Ignore the upcoming swimsuit season and make these cookies

My friend Jamie shared these cookies with us last week and we haven't been able to think of anything else since!  She adds a full cup (not a 1/2 cup) of Oats and bakes them for 10 min or less (8 minutes did the trick for us) We made them tonight for FHE and they were AMAZING!  I used "Sugar in the RAW" instead of white sugar because for some reason that's what we had.  It added a little sweet crunch that was so good.  Plain or raw sugar you can't go wrong!

Outrageous  Chocolate Chip/Peanut Butter/ Oatmeal Cookies:

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup peanut butter
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 egg
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup rolled oats
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. In a medium bowl, cream together the butter, white sugar and brown sugar until smooth. Stir in the peanut butter, vanilla and egg until well blended. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; stir into the batter just until moistened. Mix in the oats and chocolate chips until evenly distributed. Drop by tablespoonfuls on to lightly greased cookie sheets.
3. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven, until the edges start to brown. Cool on cookie sheets for about 5 minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.

Real Food

So a few months ago saw this blog called  100 days of Real Food (check it out). My friend Rachel had tried the 10 day real food challenge and I was super intrigued.  I feel like we eat pretty healthy around here (minus the excessive amount of cookie, brownie, and now home made ice-cream making, that goes on around here.)  When Chad showed up at our hotel in Maine with Juice Boxes and Little Debbie "cupcake-like" things from the grocery store I felt proud of my righteous indignation.  The kids of course thought Chad was the most amazing dad ever for producing food; the likes of which they had rarely seen.

"thank you daddy thank you daddy"!!!

Other than that I think we are pretty good.  But as I've been reading the 100 days of real food blog I've also been looking more closely at ingredient labels and our family's eating habits.  I don't know that I would make a very successful health nut but I am going to give the 10 challenge a try...the first ten days in August.  I need to baby-step my way up there. In preparation I'm trying out some new recipes.  I've tried two of the recipes on the Real Food blog. (you'll notice that they are both breakfast/treat items... of course!)

The Breakfast cookies tasted a little too much like plain whole wheat bread or completely plain oatmeal.  I desperately wanted to add chocolate chips but I stayed strong.  Maybe pumpkin and some cinnamon would liven them up a little.

The Whole Wheat Crepes were better.  Better than regular crepes?  Of course not.  But they were still delicious and with a little Nutella on them my kids didn't even notice the change.  I tried them with poached apples (with vanilla and cinnamon added) and that was awesome.  Plus I was full after only 3 crepes rather than my usual 4 or 5...or maybe 8

So anyone want to take the 10-day challenge with me?  You can read the rules HERE.  In the meantime I would LOVE to hear about any good "real food" recipes that you have.