Cookies!

I've been feeling like cookies for a week now. I'm avoiding the cookie aisle at the grocery store, but those haven't really been what I wanted. I really wanted a shortbread-like cookie. And I found one! Again from the most amazing Maria at the Keto Adapted blog. Her "Healthified" Christmas Cookie was a recipe I had to try!

Since my cupboard was bare of almond extract, I used orange extract. I think a teaspoon of that was a tad too much, but over all I liked the flavor. These were super easy to make. Mix, roll, chill, cut, bake!

the last of the poor cookies!

My nephews got up in the middle of the night and ate half a log of cookie dough. They devoured the cookies and my 3 year old niece ate a couple and then one more. Mom and a sister-in-law thought they were okay, but I had a friend who absolutely hated them (he has no taste). I liked them with almond milk. I like them with tea. I ate them for breakfast. Totally fixed my cookie craving!

So fixed, or maybe fed, my cookie craving I baked 2 more batches (ran out of almond flour! WAA!). One with vanilla extract and one with almond extract. They vanished before I got a photo. Hint: they look exactly like the other ones... Almond is probably my favorite, but now I'm thinking I'd like to try it with coffee and maple! So many extracts! No more almond flour :(

"How can you eat some many cookies and still lose weight!" you might ask. Check out the nutrition on these cookies! (from My Fitness Pal recipe importer) and it helps if you eat them just before you follow 3 year olds around a bounce house.

Like a ghost town once someone screamed, "CAKE!"
This is a workout! All gyms should have these!

Easiest Christmas Cookie Ever!

Nutrition Facts
Servings 24.0
Amount Per Serving
calories 128
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 12 g	19 %
Saturated Fat 4 g	21 %
Monounsaturated Fat 2 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1 g
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 23 mg	8 %
Sodium 101 mg	4 %
Potassium 19 mg	1 %
Total Carbohydrate 3 g	1 %
Dietary Fiber 2 g	7 %
Sugars 1 g
Protein 3 g	6 %
Vitamin A	4 %
Vitamin C	0 %
Calcium	3 %
Iron	4 %

So Easy, So Good

Think you can't cook? Think eating low carb is too much work or too expensive? No it's not! This recipe proves it. Easy Cajun Chicken is just that. Easy. Use the seasoning of your choice; it doesn't have to be Cajun seasoning. I've used Greek seasoning and taco seasoning also. Chicken legs are inexpensive and kid friendly. I could serve a variation of this every night to the twins and as long as I make tacos on the weekends they'd be happy.

Check out the recipe from I Breathe... I'm Hungry. You can't go wrong with this. It takes minutes to put together. Put it in the oven, set the timer and read a book!


Fifty minutes later, serve it with some ranch or blue cheese dressing. Put something green on the plate! Make the kids eat the green stuff! I can neither confirm nor deny rumors that there was a battle of wills over the "gross mini cabbages."

PS: This recipe comes with a Cajun seasoning recipe. Make it to your taste and keep it on had. Added extra oregano- probably my favorite herb and I didn't have any thyme in the cupboard (that's just wrong!) so I subbed marjoram. And if you want to turn it into a seasoning salt, just increase the amount of salt. Used the seasoning salt on my eggs this morning. Um-Um-good. *Campbell's Soup ain't got nothing on me!