Sneak Preview Of Tomorrow's Menu and Monster Cookie Recipe!

Sneak Preview

       Okay, so I am literally so excited about this new menu I will post tomorrow!  It has a bunch of healthy recipes that are easy and definitely NOT lacking in taste.  My husband loved every single thing from this menu! But I will post a few of his favorites here before I post the menu tomorrow...so don't forget to come back! 

Baked Southwestern Egg Rolls With Creamy Chipotle Dipping Sauce

PF Chang's Lettuce Wraps

Ridiculously Healthy Blueberry Muffins With Lemon Glaze

       Those are just a few and I wasn't even able to get a picture of the Southwestern Cobb Salad with Green Goddess Dressing which was his absolute favorite, so come back tomorrow!  Also I have a fun Valentine's Meal planned and fun desserts to send with your kids for lunch, trust me, you will not want to miss :)

       Now for those of you who know me, you know I love a cookie that has everything in it!  Seriously I am a sucker for cookies with oatmeal, coconut, peanut butter.  For those of you who don't know me, now you know, I am an addict when it comes to these suckers.  My mom used to make us Monster Cookies growing up and I loved the fact that they had so many flavors to them.  I don't know why it took me so long to make them for my family, I get so caught up with experimenting that sometimes I forget the classics.  The recipe my mom has makes a TON of cookies!  Literally, so I toned it down and still ended up with 4 dozen...that is of course depending on how big you make them.  You can make them with 1/4 cupfuls, rolled into balls but I prefer to use T. and roll them into balls.  My kids are little and wouldn't be able to finish the whole thing if I made them bigger, although I can't say the same for myself ;)  So without further adieu I present the:

Monster Cookie Recipe

- 3 large eggs

- 1 T. corn syrup

- 1 C. sugar

- 1 1/4 C. brown sugar

- 1/2 tsp. salt

- 1 tsp. vanilla

- 1 1/2 C. creamy or crunchy peanut butter (I prefer creamy)

- 1/2 C. butter, softened

- 2 tsp. baking soda

- 4 1/2 C. oatmeal (you will want to use the quick cooking kind)

- 1 C. coconut

- 1 C. M&M's

- 1 C. white chocolate chips

Directions:

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.  Lightly grease your cookie sheet with cooking spray.  In a large bowl, combine the eggs, corn syrup, brown sugar and granulated sugar until thoroughly mixed.  Add the salt, vanilla, peanut butter and butter and cream all those ingredients together.  In a separate bowl mix together the baking soda and oatmeal then add to your creamy mixture.  Stir in your coconut, M&M's and white chocolate chips.  Scoop your dough with a Tablespoon and roll into a ball.  Bake for about 8-10 minutes or until light golden!  Enjoy!

- Kristin

New Menu and Grocery Shopping List

New Menu and Grocery Shopping List

       Okay everyone!  It's that time of the week again that we get to have a new menu and Grocery Shopping List!  Hopefully you all are getting back into the swing of things with New Years and have begun your New Years Resolutions!  I am working on it...promise :)  One of my New Years Resolutions is to make this blog a little more organized for you guys!  Maybe feature new recipes on the days when I am not posting menu items, or crafts!  Let me know what you would like to see more of...I have a handful of kids clothes I am working on right now so I can get Easter Dresses done...yes you heard me right...Easter!  I need to be ahead of the game here because if not then I won't get anything done after this baby gets here.  Life basically comes to a stand-still for the first few months after a new baby gets here...as it should...so you can just squeeze and love and cuddle with your brand new baby and not worry about all the craziness that life hands you for a while.  You have complete permission to stay in your jammies all day everyday for a month and not clean your house...leave that up to your hubby...after all you, just spent 9 months, a.k.a. 40 weeks, a.k.a. 280 days creating a beautiful and wonderful little human being, you deserve as much of a break as you can!  I am working on my freezer and slow-cooker meals so I don't have to stress about dinner as much so prepare yourself for some fun, easy and delicious meals soon to be featured!  I also have some nice and healthy meals mixed in so that way all you who are working on your New Years Resolutions to lose weight will have something to look forward to.  If you know me, you know that I love healthy but I also don't like to sacrifice flavor so these recipes will definitely leave you feeling satisfied.  Leave me a comment letting me know what you would like to see more features of in between menu posts whether it be Recipe Tutorials, Mommy Moments or Home Decor Crafts and Sewing! As always, if you are new here and have any questions on how this works let me know, I am more than happy to help!  Enjoy!

- Kristin

Menu

Recipe File

Grocery Shopping List

Edited to add* Since I am getting my healthy meals and freezer meals I used a previous menu from October however it wouldn't update the changes to the menu for some reason but that has now been fixed and everything is current and up-to-date.  On the last Monday instead of being Halloween Rootbeer it should now list Breakfast Loaf!  Hopefully it is all straightened out!  Let me know if you have any questions :)

Wedding!

Wedding!!

       Sorry for the long absence, my brother's wedding was this past weekend and the planning has been crazy with last minute details that we have just done an No-Plan Menu...which basically means sandwiches every night :)  Although it was super crazy getting everything put together, it was so worth it and so exciting to see how happy the couple was!  I had a lot of help from my family and there is no way I could have gotten it all done without them there to help set up, make numerous flower decorations and even running to the store to pick up last minute items that we forgot.  I am so happy for my brother and my new sister in-law!  I hope you all have been enjoying your new year so far...I literally have no New Years Resolutions...does that make me a bad person??  There's definitely things I need to work on but this year my goal is going to be to take it all in stride and not try to fix everything at once...deal?  Here's a little something from the night...the pictures below are from a cell phone so they are not that great but you get the idea :)  I will have a new menu up next Wednesday...but for now I am going to clean my house and take a much needed nap while my kiddos are still sleeping.  Enjoy :)

- Kristin