat vanilla soy milk
- 1 sliced banana
- 3-5 Tbsp of peanut butter

A slanket by any other name…

is still just a blanket! Not to mention, slanket sounds like it ought to be an adult toy. But, the snuggie vs. slanket war is raging. Gizmodo did a pretty funny review. I like the idea, but honestly, I’ve got a better solution.
Red Blankie from IKEA - $4 (Any blanket I can curl up and snuggle with is a blankie - yeah, I’m still 5) Granted, this blanket will only work if you’re about 5 feet tall like me and not whale-ish in girth, but it’s an awesome blanket. Shoot, you could buy two and sew them together, and it’d still be cheaper than any of the other ones. You could just sew yourself into a blankie burrito and call it a day!