Sunday, October 25, 2009

Peanut Butter Jar Oatmeal

So, this is not at all my own idea...it comes from Eating Bird Food which is my new favorite healthy food blog (haha clearly not a theme that I chose to put into my own!).

Anyways, basically the idea is that when you've come down to the bottom of a jar of peanut butter, you can put oatmeal in it, add toppings, and you've got both a delicious meal and a somewhat more clean peanut butter jar! It just made some with Smuckers Natrual Peanut Butter, plain oatmeal, cinnamon, and sugar. SOOOO good!


Apple Cider Cookies


I made these cookies last week for The Overtones! They were delicious...but I would suggest bringing plates or napkins, because the powdered sugar can get kinda messy!

Ingredients:

1 package spice cake mix
1 1/3 c. water
1/3 c. oil
3 eggs
3 1/2-4 c. flour
1 tsp. cloves
1 tbsp. cinnamon
1 c. powdered sugar

Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease baking pans. Mix all ingredients together and spoon out tablespoon sized cookies onto baking pan. Bake for 10 minutes and cover immediately in powdered sugar!

These are GREAT with tea!

Saturday, October 3, 2009

Roasted Potatoes and Carrots

Fall deliciousness:

Ingredients:

5 large carrots, cut into fourths
10 small red potatoes, washed
1/2 large sweet onion, cut into chunks
4 garlic cloves
3 tbsp. butter, melted
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. black pepper

Directions:

Preheat oven to 425 F. Combine the all ingredients in a roasting pan. Cover all ingredients equally in the butter, salt, and pepper. Cover with aluminum foil. Roast for 45 minutes on the top rack. Uncover, toss, and roast for another 30 minutes, uncovered.

Friday, October 2, 2009

Cranberry Chipotle Chicken

I had this can of whole cranberry sauce in my pantry at school for, like, ever...and I just didn't know what to do with it! So, I finally looked up some recipes online and then came up with this one!

Ingredients:

4 bone-in chicken thighs
1 can whole cranberry sauce
2 tbsp. apple cider vinegar
1/4 c. hot sauce
2 tsp. seasoned salt
2 cloves chopped garlic

Combine all ingredients in a crockpot, and set on low for 8 hours (allowing steam to leak out, if possible).

I'm thinking of serving this with some sour cream and chive mashed potatoes and some herb roasted carrots!