This weekend I got bored. I am not exactly sure why … I had plenty to do. I went straight from work on Friday to Belton to see friends. Saturday, I woke up early to clean my apartment and then my grandparents came over and took me out for lunch. Next I went to the pool, then curled up with a good book, and of course took Ranger out for his 100 times a day potty breaks, but alas no weekend is complete with out me in the kitchen. I made veggie soup, chocolate chip cookies, biscuits, banana bread, and some rotel diced tomato chicken. I LOVE all of these recipes and would make each and everyone of them on a daily basis if I had the time, money, and ability to not gain weight! Today, I will share two - veggie soup and chocolate chip cookies!
Veggie Soup
This recipe comes from the p90x nutrition plan and no I am not actually doing p90x, but some of their recipes are really good. It makes A LOT of soup, but I freeze some or half the recipe.
10 cups fat free chicken broth, low sodium
4 red potatoes cut in cubes
4 cups quartered onions
1 cups sliced carrots
3 cups celery
2 cups zucchini
8 ounces of tomato sauce
2 cloves of minced garlic
1/4 bunch of fresh parsley
1/4 bunch of cilantro
Dash of black pepper
- In large stockpot, combine chicken broth, potatoes, onions, carrots, and celery. Bring it to a boil and then simmer until potatoes are tender.
- Add zucchini, tomato sauce, garlic, parsley, and cilantro. Reduce heat and cook 15 minutes
Trust me this is good. I am not a veggie fan and I love it. Max is not a soup fan (especially if it doesn’t involve meat) and he loves it. I make it every couple of weeks and eat off it for days!
Try it!
Chocolate Chip Cookies
These cookies are to die for. Seriously, they are so good and so easy to make!
¾ cup sugar
¾ cups packed brown sugar
1 stick of butter, softened (DO NOT MELT ALL THE BUTTER)
2 large eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
some salt
2 cups of chocolate chips (I recommend Ghirardelli 60% cacao premium baking chips)
- Preheat oven to 375
- Mix sugar, brown sugar, butter, vanilla, and eggs in a bowl
- Stir in flour, baking soda, and salt
- This dough will be very stiff – I always mix in the flower by hand – if you really feel like the batter is too dry you can add in more butter (but the more butter you add in the flatter your cookies will be!)
- Roll into balls and place on cookies sheet
- Bake for 10 minutes – take them out of the oven when the cookies are barely brown on the sides – You want them to be a little soft. If you leave them in the oven too long they will be really hard when the cool off.
Enjoy!
