Tuesday, March 3, 2009

I'm thinking BACON

Gotcha, I'm not really thinking BACON, I'm thinking BAKING!

New Hobby #1: Baking
Okay, I'm giving this a shot. Last week, inspired by my french class, I made some pretty bad a-s-s coconut macaroons. I got sick of them pretty quickly, but they turned out good. My mom got one of her gardening magazines in the mail and I snipped the cookie recipes out and there were some clear winners. Oatmeal-raisin-chocolate cookies with flax meal: WINNER. Today's pick: chocolate-chocolate chip, another clear WINNER. The only thing is that I know these little suckers are basically butter and sugar. On The Biggest Loser it was all about eating well (Tuesday night, chelloooo) so I've been inspired. I'm going to pick up some whole wheat flour and some applesauce. Mama always said that applesauce can be used instead of oil when you're baking, and trust me, it works like a charm. I haven't tried it so much with cookies, but I guess now's the time to experiment. Chocolate-chocolate chip with bittersweet chocolate, whole wheat pastry flour and applesauce? I think this can be done. Maybe even honey, if we're getting loco.

in other news, happy girl's day! I asked my sister if she ate mochi today to celebrate, and she answered, "No, all my friends are white!". Makes sense.

2 comments:

honoliiriverwater said...

HAHAHA. Oh man, I told everyone about girls' day today and they were like "What's that???" Whities.

Anyways, I've done 1/2 apple sauce and 1/2 butter mix in cookies and they've turned out relatively well. I also havent' worked out in a week, HAHA.

ryan said...

omg, i really want to bake cookies, get starbucks, and go down to bayfront right now. assuming that the weather is dark and gloomy like hilo usually is.