Why is Devon writing The Green Notebook?

Two reasons. Mostly. I have a blog--The Yellow Notebook--but have noticed that blogs with specific goals seem to shine. So I decided that I would blog about the next two-and-a-half years as we work REALLY hard at squeezing my husband through nursing school while randomly making money, consistently saving ourselves money, raising small children, writing a novel, dealing with the current economy, trusting God and deepening our friendships, et al. Watch the balancing act! Also, my friends have been complaining that blogs tend to be, well... life edited. So I am going to try NOT to edit out the things that make us a real family with real financial and other struggles. And in this ring...

By the way, I have not named my children "Boy" and "Girl." I just like to refer to them that way on the blog. I also refer to my nephew as "Baby."

And here is my tagline:
What economy? Or Diary of a Young, Urbanite, Apolitical, Lower-Income, Middle-Class, Writer, Foodie, Artist, Stay-at-Home Mom.

*If you want to know our story and the protracted story of this blog, see the entry from January 17, 2010, titled appropriately "Our Story."





Friday, October 21, 2011

Another Recipe

Bomb Cookies 
('Cause it's like a bomb went off in the baking section of the pantry)

-Cream 1/2 cup butter and 1/2 cup coconut oil with 1 cup brown sugar and 1 cup sugar.
-Mix in 2 eggs, 2 teaspoons vanilla extract, 1/2 teaspoon orange extract (opt), and 1/2 teaspoon almond extract. 1/2 teaspoon butter rum extract could replace the orange.
-In a separate bowl (if you roll like that), combine 1 1/2 cups spelt or all purpose flour, 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour (or 1 cup whole wheat flour and a combined 1/2 cup of wheat or oat germ and/or nutritional yeast), 1/2 cup flake coconut, and a teaspoon each of baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
-If dough will not stick together, add a few tablespoons milk or orange juice at a time, until it is the right consistency for cookie dough. It wouldn't hurt to let it rest a little here, and absorb the wet ingredients.
-Stir in 1 1/2 cup oats and 2-3 cups of leftover semisweet or dark chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, and/or butterscotch chips. If you like nuts in your cookies, they can be part of this measurement as well. Slivered almonds would be a good choice, but walnuts, pecans, or peanuts would also work,
-Preheat oven to 350F and grease your pans. Roll dough into 1-2 inch balls and place on the sheet pan.
-Bake for 12 minutes, let cool for 5, and remove to a wire rack to cool completely.

Great for the holidays, for a very sweet indulgence or for filling a platter to share. You won't be the 5th person to show up with Nestle chocolate chip cookies.

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