DELIVERING DELECTABLE DISHES DAY & NIGHT!

My immediate family has dealt with lactose intolerance, IBS, auto immune disorders and fatal cancer. From Fall '09-Summer 2010 I went from running 1/2 marathons to not being able to get out of bed, plagued with intense headaches, exhaustion and more. With my family history and my own immune system comprimised I was motivated to take a bit of a journey to better health. Slowly I've made considerable changes, (I'm not always 100% vigilant), but I know these changes have helped me return to better health...FOOD CHANGES: I cut out gluten, cut out most dairy, cut down on the "white stuff"-sugar, white rice & flour, decreased the amount of processed foods consumed, drink green smoothies regularly, eliminated red meat and eat more vegetarian and vegan dishes...just to name a few!

I use gluten free (GF) pasta and either a whole grain blend by Nalani Brown or a mix from Kathy Taylor for most bread, cake and cookie recipes-they are awesome! (If you like Kathy's mix, email me to order her cookbook at ishagirlclub@gmail.com.)

GF mix can be substituted straight across for regular flour if you aren't cooking gluten free!

Hope you enjoy!

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Alli's Awesome Oatmeal Cookies

Oven 350. Bake approx 10min.

1-1/4c brown sugar
1-1/4sugar
1 stick butter
3c flour (with 1/2c being wheat)
1-1/2tsp baking soda
1-1/2tsp salt
3 eggs
1-1/2tsp hot water
1-1/2tsp vanilla
1tsp cinnamon
4c oatmeal
1 pkg of Nestle chocolate chunks, Hershey's milk choc cooking kisses, or Giredelli's bittersweet big choc chips
*if I have wheat germ and/or flaxseed I always add a Tablespoon of each as well)

1-Cream sugars and butter together. Add eggs one at a time. Add remaining ingredients except chocolate chips.

2-Stir chips in last. Dough will become pretty hard to stir and a little crumbly. Stick with it though even if it means using your hands to form the cookie balls! They are delish and have half the butter of the original recipe.

3-Form into balls onto greased cookie sheet. Watch them toward the end, better slightly undercooked than overcooked!

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