Yogurt Cookies!

I am always on the look out for more ways to use yogurt and the other homemade milk products that we have on hand. So the other night when I was craving a sweet treat and found an easy recipe on All Recipes, I decided to make yogurt cookies! They turned out wonderful and they are more healthy!

  Here is the basic recipe:

1 cup of sugar

1 tablespoon of molasses

1/4 cup of palm shortening

1/4 cup of regular shortening

1/2 cup of yogurt, (I used Greek)

2 teaspoons of vanilla

2 cups of whole wheat pastry flour

1/2 teaspoon of baking soda

1/2 teaspoon of salt

semi-sweet chocolate chips

I really liked them, but next time I won't use regular shortening. I used this recipe from All Recipes, and hadn't made them before, so I followed the recipe pretty closely using what I had on hand.

 I really like the idea of this recipe because it makes eggless chocolate chip cookies and uses less fat in general. I love to cook with coconut oil and butter as my favorite fats/oils, but I also try to conserve them since we are living on our food storage. Palm shortening is something new that I have been learning about. It is a healthier alternative to regular shortening and butter. It is a solid at room temperature and is excellent in biscuits.

Homemade pizza

Who doesn't love homemade pizza? You can make the crust as thin or thick as you like. Appease everyone with their favorite toppings. You can make it healthier and for less money than store bought pizza. Plus, it is amazingly delicious!

My husband and I made it together. When I asked him what he put in the pizza crust recipe, he just said, "flour, water, olive oil, salt, and yeast." That's my husband!

Yummy Italian Carabonara!

Last night I had a meeting and came home to a most delicious carabonara pasta my husband Nate made! If you have never had pasta carabonara you are in for a treat. He used a new spaghetti that we have never tried before, it is "De Boles organic spinach spaghetti style pasta made with Jerusalem artichoke flour." First he cooked the bacon and boiled the pasta. Meanwhile he mixed 6 eggs and about a cup of homemade cream cheese (this is a first for us, usually he uses parmigiano), salt, pepper, and basil. Then he combined the bacon, egg mixture and the cooked pasta and cooked it further on a low burner. Delish!